We also slept well at the cemetery pitch. After we’d had breakfast and got everything ready to go, we went to the DIY store. We needed a watering can to fill up our fresh water tank and we also bought a garden hose as a precaution. Who knows what it could be used for. We also needed a hinge for the door on the outside of the camper where the gas bottles are stored. Somehow it doesn’t close properly and often bounces open while driving. Better safe than sorry.
With the horrendous fuel prices in France, we simply had to fill up all the tanks and canisters again in Germany.
From Müllheim, we traveled along the Rhine-Rhône Canal to Mulhouse, France.
The landscape here is beautiful. There is a lot of greenery. Cows, fields, meadows and forests. There are also some beautiful avenues.
Our route goes from eastern France (Mulhouse) to western France (Bordeaux).
And on towards Spain, Bilbao.
The villages mostly consist of narrow streets, main roads on which the big trucks also drive through. The houses are often old, many of them farmhouses. Nice to look at for us. This is probably one of the larger towns/villages. There are often only a few houses at the side of the road.
This morning, Alex wasn’t in such a good mood. Driving with “WENNE” is still quite unusual for him. After we constantly had traffic signs in France near Belfort saying that trucks were not allowed to drive through and Alex drove on anyway, he was quite stressed as we didn’t know exactly why driving through was forbidden. Road too narrow, bridges? Whatever. As soon as he saw the police, he became even more tense.
This morning, Alex wasn’t in such a good mood. Driving with “WENNE” is still quite unusual for him. After we constantly had traffic signs in France near Belfort saying that trucks were not allowed to drive through and Alex drove on anyway, he was quite stressed as we didn’t know exactly why driving through was forbidden. Road too narrow, bridges. Whatever. As soon as he saw the police, he became even more tense.
After almost 400 km, we arrived at our pitch near Beaulon this evening.
Personally, we want to drive through France as quickly as possible. Somehow we’ve never felt at home there. I don’t know why that is, but it is!
Hence the long journey today.
We found the pitch again in our camper app. The reason for this was actually that we wanted to empty our toilet and fill up with fresh water.
We had been camping in tents on campsites for years. Iris used to go camping with her parents every year as a child. So you could say that we know and can do camping. But with a camper like this and the toilet and fresh water thing, that’s new territory for us.
So we emptied the toilet cassette into the container provided. But we didn’t have any water to clean it because the payment machine wasn’t working. While we were still busy with the machine, a man came by with his toilet cassette and a bottle of water. We watched him with interest. He spoke a little German and explained to us that it was better to always have a bottle of water with you to rinse out. So we did the same. However, as the payment machine didn’t work, there was no fresh water for us to fill up the tank. This means that we have to use our water sparingly today, as we don’t know exactly how long it will last us. We have to get used to it first.
Otherwise, the site is really nice. Quietly situated. There is a river behind us on which small boats also sail. Campers under 3.5 tons can park right by the water. We, on the other hand, are a bit out of the way. But we are on our own here and have our peace and quiet.
