France 2010, Day Seventeen, Pont Aven

Day Seventeen 20th June

First I had to get fuel, we had been with Mick so knew the way (approximately), pulled in at the pump and got my card out and tried to get in it the pump but a sign came up, no cards. Now I knew, Mick had used his card two day previous but it just would not work, then a man came over and said to pay at the booth. So the payment booth wasn't manned on Friday but it was on Sunday, go figure. Then we got on the wrong road as we left the supermarket and the sat nav went off and we had to restart the computer, such fun.

We eventually left St Jean de Monts for Pont Aven on the D51, then right on the D22 which changes to the D758 at Beauvoir-sur-Mer. At Bourgneuf-en-Retz we turned left on to the D13, which changes to the D213, passed the first site we stopped on. Over the river Lorie we took a right on to the N171, we took a left on the D4/D773 to the N165. As we crossed over the river Vilaine we could see a suspension bridge we went to look at last year, so we headed off the road into the service area (Aire de Marzan) to show Mick and Bren.

Then it was back on to the N165 until we turned off left onto the D24, then right on the C3 / D77 to the site. Dot and I visited this site last year so knew the way there.

PONT AVEN Siblu's Domaine de Kerlann Rue de l'Ocean, 29930 Pont-Aven Web Site

Same routine at reception again, they gave us a small dark pitch and we moved to a larger brighter one, very strange why they do this every time.   Very different from last year, most of the touring pitches are now taken by static mobile homes, more evidence that soon these sites will no longer take touring vans.

Dot and I went over to Reception to inform them of our move but never got all the way back to the van, we took a detour to the bar (just to check out the prices you understand). But first we got a couple of portions of chips from the takeaway and I did text Mick, to let him know where we where. Not long after, we got a phone call from Mick, to ask how to get to the bar, they had lost their map of the campsite. When they fond us we had a couple of beers together and they also got some chips.

Back at the van we got the satellites working (and I had my can of Duff), before heading back to the bar area to see what the entertainment was and to possibly watch some football.  

The entertainment was the reps show, most of it was not too bad, except for a skit two of them did about sound effects, it was dreadful and it went on and on, me and Mike went inside to watch the football until they finished it.