Bit of a mixed day travelling from Tik's place to a campsite at Autrans in the Parc Vercours which is just close to Grenoble.
We had a late start after a Facetime call with the ageing parent, a frustrating coffee with Olga, mum of Charlie's over-protected cousin Katia, and the continued non arrival of my passport.
We headed south towards the Digne and Sisteron area, where Fi and I first discovered some of France's impressive mountainous scenery all those years ago. Charlie found some nice back routes along wooded alpine valleys, though the roads were not great and we had to take things slowly after encountering some of the loose gravel that we have come to fear.
Charlie's mood not improved by continuing issues with the erratic charging of the satnav even after we had tried some hotwiring. However we managed to find a Decathon and to get him an inflatable mattress since camping looked likely today. I also eventually found some maps and managed to lead us up off the flat, boring plain that leads to Grenoble into the hills where we found a really nice camp site, with a pool.
Yet more pizza for supper and rather too much pfaffing around in the dark was the prelude to a rather unsatisfactory night's tossing and turning next to my darling son.
But, hey!, only a few hours later, another day dawns and the sun has just popped his hot little head above the scenic hills that definitely need exploring. Don't get me wrong but I'm pretty sure that today we're going to Die...
We had a late start after a Facetime call with the ageing parent, a frustrating coffee with Olga, mum of Charlie's over-protected cousin Katia, and the continued non arrival of my passport.
We headed south towards the Digne and Sisteron area, where Fi and I first discovered some of France's impressive mountainous scenery all those years ago. Charlie found some nice back routes along wooded alpine valleys, though the roads were not great and we had to take things slowly after encountering some of the loose gravel that we have come to fear.
Charlie's mood not improved by continuing issues with the erratic charging of the satnav even after we had tried some hotwiring. However we managed to find a Decathon and to get him an inflatable mattress since camping looked likely today. I also eventually found some maps and managed to lead us up off the flat, boring plain that leads to Grenoble into the hills where we found a really nice camp site, with a pool.
Yet more pizza for supper and rather too much pfaffing around in the dark was the prelude to a rather unsatisfactory night's tossing and turning next to my darling son.
But, hey!, only a few hours later, another day dawns and the sun has just popped his hot little head above the scenic hills that definitely need exploring. Don't get me wrong but I'm pretty sure that today we're going to Die...
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