{"id":33385,"date":"2019-01-11T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=33385"},"modified":"2019-01-11T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T16:00:49","slug":"seal-spotting-and-south-to-nonancourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/seal-spotting-and-south-to-nonancourt\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal Spotting and South to Nonancourt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Zagan the motorhome isn&#8217;t moving very quickly at the moment (does he ever?). Truth be told, we could have happily stayed at Stella Plage for a good while longer, however the motorhoming gods decided we needed to move on. We&#8217;re now parked up under slate grey skies at Nonancourt (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:48.77241,1.19198\" target=\"_blank\">N48.77241, E1.19198<\/a>), a place <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/on-the-route-home-nonancourt\/\">we visited and had a good look around last year<\/a>, so we don&#8217;t feel too bad staying holed up in the van, avoiding the rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190111_142750297_HDR-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome Aire Nonancourt, France\" class=\"wp-image-33396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190111_142750297_HDR-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190111_142750297_HDR-800x450-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190111_142750297_HDR-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190111_142750297_HDR-800x450-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190111_142750297_HDR-800x450-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Motorhome Aire Nonancourt, France<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve both been trying to shake pretty nasty Christmas colds, which is why you&#8217;ll find me coughing quite a bit on our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"video about taking the channel tunnel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zkjaJ6pBit8\" target=\"_blank\">video about taking the channel tunnel<\/a> &#8211; sadly we couldn&#8217;t reverse and do a second take! The nasty bug has sapped our strength and it would appear to have rendered us incapable of motorhoming on a basic level. After a couple of nights recuperating (also know as <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/streaming-uk-tv-into-a-motorhome-in-europe\/\">watching telly via the internet<\/a>) at Stella Plage the heating started to switch off. Everything else worked fine (the water leak is fixed), so we were a tad confused. Jay checked the gas bottles and they were both showing empty. We&#8217;d totally forgotten that on our last trip we decided to use our small gas bottle first as it&#8217;s always kept as a reserve and we thought the gas in it might be getting old (I have no idea if this happens, but it seemed logical at the time). The fridge was clinging on in there, doing its best with the fumes that were left, but we needed an LPG station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After tea and under the cover of darkness we headed north for about 6km to Le Touquet. Using <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MyLPG.EU (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mylpg.eu\" target=\"_blank\">MyLPG.EU<\/a> we knew the Total station had an LPG pump, sadly it was all taped off and shut when we arrived. No worried there was another LPG pump a couple more kilometres away &#8211; only there wasn&#8217;t &#8211; the station looked like it had never had one. Third time lucky we now drove 20 minutes south (waving at the Stella Plage turn off as we passed it) to Rang du Fliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Intermarche at Rang du Fliers (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"N50.41481, E1.60868 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:50.41481,1.60868\" target=\"_blank\">N50.41481, E1.60868<\/a>) has a 24 hour petrol station, and LPG &#8211; winner winner. Only the LPG wasn&#8217;t 24 hour, you could only use the pump when there was someone in the pay booth and they wouldn&#8217;t be back until 9am. Defeated, we drove to a quiet corner of the car park and settled in for the night. We haven&#8217;t &#8216;wild&#8217; camped in a random car park for a while, and in reality a Brico Marche car park (similar to a B&amp;Q) isn&#8217;t really that wild. But needless to say I spent the night convinced the police would come, or we&#8217;d be in trouble when the staff arrived in the morning, or we&#8217;d freeze to death in our bed. None of which happened. No one gave a hoot about us being parked there and we were quite warm fully-dressed under a duvet, two sleeping bags, a blanket and sofa throw! It stays dark until around 8am, so we didn&#8217;t surface until just after dawn. Under a beautiful red morning sky we did a quick shop in Intermarche before filling up with LPG &#8211; we had less than a litre left (possibly just a few grams) so no wonder the heating was having none of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_084430490-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"motorhome parked in Brico Marche\" class=\"wp-image-33394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_084430490-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_084430490-800x450-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_084430490-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_084430490-800x450-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_084430490-800x450-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Motorhome life isn&#8217;t all glamour!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-1-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"big cans in supermarket\" class=\"wp-image-33395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-1-800x481.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-1-800x481-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-1-800x481-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-1-800x481-705x424.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-1-800x481-450x271.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Full of cold and still chilly I couldn&#8217;t resist the urge to pretend to be very small in the supermarket massive can aisle!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t be bothered to move far once we&#8217;d filled up with gas, so we headed to Berck Plage (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:50.39664,1.56391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"N50.39664, E1.56391 (opens in a new tab)\">N50.39664, E1.56391<\/a>). The aire is next to the sea and should be \u20ac10 a night, but when we arrived the barriers were up. The water was switched off (this happens at a lot of aires in the winter so it&#8217;s worth filling up when you can) but as we still had half a tank we made the most of an unexpected freebie.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"motorhome aire Berck Plage France\" class=\"wp-image-33391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-2-800x450-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-2-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-2-800x450-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/UK-2-800x450-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>You don&#8217;t have to have an A Class to park in Berck Plage, but it helps!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a spot of breakfast we went for a walk to the beach. The slipway was all fenced off as there is a lot of maintenance work going on along the beach front at the moment &#8211; the collection of huge earth movers in the car park next to the aire was a clue. On the other side of the barriers were three people with tripods and telescopes pointing a huge rocks on the sand &#8211; hang on, they aren&#8217;t rocks, they&#8217;re moving. We nipped around the barriers and joined the tripod people to gaze at around 60 grey and common seals (<em>phoques<\/em>) having their morning rest just a couple of hundred metres from where we were stopping for the night &#8211; once again I remember why I love motorhoming. This is about as far south as seals live in Europe, with their population recovering here after hunting was banned in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04540-800x425.jpg\" alt=\"seal watching at Berck Plage\" class=\"wp-image-33387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04540-800x425.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04540-800x425-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04540-800x425-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04540-800x425-705x375.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04540-800x425-450x239.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>We were invited to see the seals close up through the telescopes &#8211; it was a real privilege to see them so close up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We stood there for quite a while gazing at these beautifully cute, but equally big teethed and scary creatures. It also gave us chance to test out our new camera, so I&#8217;ll make no apologies for the number of seal pics, they are but a fraction of what we took!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04531-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"seal at Berck Plage\" class=\"wp-image-33390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04531-800x481.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04531-800x481-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04531-800x481-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04531-800x481-705x424.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04531-800x481-450x271.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04541-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"seal at Berck Plage\" class=\"wp-image-33389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04541-800x519.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04541-800x519-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04541-800x519-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04541-800x519-705x457.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04541-800x519-450x292.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04537-800x466.jpg\" alt=\"seals at Berck Plage\" class=\"wp-image-33388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04537-800x466.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04537-800x466-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04537-800x466-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04537-800x466-705x411.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DSC04537-800x466-450x262.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a gratuitous amount of seal watching we went for a walk along the boardwalk to the town, before heading back to Zagan. I was shattered and had a nap. Jay is further along the cold recovery road then me, he managed to go out for a run along the beach where he got up close and personal with a few more seals and explored the building works going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_135836453-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"beach run in Berck Plage\" class=\"wp-image-33393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_135836453-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_135836453-800x600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_135836453-800x600-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_135836453-800x600-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_135836453-800x600-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>You can&#8217;t beat a run on the beach to make everything feel amazing!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the evening we went to see if the seals would be back at low tide. We were a little early, as they were still all out swimming in the water, but we timed it perfectly to see the convoy of earth movers setting off. Ten of them set off across a sand path created by a JCB right where we were stood seal watching in the morning. It looked like they were on a tight timescale or having fun, as they tore along the beach, returning about 10 minutes later full of sand. They then drove further around the bay to where the trees were falling into the water, and deposited their sand to rebuild the beach. It&#8217;s a huge operation to move tonnes of sand around 2km along the beach an was fascinating to watch as the seals bobbed around in the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_162216248-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"beach maintenance Berck Plage\" class=\"wp-image-33392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_162216248-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_162216248-800x450-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_162216248-800x450-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_162216248-800x450-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_20190110_162216248-800x450-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>They may not look big, but the tyres were around the same height as us!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in Zagan we now found our batteries were down to about half charge. Not really surprising as it&#8217;s been too cloudy for the solar panels to put much in and we&#8217;d only done about an hour&#8217;s driving over the past few days. We wrapped up in sleeping bags, saving the batteries to power the heating overnight &#8211; now we had gas to burn. It&#8217;s easy to forget how carefully you need to manage your resources when off-grid. This morning another grey drizzle day loomed. We paid a visit to our new seal friends before setting off for a three hour drive south. France is a much bigger country than we realise sometimes. I know folks who blat across it in a couple of days on the toll roads to reach Spain, but we love France, we&#8217;ll take a little longer and hope we&#8217;ll reach some sunshine soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight we have full gas tanks and batteries &#8211; we&#8217;ll have the heating on and the telly and all the lights! Tomorrow we&#8217;ll see how we are feeling. We may carry on south, or stay here for another day &#8211; that&#8217;s the beauty of motorhome life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ju x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a night time LPG hunt we end sleeping in a car park before seal spotting at Berck Plage then heading south to Nonancourt. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[417,53],"tags":[986,989,990,985,988,991],"class_list":["post-33385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorhome-blog","category-france-motorhome","tag-berck-plage","tag-common-seal","tag-grey-seal","tag-rang-du-fliers","tag-seal","tag-seal-spotting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Seal Spotting and South to Nonancourt - 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