Photos to follow - weak wifi
Wednesday 22nd June
After some travelling on the motorway, we stopped in the village of Les Islettes west of Verdun to stretch our legs and look for a couple of geocaches before heading up the hill to an Aire that we have used a couple of times before. It is on the edge of some kind of commune, and several years ago on our first visit, we almost had the place to ourselves. It's a grassy fenced area with several gravelly pitches marked out and a few electric pods, with all the water facilities across the road, including a loo and a shower - a very peaceful spot beside a forest for 5€ a night. It was a bit busier when we came a couple of years ago, but today it was heaving - with motorhomes and workmen! Although the field is still the same, they have taken some of the grass out and widened the roadway to accommodate more vehicles and the workmen had been installing more electric pods - and the price has gone up to 7€. Today's job, though was to use a digger doing some earth-moving! We discovered later that most of the motorhomers were a large group of friends getting together - so the noise level went even higher when there were 20 or more French voices enjoying themselves! We managed to fit in Ok, with our own patch of grass and picnic table and all was quiet by 10 o'clock when we got back in the van on a very warm evening.
Thursday 23rd June
This morning was quiet till 8am, when the digger started up again! Soon we realised that history was repeating itself - memories of Nova Gorica. They were digging trenches across the entrance roadway! Several of the campers seemed to be packing up expecting to drive out and eventually we were the first in line, with planks of wood placed over the hole. We wobbled a bit, but successfully made it on our way. Just a short journey today, aiming for Camping Intercommunalite (they used to be called Municipal) at Val-de-Vesle, another that we have used before. In this heat, we just needed some grass and some shade - a lovely place for that.
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