2008, Day Two, Le Brévedent

Day two 2nd June

Arrived late in Zeebrugge but no worries, we are on holiday and we have all day to do just 150miles.

First stop was at the supermarket in Blankenberge (the one we usually use on the way home), to stock up with Belgium beer for the trip. We then drive down the coast road (N34) for a while before stopping for a cupper and food to see us on our way. Unlike last year the GPS seemed to be operating correctly. although we had already upset it by heading along the coast. And then, because of the volume of traffic on the suggested alternative route we ignored it again and took the motorway alternative from the N34 along the A10 to the A18, longer but much less bother.

Stopped for fuel and instead of it being a lot cheaper than at home, as in previous years, it was about the same price, only the petrol was the same price as diesel at home and the diesel the same as petrol. Must have been a shock to those with petrol engines to find they are paying more than at home.

As we entered France the road number changed to the A16 and it started to rain, it was still raining when we exited onto the A28 and approached our first destination. It was still early in the day so we made the decision to carry on south to the campsite we had pencilled in for stop three, near Bayeux, so we continued on the A28 onto the A29. In the end though, by the time we got to the river Seine, I was very tired and we headed to the closest campsite on our list, the one planed for stop four, near Le Brévedent. We turned of the A29 on to the A13 and then the D579 with the final part of the route on a back road. So the 150 mile journey was in fact 250 miles, with the last six miles on single track road.

LE BREVEDENT

Castel Camping Le Brevedent

Castel Camping Le Brevedent - 14230 Le Brevedent

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The site is the one with famous photo in lots of camping brochures (but in my opinion its not as good as it looks and one of the toilet blocks could do with some work).

To get a view of the lake we opted for a very narrow corner pitch (all of the good ones were reserved for a CC rally the next day) and we where on a slant, even with the chocks under one side.

 I think if we had booked for a week and not just two days we could have had a better plot. Got the van setup had to use two cables for the hook-up, then sat in the sun for about 10mins before it got to be very cold, had a couple of Belgian beers (De Verboden Vrucht), listened to some music and had an early night.