Chi's Travel Log - Le Touquet, France 20-04-2009

Portraits of some people I met on tour

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Week 21

090420 Mon - Le Touquet Paris Plage 3 - m&a 9 coffee breakfast and started cleaning day again so tidied up dusted, beat all the carpets, swept and washed all the floors etc then when finished had lunch. After lunch had a look round the Concorde showroom and shown round a few concorde liners, apparently the dogs bollocks of motorhomes on the Man chassis, got giddy and bought a mat for the step €13 that's about my limit. Got the moto out and found a McDonalds just down the road, then went back to the van and had a few beers with Keith & Anne and Ian & Alison, chatted about our adventures and exchanged a few good night stops and Airs. Had dinner and a relatively early night about 9pm.

090421 Tue - Le Touquet Paris Plage 3 - m&a 8 cuppa tea and a yoghurt this morning then had a steady get ready and off about 9 called at McDonalds down the road and uploaded the site on there Wifi then went on to Boulogne Port Aire, settled in then got the moto out and went shopping for a few bits. Made lunch and decided to make a curry and use up the fresh veg then chilled out in the sun listening to a few tunes till the sun went down. Made some notes and it was about time to get the dinner on and try the curry. Met Mick & Julie and Chris & Jean had a few glasses of wine then all had my curry for dinner along with a good crack ended being a great day retired at 11pm.

090422 Wed - Ville de Le Portel Aire - m&a 7 coffee and cleaned round before seeing Chris & Jean and Mick & Julie off, went for a long walk along the coast before breakfast. Thought I better hand wash a few clothes as they were piling up, got the drying hanger out for the first time, it fit lovely out of my bedroom window and was in the sun all day in a good elevated position. Did all the smalls, a couple of T-shirts and a few t-towels, then went out for another walk in the other direction on the cliffs then back through a park, got back had dinner then sat out in the sun till 8:30 reading, its been another lovely day, retired about 10pm.

090423 Thu - Ville de Le Portel Aire - m&a 8 felt quite cold this morning so had an early breakfast to warm up. Decided to have a ride up the coast road to Calais and check out everything, had to put a jacket on first time I have needed one, it was a nice run lots of quaint little villages and a few good places to park up for the night, found a nice place on the cliffs edge near Calais spoke to Ted & Glo and Trevor & Wendy also Andy, then went on to the aire at Calais and stopped and did some shopping while I was their. The run back seemed fairly quick in comparison to the outward journey but I had been extra voyeuristic on the way out, but the time I got back it was 5 the day had gone quickly spoke to a couple of English couples before making dinner the accompanying wine went down fast. I later met James, Mandy & Their Dad Eddie, we had a few drinks in the evening before retiring about 9pm.

090424 Fri - Ville de Le Portel Aire - m&a 8 a beautiful morning sun shining from first light, got my jobs done and breakfast then went out for a walk. Decided to make another curry so went to the local supermarket and got the veg then got stuck in, finished by noon so had a sandwich and walked to Boulogne it was a lovely day out walked through the old walled city and round the walled enforcement's also had a walk round the port then back to the ranch, the feet were suffering a bit after the 3 hr trek so got the chair out and sat in the sun for a few hours and got through 4 G&Ts before chatting to Dave & Kath and having a few glasses of wine, about 8pm sampled my curry and decided it was pretty good, so made a few notes and thought it would be a good idea to retire early while I was still compus mentus or only just.

090425 Sat - Ville de Le Portel Aire - m&a 8 had a coffee and decided to update the web site this morning and catch up with the pics I have taken this week. It was a bit cold this morning getting acclimatised to UK weather, so had a bowl of soup to warm me up, started on the computer but ended up putting the heating on to warm up. Later the sun came through with a vengeance so walked up to the supermarket and restocked the wine 40 Litres of Cabernet Sav. for €54 not bad had to temp. borrow a trolley to cart back to the van, felt a bit of a gypsy but made it easier. Made lunch and sat out in the sun reading for the afternoon, had a break to make dinner then sat out again, its been a good day all in all decided to call at Lidl on Mon and also restock the rouge wine 48 litres for €45 that's even better value and really nice wine. Hope this will keep me going all summer. Just chilling right now going for a walk to watch the sunset then a bit on the computer retired about 12pm.

090426 Sun - Ville de Le Portel Aire - m&a 8 coffee and came round, thinking about what else I need to stock up before I leave France. Cleaned up re organised a few things, topped up the fresh water emptied the grey then made lunch. Sun was out so I decided to go for a long walk along the cliffs and round the park about 2 hrs. Got back and sat outside reading and mulling over timings for tomorrow. About 6 had a few drinks and a chat with Dave & Kath before retiring about 10pm. A really chilled out week lots to see and do from this base at Le Portel.

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