It takes time to check out of the campsite as you pay as you leave and as the box for the electrics is locked, we have to wait for someone to come and unlock it.
After emptying and filling water, bog, etc, at the service point, we head for the supermarket, the one we had spotted on the first day here. Some of the prices are bargains and we buy a large oblong shaped parasol, this will stand alongside the van and do instead of one of those porches you can get for motorhomes. Dot gets embarrassed by the amount of beer I am buying but that doesn't bother me much, after all, it has to last for a year.
The drive to our next stop in Épernay takes about three and a half hours, along the N77 to Troyes and then onto the A26 towards Reims, about 200K/120Miles in total. The part getting from the N77 to the A26 via the A5 is not very straightforward as there are not that many places you can get onto the A5 (we have now done it twice, two different ways and it's not simple). I think it may be just a easy to drive though Troyes, but I haven't tried it.
| Épernay Camping Municipal Allée de Cumières, 51200, Épernay Web Site |
The campsite is on the outskirts of town on the river Marne, we get a pitch right on the river, very nice. One thing I had read about this site was, that no twin axle caravans where allowed on the site, I don't know why but there was even a big sign on the gate stating, no twin axle caravans allowed. I mention this as the site was full of them, there were dozens of them, all massive, all French and most with separate kitchen trailers. Most of them have also connected directly on to the water supplies, even though this site does not have individual water supplies. Some have gone to some trouble to achieve this, with long lengths of garden hose to reach the taps, one has even used three lengths of hose connected together, that stretches across three access roads, unbelievable.
It is quite a long walk into town but not too bad, it's a Sunday again so there is not much open. We eventually end up sat outside a bar watching a F1GP. The other people sat outside are all drinking pink champagne, this is the centre of the champagne area and the town is built on caves that are now used to store the stuff, not a great fan of bubbly.
After another walk, we end up at another larger, livelier, bar/restaurant, that is on a main intersection and is very busy. The bar has a large outside seating area where you can watch the world go by, it is here we are introduced to another fine beer, Brugs.
When we get back to the site, there is a football tournament going on at the stadium next door, it must be the time of year in France for this sort of end of season competitions.
We where only in Épernay for one night but I was surprised to find that we only had the one photo, I think this may be the first time we have not got a photo of the campsite but this does gives us a reason to go back someday.
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