Site Designed, Produced and Maintained by
Pixelwave Design.
|
|
| ||||||
| Member Details | Session Description |
Toys Used |
| Owner:
squiz Member Member#: 6644 Location: Registered: 27-05-2007 Diary Entries: 2897 |
9th September 2014 Hiking - Walking: Wissant and Le Crotoy Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny Max Speed: Distance Covered: FRENCH AUTUMN – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 Monday 8th September - travelling We had a leisurely start as we didn’t have to leave for the shuttle till around 3. This, however, lulled us into a false sense of security and we ended up running out of time and leaving nearer 3.30! Did exercises and went up to town, chatted to Dan on his lunch break and various neighbours who passed and fitted the packing and loading of the van in between. We got held up at the Dartford bridge and a little on the road to the shuttle but only missed our crossing by about 10 mins in the end so went on the next one at 6.50. We saw the coast of France while we were loading which we have never done before! When we arrived in Calais we drove to the sea front near the ferry port and treated ourselves to Frites and mayonnaise they were a bit dry and we couldn’t eat them all so saved the rest for tomorrow. Drove to Escalles for the night and couldn’t believe that there were half a dozen other campers there! We have only ever had one before. Parked up and weren’t long before we went to bed. Tuesday 9th September – walks Wissant and Le Crotoy ***** Sad morning as a poor cat had been run over probably on the road and had died in the car park:( I couldn’t leave it to be squashed so I put the rubber gloves on and went and picked the poor thing up moved it to the hedge row and covered it with leaves. It was still warm and was perfect apart from a little blood coming from its mouth:( We had our breakfast, packed up and drove off towards Boulogne. We decided it was far too nice a day to go on the motorway so we drove along the coast road. It was very beautiful and you could see the white cliffs of Dover clearly. We stopped in Wissant and had a lovely walk on the beach and in between the tree trunk sea defences. Glorious day and the perfect state of the tide for our walk. Back in the van to drive to one of the war cemeteries near Boulogne – very poignant as they were all so young and many were unknown soldiers ‘only known to God’. The soldiers were British, Australian, Canadian and from New Zealand. Most were from WW1 but a few WW2. Carried on to one of our regular and favourite destinations, Le Crotoy in the Somme. We parked up near the Sluice and had our lunch (left over chips from last night in a big sandwich with ham and egg!!) then went for a long walk along the sea front and paddled back along the low tide line. Very gooey muddy sand in your toes! Great fun. There were several people out there and more people than we normally see in the town too. The two camper aires are packed! Returned to the van for a cuppa and rest while we waited for the sluice to open. We knew it would be about 5.45 as they open it 5 hours after high tide. The siren started so we went and watched the gates lift up and the water rush out. We have seen it before but it is always very entertaining. There were some men with guns and ducks quacking in sacks which seemed very cruel and must be something to do with hunting but we were not sure (and didn’t want to know) what they were doing with the poor things. They did seem to bring them back to their vans at the end – a mystery to us. We saw a kingfisher and rats scurrying about on the rocks around the car park – Jay would have loved it. We fed them our crusts at lunch time. We left the sluice car park and drove to the beach car park where we know we can park on the roadside for the night. Had our tea (yet more left overs!!) and had a lovely walk through pine forest and dunes and back along the beach with the most beautiful sun set. We love this van!! |
Toys Used:
Statsbar:
| |||||||
  |
|
|
|||||||
|
Web Design in Wales, UK by 
Pixelwave Design.
© Alan R Cole 2000...