Another early morning start and we were heading North. Chewing the Autoroutes up we finally arrived in Calais and booked in at Bien Assise. This is a super campsite literally on the doorstep of the Eurotunnel. We were shown to our pitch and duly swung the caravan in and made haste to set her up – now we are in the North, the sun has gone and the rain has begun! After setting up we took to our beds and made short fo the night. The following morning the weather had cleared a little so we were able to explore the site a little. Again we had: swimming pool, bar, restaurant, shop, table tennis & outdoor recreational facilities. The town of Guines is only a short walk away from the site, so we decided to venture in and see what was there. As it happens, a fair was being prepared so many roads were being closed and diverted. I also noted that the exit route I had chosen back to the tunnel was also closed! Hmm, some Google Map planning with the sat-nav was in order if we were to get to the tunnel without any unexpected diversions/delays.
Out time here was soon up and once again the Summer Holiday was at an end. Time to hitch up and make good the last leg of the journey. The tunnel from Bien Assist is only about 20 minutes away. With the new route planned in the sat-nav, we were soon on the way and arrived at the queues. Some long queues! Needless to say something wasn’t quite right as the delay put us past our scheduled train, but eventually we all got through and were put on trains accordingly. The Channel journey was again soon over and once again we were back in England. Back on the left, back on some heavily congested roads. Road works ahead, no caravan friendly places to stop for a while – miss the French system big style, but great to be back home! Bring on 2012 – France, we will be back!
- Date: 4th August 2011
- Nights: 2
- Pitch #: M2
- GPS: 50.865680, 1.856597
