Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer - 21 September 2019
Forecast today was rain, heavy at times, from 1100. So the main aim today was to find somewhere decent to park up and drink tea/coffee. Topped up with GPL and serviced Dave at a free station (not many of those in the South of France) and then parked at the top of a hill at a cemetery carpark. Book
21 September
Strange sort of evening. Developed symptoms of a migraine and went to bed early. Felt freezing cold, roasting hot, sick a few times - and had a left eye ‘headache’ for hours and hours, but did eventually get to sleep. Let’s just say it’s very weird having no privacy. ☹️Mum, I’m not sure how you coped having normal conversations with Sarah and Herc on Sunday!
Enough of that! The change in the weather was as predicted - even down to the rain starting at 11am - and continuing all day.
Tintin drove today, less than an hour in total. First stop en route at a BP station for LPG - easy to drive in, not busy - just expensive!
We drove through a 1.7km tunnel, which bypassed most of Toulon. The block of flats on the outskirts maybe sums up why we didn’t feel the need to visit.
We drove past La Seyne-sur-Mer, then went to the free - yes free Aire in Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer and serviced Dave, just as it started to rain. There was space available to park there, but it was really busy with a sports field nearby, and on the road - so drove up to a more peaceful park4night place on top of a hill near a cemetery!
Sadly we didn’t stop off at a boulangerie - I feel cakes haven’t really made much of a feature yet!
Spent a very happy afternoon, reading books, drinking cups of tea, catching up with downloads...
We’ve just had lightning, and thunder that rumbled for quite a while. Nothing for it but to sit it out, and hopefully we’ll visit the town tomorrow, as what we saw of it looks very pretty.
It’s Saturday, so that must mean chicken curry for tea - sadly not from M&S - but never mind.
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