There was no water on site (we were told the water main had burst somewhere in the village), so we couldn't fill the water tank. After a couple of warm days the ground was much firmer than when we arrived and we got off the pitch with no problem.
Had to head off in the wrong direction back towards Bayeux to get fuel first and stock up on provision in the supermarket while we were there. The drive to Houlgate was a quick 35 mile trip on the N13, round Caen ring road the N413 onto the A13, then the D400 through Dives-sur-Mer and the D513 into Houlgate.
Arrived in Houlgate just too late to check in and had to wait in car park for nearly 2 hours for reception to reopen. The girl was actually still in reception when we arrived but left by the side exit as she saw Dot trying the front door. This was to become a theme here and even though we love the site and have been three times now, it is probably the last time, as a certain member of staff is ignorant, bad-mannered and very rude.
HOULGATE
Camping De La Vallee
88, Rue De La Vallee - 14510 Houlgate.
We had lunch in the van while we waited, had a walk round the site, I read for a while and even had a beer.
By the time reception reopened two other vans were waiting to check in, we did get in first and were even being served first, until the lady attending to us answered the phone and talked for about 10 mins, totally ignoring us, no apology, no I wont be a minute, she just left us stood there like lemons. A Dutch couple who had waited almost as long as us got bumped into third place by a German couple but when they mentioned that they had two dogs, they were refused entry to the site, only one dog allowed, they did say the dogs were very small but rules are rules and they had to leave. The Dutch couple looked quite pleased. A man who was in reception did talk to us and we asked if we would be close to Nicole and he let us know there was no chance, that their chalet was as far away from the camping pitches as it was possible to be, even gave us the number.
When we eventually did get the attention of the lady, I don't think that she actually looked up at us ones during the booking in process. I think the man and lady are the owners of the site or at least the people that run the site for whoever do own it.
The pitch we got was one we had spotted as being a potential spot on our walk around earlier, got everything set up for a weeks stop (awning, satellite, etc) and then we had a walk over to see Nicole and Tim's chalet and sent them a photo of it via the mobile phone (cell phone). Later we had a beer in the bar and an early night as the others were due about six or seven in the morning.
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