25th June 2014

Sunday 22nd June

Decided to eat in the site restaurant last night as it was a fiesta weekend and there was a disco/karaoke in the bar which we might have avoided had we known previously! It also meant that Ken could have a beer or two without the worry of having to drive back to the site. There was set menu which neither of us fancied so we selected from the very restricted a la carte menu. Ken had hoped for sardines but there were none on the menu that night and so reluctantly opted for chicken with baked potatoes and courgettes and mushrooms( can’t remember the fancy name) together with a mixed salad. Looked delicious when it arrived but the chicken had not been cooked through and so Ken left most of it. I elected to have a pizza which seemed innocuous enough but was so well cooked that it was almost impossible to cut. The waiter saw me struggling and provided me with a steak knife! All in all a bit of a disaster . The festivities on site continued until well after midnight and the young Spanish who had crowded onto the site over the weekend seemed to enjoy themselves.

Awoke late and spent the day on site lazing in the sun. Went into Sitges at around 6.30pm and the town was absolute sky heaving as it was the Corpus Christi celebration, with people and stalls along the promenade and flower displays  of carnations actually laid out as carpets on the streets. Apparently there is a competition for the best decorated street. There was a procession with huge puppet like figures  parading along the streets accompanied by musicians and “minders”. We do seem to have been lucky in that each time we have visited Sitges it had coincided with a festival.

Monday 23rd June

Left Sitges and headed for a motorhome dealership in Vic which also has an Aire close by in the hope of getting someone to look at our fridge which once again has stopped working using the electric hook up! After driving in completely the wrong direction for almost an hour on a new motorway which did not feature on either of our sat navs or in our map book and also worrying that we might run out of fuel with no petrol station in sight  we realised our error and had to back track along the same road to Manressa and from there to Vic. We arrived at Vic on the new road which ran parallel to the road we needed and had great difficulty in  finding access to it only to find that the dealer and the wire were both closed for the holiday! 

During the morning I had received a reply to a text I had sent a few days ago to  our friends Pat and George who were having problems with their motorhome in Argeles and had since moved to Rocamodur. As we couldn't  see any point in hanging around for the dealer to be open as there was no guarantee that the fridge could be fixed swiftly we decided to press on into France. The obvious route over the Pyrenees was to cross to Aix Les Thermes where we had stayed previously. The route was very scenic , fantastic views and lots of hairpin bends and surprise, surprise when we arrived at the tunnel through the Pyrenees it was closed until November. It was turning out to be one of those days! We had to climb once again over the pass into France and lots more scary bends to contend with. Arrived at Aix without further incident although we drove through some heavy rain on the way. We drove up what seemed like a much longer route than when we last visited to arrive at the ski resort of Bonsacre which is situated high above the town Aix Les Thermes and the resort is also connected  to the town by a cable car. There is only one other motorhome here so it is very quiet and peaceful and the mists and clouds are already descending all around us this evening making for quite an eerie atmosphere.

Tuesday 24th June

Left very early as we had planned along drive up to Limoges in the hope of catching up with our friends Pat and George. The journey should have been very straightforward via a mix of motorway and major roads but we reckoned without our sat nav which decided to take us across country along some single track roads for many miles . Was terrified we would meet something coming in the opposite direction as there was absolutely nowhere to pass!

Eventually after five and a half hours of tortuous travelling we arrived at Parc Verger an English owned site used by motorhomes and caravans  where we stayed last year. The weather is warm and sunny but I think there are storms forecast over the next few days. Waiting to hear from our friends before we decide our next move.