{"id":18303,"date":"2015-10-13T09:32:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T08:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=18303"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T11:01:09","slug":"breathing-in-the-free-aire-wissant-northern-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/breathing-in-the-free-aire-wissant-northern-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Breathing in the Free Aire, Wissant, Northern France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome is feeling relaxed. He&#8217;s back in France, the land where the lifestyle associated with motorhomes (or camping cars as they&#8217;re known here)\u00a0is considered quite normal and accepted. There are parking areas almost everywhere (the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/9076080410\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=9076080410&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=outoamilieuwa-21\">Camperstop book<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=outoamilieuwa-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=9076080410\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0lists thousands)! We&#8217;re in the free aire (designated motorhome\u00a0parking area) at Wissant (N50.88766\u00a0E1.67059), about 20 mins\u00a0from Calais in Northern France. It&#8217;s 8:36am at home as I write this. I should have been in the office for 36 minutes. I haven&#8217;t been though, and don&#8217;t plan to be. Ever. Woo hoo!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18311\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04171.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18311\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18311\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04171-1024x423.jpg\" alt=\"Zagan in the aire at Wissant\" width=\"620\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04171-1024x423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04171-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zagan in the aire at Wissant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The pub we slept at a couple of nights ago treated us well. As we woke up the sun cut through the cloud and lit up the side of Zagan and the field of sheep behind us. Our basil plant, &#8216;Basil&#8217;, made an appearance on the van&#8217;s steps for a bit of photosynthesis as we eye-balled birds of prey circling above. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britstops.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Britstops <\/a>pub owner appeared in his dressing gown to let his wee puppy out, having entertained us offloading all his scrap onto\u00a0a bonfire the night before. Ju and I\u00a0sat around, read and talked about the plan for departure day. The ferry wasn&#8217;t until 7:15pm, no rush.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18304\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04140.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18304\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18304\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04140-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Life in Zagan.\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04140-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04140-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04140-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04140-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04140.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Life in Zagan.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A bunch of administrative stuff needed sorting out, which thankfully Ju has the organisation and motivation to do; including buying some more top-ups for our Three internet SIM. Oh, a quick update on that: <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/zagans-connected-motorhomewifi-com-4g-internet-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our mobile Internet system<\/a> is working a treat. We&#8217;re using a Three SIM in it, which has picked up speedy 3G and 4G connections as we&#8217;ve moved <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/our-2015-three-month-motorhome-tour-spanish-pyrenees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">across the UK<\/a> (except at <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/rogers-place-lumphanan-aberdeenshire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roger&#8217;s place<\/a>, but that was seriously remote). Here in France (admittedly we&#8217;ve only been here one day) I just checked the box to turn on roaming and voil\u00e0, it&#8217;s got a 3G Orange signal and simply works. At \u00a315 for 3GB a month, including roaming in a fair few European countries, the system is looking fab. Only one problem so far: it works too well. At a <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/filming-friends-and-family-glasgow-to-langholm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campsite in Glasgow<\/a> with free WiFi our laptop dropped off the campsite network and reconnected to the MiFi one, while we were uploading a big old fat video to YouTube. The MiFi speed was so good we didn&#8217;t immediately notice and used a chunk of our monthly allowance by accident. We&#8217;re switching the MiFi off now when we&#8217;re not using it!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, British foodstuffs needed to be procured. We&#8217;ll be out of the UK for a couple of months, and Ju&#8217;s Ribena stash might not last. We cruised the M40 (at <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/hypermiling-in-a-motorhome-free-beer-folks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50mph<\/a>\u00a0of course) and hit a Lidl on the way. No Ribena in there. Panic broke out in Team Zagan but fortunately a side excursion to Farm Foods returned the expedition group to calm. I&#8217;d nipped over there while Ju paid in Lidl. She was surprised to find Zagan&#8217;s numberplate had been snapped (along with everyone else shopping there) as we entered the car park, meaning she had to remember it to avoid a parking fine. Us Brits are\u00a0going a bit bonkers with this camera stuff!<\/p>\n<p>Back on the M40, pootling along down to the M25 which serves as a Great Reminder to me as to why we&#8217;re doing all of this stuff. Wall to wall traffic, lanes upon lanes of cars, vans and trucks all seemingly trying to drive through one another. I tried my best to keep out of the way, even speeding up to 55mph to slot in with the slower lorries.<\/p>\n<p>Down at Dover we made a cheeky attempt to get on the earlier ferry. It was full, so we left the port and made a cheekier attempt to get up to the white cliffs. A National Trust site, a sign outside requested \u00a36 for motorhomes to park, which we&#8217;d rather spend on food or something useful, so the cliffs stayed uninspected and we headed for Marine Parade.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18306\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18306\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18306\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04153-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Parking at Marine Parade Dover. Overnight parking is, incredibly, tolerated as you're right up against the sea on a quiet road.\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04153-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04153-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04153-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04153-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04153.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parking at Marine Parade Dover. Overnight parking is, incredibly, tolerated as you&#8217;re right up against the sea on a quiet road.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Come 6pm with excitement building, back into the port we went, avoiding the customary customs check again and heading into Lane 11 ready for the DFDS ferry to arrive and gracefully carry us across the channel\u00a0to Calais. Once loaded onto the ferry, Charlie was left in Zagan with a &#8216;ferry bone&#8217; (leftover lamb bone from dinner the other night) to occupy him, while we headed out on deck to watch the loading and unloading show &#8211; this place is one massively impressive machine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-18309\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04159-1024x333.jpg\" alt=\"DSC04159\" width=\"620\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04159-1024x333.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04159-300x97.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18310\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04164.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18310\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18310\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04164-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Yeah baby! It really sank in when the ferry cranked up its engines!\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04164-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04164-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04164-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04164-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04164.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yeah baby! It really sank in when the ferry cranked up its engines!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Out the other side, driving in pitch dark onto the unlit motorway out of Calais I was as nervous as the first time I did this. Trying to work out which lane to be in, to avoid the Polish and Latvian lorries hammering past us and looking for exits, the general feeling was next time we&#8217;ll cough up the extra for an earlier ferry and arrive in daylight! There was little sign of the recent migrant problems as we passed through. The motorhome aire near the port was still fully populated with fellow vanners. In fact all we noticed was the huge double-fence topped with barbed wire running for what seemed miles alongside the motorway out of the port. Ah, and a few police vans with flashing blues parked up off to one side in the dark near the channel tunnel entrance.<\/p>\n<p>The relief at pouring ourselves into the aire here was considerable. Out came my single bottle of Spitfire Ale, and Ju quaffed a glass of Port before we headed for bed. Silence. Calm. Accepted. It feels so bloody nice to be back in mainland Europe in our van. I feel Free! Woo hoo!!! Time for breakfast and a walk to the beach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18308\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18308\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18308\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04158-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Our 2005 France Map with previous routes drawn out\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04158-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04158-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04158-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04158-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSC04158.jpg 1469w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our 2005 France Map with previous routes drawn out<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome is feeling relaxed. 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