And about time too!

Bonjour from France!

WooHoooo - we've eventually found a wi-fi spot so we can update the blog. These hotspots are like rocking horse poo or hen's teeth or something....whichever way you want to describe them, they're VERY rare around these parts!

We had a good journey - 10 hours in all from Coquelles to the site but that included plenty of stops and breaks. We used toll roads most of the way which were nice and quiet although they did cost us 70 EUR!

Anyway, we're here (but you probably knew that already) and have settled in to our chalet. Actually, it's a bit like the Fawlty Towers of chalets - there are 8 tumblers, 3 smaller glasses, no wine glasses, only 2 plates match - the rest are all odd, the pans are all either HUGE or tiny, there is the world's slowest heating electric hob, no oven, the heaters won't switch on or won't switch off, the fridge acts like a freezer and freezes everything solid (even though we've turned it down) and there are no plug sockets in any convenient places - but apart from that it's fine and quite cute really! I've attached a picture of our shed.

We've spent some time mooching about but I'm now typing this at the top of Alpe d'Huez which is a mega-mountain that the Tour de France goes up. Martin cycled up it last year in 2 hours 25 mins and wanted to make more of an effort this year(!). He has just arrived in 1 hour 39 mins - what a result! He doesn't even look too tired (so he could probably have done better....but I won't tell him that just yet!).
We're having some coffee at a cafe (which is where we've found the wi-fi spot) and then we'll be heading back down to the site.

It's not exactly sunbathing weather here but it is warm, dry and very nice really - and whatever the weather it is much better than being in work on a Monday!

Will try to update again whenever we get near a hotspot but bye bye for now.

Take care, everyone!

D&M
xx