Wall painting in the middle of the aire
The sun has got it hat on..hip hip hip hurray! There is nothing quite like the feeling of waking up to sun rays streaming through the windows and especially when its your birthday. Craig is celebrating his 46th birthday today, so time to go and have some fun.
After breakfast, we donned on wellies and headed to the beach. First taking a toot along the pier and watching all the ferries arrive from England. As we reached the end of the pier we could just see the white cliffs of Dover. A quick wave to everyone before we turned around and wellied on down the board walk and over to the beach.
We let Mac n Tosh off their lead and they were off. Party time of the beach! They were running around like crazy and enjoying every second. Today, we had a squeaky tennis ball and we had them darting back and forth. Then as we reached the sea, Craig chucked the ball right in to the waves. No questiions asked Mac n Tosh took the plug and went for their first skinny dip. Yo bro, this is cool stuff. They splished and splashes around like no tomorrow. They had a whale of a time. After an hour or so it was time to call it quits and take the two soggy dogs back to the motorhome but not before they had one final roll in the sand.
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- The calm before the beach party
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- Please can we go skinny dipping
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- Lets get ready to tumble
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- I was born to be wild
We arrived back gave them a rub down and then left them in the sun to dry out. Once dry they snuggled up on their bed and slipped off to sleep. With two knackered pooches, time to hit the road. We got out our new little monkey bike or should I say Honda MSX125 and went for a ride. We headed south along the coastal road for about 10 mile. What a lovley stretch of coastline – quiet and clean. With the odd sand dune and coastal home it was a pleasant drive. Then on the way back, we zipped back in to Calais town, not for a toot but for a birthday cake. I got us an apple tart and a raspeberry flan, oh and a fresh baguette. We looked a right pair riding back through the town with 2 cake boxes and a 2 foot long bread stick in my mits.
Cheers everyone!
Within minutes of getting back the thunder started to roar and the heavens opened. We batten down the hatches and snuggled in before commencing the International Birthday Feast…
- Slightly spicy Spanish sausage
- A selection of German and Italian hams
- Mature Irish cheese
- Fresh French bread
- A Fruity Italian olive oil
- An Austrailian wineWith a side order of english sausage rolls! A little bit of all Craigs favorite nibbles.
A totally relaxing and wonderful day…now we are chilled and ready to Bumble.
Craig prepared Vin for the cold weather!
Tonights sleep spot…same as last night. aire €8 per night including water.
GPS coordinates 50.966736N 1.844989E.
Route: stayed in Calais
Temperature – High 21, Low 9
Very cool guys. We’ve just bought a demountable and may be doing something like this sometime soon.
and for some reason this posted me as your Admin!
Umm not sure what happened Paul but thanks we will look in to. All this web stuff is still new to us
Cheers Paul, hope you do…you wont regret it!
Jo
I’m sure we won’t! We did a very quick weeks trip up to the Arctic circle in 2010, very nice it is too.. Also if you get the chance, do the wilderness road between norway and Sweden,,,
Ps the admin issue was me, I’m an admin on another site, so WordPress got a bit confused! Keep up the good work.
PB
Little tip for you
We use to have a white German Shepard and we always used a wash leather on him after he’d been out as it dries them and cleans them in one go………dries quicker than a towel once washed out 😀
What a good tip Sandra, we shall be keeping our eyes peeled for a wash leather!
Another one from a friend who travelled with their Springer is to make a toiling bag with zip in it from microfibre towels. pop dog in it and zip up with head outwards ! Dry down dog take dog out then take bag outside to shake out and aire xx
Happy Birthday Craig. Our campervan – El Nido – is one year old today! He’s enjoying it at the National Motorhome Show in Peterborough with 3000 other motorhomes of various shape, size and eccentric design. True to form it’s been raining for two days – bright sunshine due tomorrow for our drive home!
Have fun – where are you off to next?
Paul
Thanks Paul, good to hear from you. We are heading north in to the arctic circle! Slightly different to last year.
Sounds great guys. I usually find other people’s tales of their trips slightly annoying as I read them whilst having to go to work (after 3 years of freedom from this!), but you guys do it in style! I really envy you but we’re in a self-made “pickle”. We have an RV that is fabulous to live in, providing everything that we want and need, and it looks pretty big compared to anything European. But, put us next to the real “Big Boys”, the 13 metre plus RVs, and we look small. Consequently Aires can be a gamble; will we fit in or not, and even a lot of European sites can be a challenge unless I have prior knowledge of what the layout is. This can restrict us on where we go and can take the spontaneity out of travelling. So, I get my kicks, not from Route 66, but from reading about your adventures and dreaming of undertaking something similar one day. Keep up the good work and safe travels.
Aww thank you so much Neal, really appreciate your comments. We had issues with our first motorhome albeit slightly different to yours but I understand the frustration. You’ve had a taste of the good life, so I am sure you will soon be back enjoying. Thanks and keep in touch x