1st September 2023

It had rained during the night at Le Bec Hellouin, so it was a damp start to pack away the van. We set off to the Eatons in Arcais in the rain, using departmental roads. The Google route was bizarre, at one time taking us down at least 20K of single-track road.  As we drove south the weather improved and the sun came out

We stopped off at a supermarket for lunch and topped up with 1.75 diesel. Very warm, stripped off our outer layers. We also stopped at the Aldi in Niort to buy some wine.

Arriving in Arçais

Arrived at the Eatons around 4.00. Had tea. Supper was a lovely veggie Lasagne with Aubergine, made by Madame.  The house martins and swallows were sitting on the TV aerial making a freak display. A couple of starlings joined them. Mike mentioned the number of birds was a lot less than last year.  Very few bats out tonight. We did not see any, but the bat detector did hear them a couple of times.

After dark, I took some pictures of the stars and the van. There was tremendous thunder and lightning storm over night.