A little light rain overnight and a dull grey start when the
framily came calling to say their goodbyes – they were going out for the day
but we had to move on. Our usual pack up and service, with a quick call into
the shop for bread, and we were on our way with the satnav set for Le Touquet, although
it was really only to get us pointing in the right direction; Berny-Riviere is
a bit in the back of beyond!
No tolls on this leg and we were soon travelling nice
straight roads with very light traffic, although the weather deteriorated until
it was raining. Eventually we decided that St Valery-sur-Somme might be a nice
place to stopover so headed for the aire. Nice enough, though busy, we thought
it too far out of town so headed instead for Le Crotoy, a large aire where we've
stayed before. It was very busy and we had just decided to try elsewhere when a
van pulled out, so we grabbed that spot and had lunch whilst waiting for the
rain to stop.
The sun eventually reappeared and whilst getting the ticket, Terry spotted a
familiar van, some more friends from Morocco, but they had gone out. We spent a
quiet afternoon watching dozens of vans driving round trying to find a space,
amazed at how busy it was; perhaps it was because it was the end of the Easter
break? Later Terry had a quick walk over to our friends, just to tell them we
were here and we’d have a proper catch-up tomorrow.
We've planned for 2 nights here before moving on up to
Calais for our train on Tuesday morning.
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