Tree Story

We shot down the Peage from Calais to the Cote d'Azur with only two night stops to rendezvous with our grandsons at Camping 'Domaine de la Bergerie' near Frejus. It's not an ideal site for motorhomers because there are lots of low-hanging trees and access is difficult. However, we're here to see the boys who, with their Mum & Dad, are having a mini-holiday in a mobilhome.

The weather here is sunny but very windy. So windy, that last night that reception called us on our mobile to say that a tree was about to fall on to our 'van. We'd just finished our BBQ with the family at their mobilhome at 9pm, so it wasn't what we needed!

We had to reverse our 'van off the pitch while the tree surgeon cut the tree down: it was now getting dark and Chas had a sense of humour failure. A small crowd gathered to watch the tree being felled. After it was all over, we were left in the dark to get back on our pitch.

Chas swung our motorhome back into our emplacement in one easy manouvre which ripped the back bumper off! Next morning with a bit of hacksawing, drilling, superglue and penny washers some semblance of order was restored.

All morning, our Belgian and Dutch neighbours plied us with offers of tools, materials and beer to help fix our bumper. They've also been back to admire Chas's handywork!