france: journal

to national parc de lorraine - 10th june

here we are in france in the rain sheltering in the land rover. until now its been glorious weather and we've been walking through the national parks breaking in our new hiking boots. so how was the journey here? well, times gone a bit weird over the last few days. tuesday was a 5am start to empty the house, get packed and finish off last minute tasks. 12 hours later we were finally there and set off from loughton with a very full looking land rover. an hour later we were at claire's parents for a goodbye meal and then off to dover. unwilling to buy too much diesel at 83.9 pence a litre we ended up pulling into the petrol station, running on vapours having been caught out by our increased fuel consumption fully loaded - it was a good lesson. none the less at 10 pm we were on the ferry and on our way to france and eventually cape town. the long awaited day had arrived and we could not quite believe it.


first camp, parc de lorraine

pro plus kept us going through the night as we motored across the country. we screeched to a halt as a white cat ran out into our path - thank god it wasn't a black one. as dawn broke we pulled over and slept in our seats getting a few hours sleep before making our way towards national parc de lorraine.


is this where you light it?

its still raining…well, we've drunk the stella and wine that russell bought us so it can only be time for the travel scrabble!


camping sejours, parc de lorraine

france: accomodation

date location m/total accomodation gps
08/06/04 le nouvion-en-thieracae 250/250 front of land rover sorry!
09/06/04-10/06/04 hannonville, parc de lorraine 144/394 camping sejours n049° 01.115'
e005° 38.073'

france: other info

entry checks: passport checked.

costs: diesel 60 pence per litre; beer and wine very cheap; camping about £5/6 a night.

must sees: national parc de lorraine very pleasant.
kusafiri: the swahili verb "to travel"