France June 2008. Eurodisney,Paris.Oradour-sur-Glane.La Rochelle.
I set of for Dover on sunday 22nd June 2008 with a stop at Canterbury to store up on food i caught the 10pm ferry to Dunkerque.A trouble free crossing had me docking at 11pm french time.Setting of towards Abbeyville /Paris i drove for about an hour before coming off the A16 with the intention of a few hours sleep at the aire at St Valery sur Mer but i found a quiet layby on route so got my
head down there.Up at 5.30 for my trip down to Charles-de Gaule airport,with the satnav giving me problems i found my way to terminal 3 where the family were arriving.Here my problems started as my phone which i had recently taken a new contract with Virgin did not change to roaming.I now had the problem of how do i get in touch with daughter when she arrives.I had got there about 8 ish and new they were due about 10 but with no means of getting in touch how would i find them,luckily the terminal was most probably the quietest so i set about finding a route round the terminal.I sussed out you could do a circle of the terminal in about ten minutes and as i could not get in the car park for hight restrictions i decided i would just circle the terminal and hope i spotted them.After about forty circles to include a couple of stops at the terminal building parking in the taxi bay i found them or should i say they found me as the saw me on one of my circles.
I spent 3 days on the hotel cheyene car park in disney where the daughter was staying,i had asked at reception if it was ok and was told yes,not sure if they thought i was staying at the hotel but on the fourth day i found a ticket on the windscreen telling me i had to move from the car park.There is a garage outside the cheyene thats listed as an aire in the aires book so i went and filled up with deisel and used the services and asked the attendant if it was ok to park overnight and was told no problem.
As daughter and family were only there for 4 days i dropped them back at the airport and set off round the ring road of Paris heading for Oradour -sur glane.I made my way round the outskirts of Paris and down to Beagency on the Loire.I found the local aire and spent a couple of pleasant days here then continued my journey to Oradour.Here i was pleasantly suprised at the aire which was free and one of the best i have come across as it had emptying and filling facilities ,toilets ,dish and clothe washing ,picnic areas and a supermarket within walking distance.I stopped a couple of days visiting the museum and the ruins of the massacre which was a very sombre experience.
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Beaugency on the Loire
on the way to oradour
