France 2010, Day Three, Saint-Brevin

Day three 6th June

Mick and Bren were due into St Malo at 09:30, so we had to be up and ready to meet up with them at a supermarket on the way out of town. We had to fill up with diesel first, I had researched the price and there was a cheap Elf station on the way to the supermarket. Filled up for about €1.14 / litre that's £1.00 / litre on the exchange we got before travelling, that's £0.20 / litre saving or £16.00 on a full tank (and that's based on supermarket prices).

Met Mick and Bren where we had arranged but they had missed the petrol station, luckily they were able to get fuel there at the supermarket using a credit card.

The route to the first campsite was about 130 mile, we took the D137 out of St Malo, to Rennes where we took a right around the ring road. On the ring road the road name changes a couple of times but we just headed for Exit 6A, a right turn onto the N137. From the N137 we turned right onto the N171, all the way to the outskirts of St Nazaire, then onto the D213 over the river Loire to the site.

SAINT-BREVIN Siblu's Les Pierres Couchees Avenue des Pierres Couchées, 44250 Saint-brevin-les-pins Web Site

The entrance to the site had changed from last year and there was even less space for us to park while we checked in (this and other things we noticed on this and the next three Siblu sites, suggested that they would cease to be touring sites in the very near future). We were allocated pitches but unlike last year we were told to just choose where we wanted to pitch and let them know later.

Instead of our awning, which is fiddly to fit and peg down, this year we had brought a regatta pop up tent, it was up in seconds and it was great for storing things like boxes of beer, outdoor table and chairs, cool box, etc. We both got our satellites working and then headed over to reception and the bar for a couple of beers, using Siblu vouchers.

The deal with the vouchers, as last year, one voucher was £5.00 and could it be exchanged for €6.25 in goods from any of the campsites (food, beer, activities, etc), a €1.25 to £1.00 exchange rate. whereas the best exchange rate I got away on my debit card was €1.2 or at home €1.15.

By then it was already 17:00 so after a couple of beers, we got some bread from the sparsely stocked shop (one potato, one tomato, and one onion in stock) and then headed back to the vans for supper and a film. We had all had very long days the previous day.