歐洲各國禁足前短暫而美好的旅行 A Holiday Trip Ended Too Soon

Monday 2^nd March

From home to Folkestone. Good journey, one crash caused 10 minutes delay. Had Costa coffee at Scotch Corner and Gregg’s lunch. Parked in Wear Bay Road, Folkestone, just like last year. Woke up to fined £35 fixed penalty – it’s now a no motorhome area.

從家裏出發到Folkestone。一路上除了一起撞車事件延誤了10分鍾，別無它恙。我們在Scotch Corner享用了Costa咖啡和Gregg‘s家的午餐，晚上停在了去年停過的Wear Bay Road。不曾想早上醒來卻發現收到一張£35的罰單。原來這個地方現在已經不允許露營車過夜了，但是我們昨晚到達的時候天已漆黑，沒有看到新設的標識牌。

Tuesday 3^rd March

After the shock of the fixed penalty, I couldn’t eat breakfast, so went to Euro Tunnel and had banana. 08:50 Train to France. Good smooth trip. Breakfast (lovely fried egg sandwich) at very first Aire on A16. Lunch 40KM from Honfleur. 16:00 paid 4 euros to park in Honfleur. Had very expensive small coffee and very small Stella at Harbour café. Parked in Quetteville, a tiny village car park for the night.

剛剛上路就被罰款很不開心，早餐也不想吃了，直接就開到了歐洲鐵路隧道，路上吃了個香蕉。我們乘08：50 的隧道車到達了法國，行程一如既往的的平順。在第一個休息站我們停下來，做了美味的煎蛋三明治早餐；然後在距離Honfleur 40公裏的地方停下吃了午飯。到達Honfleur後我們來到事前選的停車廠，付了€4，步行到碼頭走了走。在港口的一個酒吧點了一咖啡和一杯啤酒，結果發現不僅量少杯小而且價格昂貴，€10。法國的第一晚我們在Quetteville村的迷你停車場休息了一晚。

           

Wednesday 4^th March

Woke up and wished Amy “Happy Birthday”! Moved away from Quetteville to have breakfast. Managed to find some daisies and pink blossom to give to Amy on her birthday. Skye helped me by biting the blossom in half, even though I hadn’t asked her to!

Found an Intermarche and got cheap fuel and some shopping. Headed to a nice overnight spot at Turquant after driving over the narrowest longest bridge over the Loire – quite scary. Walked to a nearby restaurant built into the side of a cliff but it was closed for renovation, so no birthday meal for Amy but we did have some strange bacon/tomato wrapped pork balls. Mixed red wine with Rose and both had slight headache. Very quiet night apart from rain, rain, rain, and then a bit more rain!

一早醒來沒有忘記跟Amy道生日快樂！為了不打攪這個寧靜的小村莊，我們早早就上路了。早餐的時候我在林子裏找到一些雛菊和粉色的櫻花送給Amy。Skye不請自顧的把粉色的櫻花咬掉了一半！

路上偶遇Intermarche超市，油價很便宜，於是購物加油。Loire河上的橋梁狹窄而長，非常的不好走。今晚在Turquant過夜，就近有一個建在懸崖峭壁的飯店。本想在這裏請Amy吃頓生日餐的，可惜飯店內部裝修不開門。於是晚餐就烤了在超市買的一種由培根和西紅柿包裹著的肉丸子。喝完一瓶玫瑰紅酒，又喝了一杯紅酒，結果是兩個人都有點頭疼。晚上很安靜，隻有淅淅瀝瀝的雨下個不停。

Thursday 5^th March

Rain stopped so we explored the ancient Loire river side village of Montsoreau and its giant Chateau (which was shut). Bought tasty cakes, blueberry tart and apricot tart, and had coffee in van next to the river. Then had extremely blowy and rainy drive to Angleoume, where we negotiated tight hilly lanes to the top of town, to a view point near the Cathedral. More rain and wind. Headed south a bit to overnight at Reignac near the village football ground. Had home-made puff pastry pizza and crab spring rolls for tea. Passed a very quiet night.

雨終於停了。我們到Loire河邊久負盛名的Montsoreau村裏走了走，仰慕了一下那個不開門的大城堡。在村裏一間香味撲鼻的烘培店裏，買了好吃的藍莓和黃杏撻，然後把露營車停在河邊，配著自己煮的咖啡，小憩了一下。開往Angleoume的路上狂風暴雨，我們穿過崎嶇的山路來到了小鎮的最高處參觀大教堂，美麗的小鎮景觀盡收眼底。風雨不停，我們選擇把車停在 了Reignac村裏足球場邊上小樹林被風的一側。晚餐是自製的比薩和螃蟹春卷。多虧那排小樹，這一晚過得很祥和寧靜。

Friday 6^th March

Decided to move somewhere else for breakfast rather than outstay our welcome. Late on went to the Lac de Gat Mort to have a 3km walk but after about 1/2km in either direction found the path to be under a foot of water. Had lunch then headed to Lac de Lamothe a lake with golden sandy beaches, but dogs, even on a lead, not allowed. Had a nice walk through a forest then back near the lake. Started the van and as we pulled away there was a horrible noise and vibration – front brake sticking on! We managed to get going and the noise became barely noticeable, but when we slowed down to park up in the village of Onesse-Laharie the loud squealing came back. Had nice Super U lasagne and settled in for the night, trying to decide what to do about the brake. 1000km to Peniche in Portugal.       

不忍辜負村民的善意，打攪村裏的清靜，我們一早就離開了。來到Lac de Gat Mort，發現步行道都淹在水裏了，5公路的徒步行，無論朝哪個方向，走半公裏就不得不折返。午餐後我們來到有金色沙灘盛名的Lac de Lamothe，卻發現狗狗是不允許到沙灘上的。於是我們在湖邊的林子裏走了一遭。離開的時候，露營車的前刹車似乎卡住了，發出很難聽的噪音和震動。終於把車啟動，車速高了之後噪音似乎也沒有那麽糟糕了，但是在Onesse-Laharie村莊減速停車的時候，刹車發出尖而長的噪音讓人不可忽視。晚餐是Super U的意大利千層麵。

Saturday 7^th March

On leaving the village, Google map took us along narrow country lanes with deep water filled ditches on both sides, and then the lane changed to a muddy sandy track with huge puddles – couldn’t turn around – keep going and branches dragged down the side of the van but somehow we got to the main road. Phew!

Decided to go to Euro Master Garage as they had a sign saying they fix brakes. Spoke to Jan at Bayonne depot and he put van on ramp and soon told us he couldn’t get parts until Tuesday. Rather than risk 1000km we reluctantly decided to stay in Bayonne area. Found the Fur Oaks campsite at Urt and a resident told us to find a spot to camp, and the owner would come for money at same spot. Had experimental tea of pressure cooked ham and nice lovely hot shower, very quiet night,   filled water, and emptied loo. Owner never came … 

離開小村莊，穀歌導航把我們帶到了不僅狹窄，而且道路兩邊都是深水溝的鄉間小道，緊接著是沙泥土路。由於法國最近天天下雨，土路已不再是路了，坑坑窪窪，而且無處掉頭，隻能繼續前行。濕漉漉的樹枝沉沉地垂下來，刮掃著露營車頂，行進艱難。還好這段路隻有1公裏，我們竟然走出來啦！但是刹車的噪音更大了。看到Euro Master在路邊的廣告牌上顯示修理刹車，我們決定去試一試運氣。在Bayonne的一家Euro Master 修車廠跟Jan解釋了露營車的問題後，他把車開上了修車的坡道進行了一番檢查，然後告訴我們說零件要周二才能拿到。裏我們的目的地Peniche還有1000公裏呢！我們決定不冒風險，就在巴約訥把車修好了再上路。我們在Urt找到了一個露營地。在此居住的一位女士告訴我們找一個地方停下來就好，露營地的主人會來收費的。晚餐是用壓力鍋做的火腿。晚上洗了個舒服的熱水澡，然後給車上滿了淨水並清空了廁所。夜晚的營地非常安靜，老板卻沒來光顧...

Sunday 8^th March

I made breakfast! Very rare event worth recording.

No one ever came from camp management. Drove short distance to Carrefour for small food shopping – by chance the same shop we came to last year! Then coffee by the river then drove into Biarritz. Van decided to make horrifying squealing as we drove slowly through the town centre. Everyone looked! Found a car park but sign said “Motorhome cannot stop” so we re-located to a little sheltered street where motorhomes welcome until 15^th April. Rainy walk along beach promenaded then lazy afternoon.

Spring rolls and pizza for tea. Then night time walk – Amy said we should let Skye off the lead – I wasn’t sure – but every dog we saw was not on a lead – Skye had a very good time.

In bed about 21:00.

今天我做了早餐！這件不同尋常的事值得記錄下來。

營地老板自始至終沒有出現。我們離開營地到附近的家樂福Carrefour超市購物，路上發現我們去年也來過這家超市！在河邊小憩喝了咖啡，然後驅車駛入比亞裏茨。過市中心的時候由於車流大車速低，前刹車再次發出那種讓人極為不安的長而尖的噪音，路上的行人和司機都轉過頭來看我們！找到了事先選擇的停車場，卻發現標識牌上寫著”露營車不得在此停車”。於是我們繼續前行，來到一條被小樹庇護著的街道。路標顯示在4月15日之前露營車可以在此過夜。帶上Skye沿著沙灘我們在海邊走了走，然後慵懶地過了一個下午。

晚餐是春卷和比薩。飯後散步的時候，Amy說要向當地人學習，不要牽著Skye了，讓她自己跑一跑。我開始並不確定，但是很快就發現沒有一隻狗是牽著的。Skye玩得特別開心。晚上9點我們就上床睡覺啦。

Monday 9^th March

Up at 7am to take van to Euro Master. Asked us to leave it until 12ish to order parts and get price – we walked to a McDonalds but they had no hot food – machine broken! Had coffee and cake. Then 40 minutes’ walk to Bayonne old town. Had more coffee and almond pie. Returned to garage about 11:30 – Jan eventually got price – €681!! He said it was a good price but I was hoping for €500 … never mind.

Drove back to last night's spot. 14:45 – Jan phoned – bring van in at 14:00 tomorrow, parts should be there. Good news!

Stayed put but had nice walk around Milady Beach.

早上7點起床，把露營車開到Euro Master。Jan要我們把車留下來做訂購零件前的徹底檢查。並告知一旦收到報價，他會在中午之前跟我們聯係。步行來到麥當勞吃早餐，卻被告知機器壞了，沒有熱餐！買了咖啡和蛋糕，步行40分鍾來到巴約訥的舊城區，又點了一份咖啡和杏仁派，坐在室外的陽光下享用。大約11:30我們返回修車廠，Jan告知修車的價格是€681！他說這是一個很不錯的價格，但我心裏的上限是€500……哎，算了。開車回到昨晚的露營地點。 14:45， Jan打來電話說讓我們明天14:00帶車進廠修理，零件應該會在此之前送到。這真的是個好消息！我們在Milady海灘周圍散步，度過了一個輕鬆愉快的晚上。

Tuesday 10^th March

No need to get up early so had quite a lazy morning at Biarritz. Took van to Euro Master in Bayonne just after 2pm and went for a walk into town (again). Had coffee (but no cakes) in a café near the river. Skye barked at every dog that passed. Bought some bread and cake and walked in a circle to the park area. Garage closes at 6pm so at 5ish started walking back. Jan phone at 5:35pm to say van was ready, but they had to fit an extra part – it cost €148 – quite a substantial amount extra but we really had no choice. It was late so returned to Milady beach for our last night, but parked with a sea view. Total cost €829.75!!! L 

我們睡了一個懶覺。下午2點把車開到了修車廠，然後再次步行進城。在河邊走了走，然我們睡了一個懶覺。下午2點把車開到了修車廠交給Jan，然後再次步行進城。陽光下的河邊暖暖的，我們走到沿河的一家咖啡店坐下，點了一杯咖啡。不僅坐在陽光下品咖啡的人多，路過的行人也絡繹不絕。Skye對著每一個走過的狗狗都要大聲的叫上一通，警示著他們她的存在。在城裏買了些麵包和糕點，然後在市中心公園的長凳上坐了下來，一邊讀書聊天一邊吃蛋糕。修車廠下午6點關門，5點過後我們就開始往回走。5:35 終於等到Jan的電話，說車修好啦，但是需要格外的配件，所以又加價€148。雖然對價格不停的上漲不滿意，身在異鄉，我們也沒有別的選擇。拿到車已經很晚了，於是又回到Milady海灘邊，這次我們停在了一個有海景的地方。修車總共花了€829.75!!!

Wednesday 11^th March

Left France, drove into Spain and it got a lot hotter, 24c. To avoid coronavirus we took direct route through Spain along miles of dual carriageway, heading quickly to Portugal. Stopped in a cedar forest overnight near military camp. Really nice spot, good to walk Skye.

離開法國入境西班牙。這裏氣溫有24度，非常暖和。為了避免被感染新冠病毒，我們選擇長驅直入，盡快進入葡萄牙。晚上停靠在軍事營地附近的鬆樹林邊過夜。這個地方真不錯，好大的林子沒什麽人，Skye非常開心。

Thursday 12^th March

07:30am – up and about 08:00am heard “wake-up” bugle call from military camp. Drove down more motorway to campsite – got there noon. Nice terraced site, with good showers. Met a British couple in a Defender camper and had a beer on the terrace.

07:30我就醒了，八點的時候軍營裏的起床號響了起來。今天又走了一上午的高速公路，中午來到一個有著梯田一樣地勢的營地，淋浴間非常不錯。當晚在營地過夜的還有一對也是來自英國的夫婦，我們一起在平台酒吧喝了杯啤酒。他們開的是一輛路虎衛士改裝的露營車。

Friday 13^th March

Had leisurely morning – empty loo, fill water, check oil etc. drove to area of Espinho – had to go on toll road because other roads really slow. Camped at Praia de Sao Pedro de Maceda – combination of forest and beach. Sushi and homemade calzone! J

又是一個懶洋洋的早上，清空了廁所，上滿了淨水，又檢查了一下機油，然後上路朝著Espinho進軍。因為免費公路太慢，我們選擇走收費的路線。露營地選在了聖佩德羅德馬塞達海灘，這裏有不僅有黃金沙灘，還有茂密的樹林。晚餐是日本壽司和自製餡餅。

Saturday 14^th March

Decided to stay here for the day, lovely area to walk Skye in the forest and on the beach. Fairly busy as today is weekend.

這個地方真不錯，無論林子裏還是沙灘上，到處都是遛狗的好地方。我們決定在這裏繼續呆著。周末了，人有些多。

Sunday 15^th March

Drove to Peniche to see Ivor and Luci and Ivor’s daughters. Not forgetting Chloe the dog. Had pizza takeaway meal.

午餐後出發去佩尼切Peniche拜訪Ivor，Luci和Ivor的兩個女兒。當然了，還有狗寶寶Chloe。晚餐是外賣比薩餅。

Monday 16^th March

Found out Portugal was going to close border to Spanish tourists so decided to cut short Peniche break and just go home – 10:30 set off. Lidl shop, overnight in Valladolid.

葡萄牙要對西班牙的遊客關閉陸地邊境了。我們決定就此打住，10:30上路回家，晚上在巴利亞多利德過夜。

備注：老公喜歡每天在本子上簡短的記錄一下當天的活動，還喜歡隨手畫兩筆 。我的撤離筆記，加上他的每日簡報，這次旅行的記錄就完整啦