Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Wednesday 21st August 2013 – Lumbres, France

It was an easy journey from Somerset to Dover to catch the P&O ferry. We were unlucky to catch one of the older ships and it had the smelliest and dirtiest toilets that we have ever had on P&O. That said, although the furnishings were a little tired, the journey was comfortable.
As we often do, we chose to stop for the night at the aire in the Leclerc hypermarket in Lumbres, close to St. Omer. We arrived 10 minutes before it closed – just enough time to buy supplies for our dinner.
The spot that we always park in gives us views over a pastoral scene of trees and woodland but it is harvest time. As dusk fell, amber flashing lights showed the positions of farm vehicles heading on the roads to and from the farms. In the middle distance a cloud of dust hovers above a combine harvester and as darkness falls, we watch the headlights of the harvester and accompanying tractor as they track up and down the field.


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