{"id":35488,"date":"2019-05-24T13:25:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T12:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=35488"},"modified":"2019-05-25T11:57:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T10:57:47","slug":"becalmed-in-a-top-notch-motorhome-aire-at-neufchatel-en-bray-normandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/becalmed-in-a-top-notch-motorhome-aire-at-neufchatel-en-bray-normandy\/","title":{"rendered":"Becalmed in a Top Notch Motorhome Aire at Neufch\u00e2tel-en-Bray, Normandy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome&#8217;s fridge found itself flooded the other day, at least the back bit where a flame&#8217;s supposed to flicker. In a zealous washing whirl, Ju had decided to fill both sinks with soapy water to flush the pipes through before we pootled over to the service point at our last stop. A few moments later the *click*, *click*, *click* sound of a struggling fridge came forth, a sorry sound in the world of motorhomes. We peered at the injured thing, faffed about trying to relight it, faffed about with the gas, and did some more staring at it before realising the deluge must have rushed up to the drain positioned in the hob, itself positioned above the fridge, and which must have a leak. Sod it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_091008955_HDR.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Avenue verte in Nuefchatel-en-Bray - planetary markers\" class=\"wp-image-35490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_091008955_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_091008955_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_091008955_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_091008955_HDR-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_091008955_HDR-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Ju&#8217;s been out running. Only as far as the Uranus sign, no way was she passing that without a grinning photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We were planning on rolling up to Dieppe about 20km away, which has two large motorhome aires in the port. I&#8217;d fancied getting up there to see some action. Exactly what sort of action I&#8217;d envisaged even I was unclear on, but *something* must be happening in a large port? Reading the reviews on park4night.com, the previous denizens were perhaps a little unkind, bemoaning the fact the town is noisy (it&#8217;s a working port?) and the electricity only works on a schedule, so comes on for a couple of hours then goes off for a couple more. Presumably this last part was to make it suitable for leisure battery charging while keeping the price of the aire down, but no-one seemed chuffed with this state of affairs. As our fridge now <em>ne marche pas avec le gas<\/em> (it was bust), we needed always-on mains hook-up at least until the thing dried out and we could test that really was the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_191036113_HDR.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Very tame ducks around these parts at the motorhome aire in Neufchatel-en-Bray\" class=\"wp-image-35491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_191036113_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_191036113_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_191036113_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_191036113_HDR-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190523_191036113_HDR-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Very tame ducks around these parts?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Out came the database again and up bloomed the spot we&#8217;ve been glued to for the past couple of days, and likely a day or two more. We&#8217;re at an aire in Neufch\u00e2tel-en-Bray, all of about 5 minutes <a href=\"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/mesnieres-en-bray-and-the-green-avenue\/\">from our last stop <\/a>and a convenient distance from one of the main free fast roads north-south to the east of Paris (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:49.73685,1.42905\">N49.73685, E1.42905<\/a>). The term &#8216;aire&#8217; is a bit of a catch all for everything from a sloping car park alongside the local train line all the way up to, well, this kind of spot. We&#8217;re in what I&#8217;d call a &#8216;motorhome campsite&#8217;, designed specifically for campervans and motorhomes who don&#8217;t want the full services of a campsite, but like having a hedged pitch with a grassy and gravel areas to sit in, dry the laundry (\u20ac5 a go on the washing machine and there&#8217;s a dryer too), cook al fresco, feed the ducks, read, sup your favourite tipple and comment, again, on how sunny it is. The aire&#8217;s co-owned by a full campsite next door, and costs \u20ac12 for 24 hours, including services and access to a unisex loo (feels weird using the urinals when ladies walk in) plus a shower, the latter costs a bit extra so we&#8217;ve just used our own. A chap on a sit-on lawnmower manicures the place each morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_114840220_HDR.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"The wonderful aire\/motorhome campsite in  Neufchatel-en-Bray \" class=\"wp-image-35493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_114840220_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_114840220_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_114840220_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_114840220_HDR-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_114840220_HDR-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The wonderful aire\/motorhome campsite in  Neufch\u00e2tel-en-Bray <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re still besides the Avenue Verte here, the green route which used to be a train line and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avenuevertelondonparis.co.uk\/\">runs all the way from Dieppe to Paris<\/a> (extending to London apparently, although clearly that requires popping your bike on a ferry at some point). Walking 200m brings you to an E Leclerc supermarket, and another 100m or so upgrades you to a Lidl (that&#8217;s a tad tongue in cheek &#8211; the E Leclerc is MUCH posher). It&#8217;s a similar amble into town, with its shops, takeaways and restaurants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190524_160721073_hdr1489637094.jpg\" alt=\"neufchatel-en-bray\" class=\"wp-image-35502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190524_160721073_hdr1489637094.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190524_160721073_hdr1489637094-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190524_160721073_hdr1489637094-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190524_160721073_hdr1489637094-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190524_160721073_hdr1489637094-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190524_160721073_hdr1489637094-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/img_20190524_160721073_hdr1489637094-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption>Neufchatel-en-Bray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When the sun shines, as it currently does (I&#8217;ve cooked my noggin, so am hiding inside from the heat while I write this), this spot&#8217;s tip top. Ah, a quick aside on the shopping: we&#8217;d guessed groceries here in France are more expensive than at home. Using Lidl&#8217;s common food items as a basis of a straw poll, we&#8217;ve worked out most stuff costs roughly 15% to 25% more here than at home. Diesel is about \u20ac1.47 a litre around here, roughly \u00a31.30, about the same as the UK. The weak pound won&#8217;t be helping matters on the groceries front, I guess, but access to low cost and free overnight stops still means it&#8217;s cheap roaming out here for us two, we&#8217;re not complaining (plus Ju packed like we were going to the moon\/Norway before we left the UK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_132811780_HDR.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Artful cakes in E Leclerc. Only when I closed the glass door did I see the sign asking me not to open the glass door. Whoops.\" class=\"wp-image-35494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_132811780_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_132811780_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_132811780_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_132811780_HDR-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_132811780_HDR-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Artful cakes in E Leclerc. Only when I closed the glass door did I see the sign asking me not to open the glass door. Whoops.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_121020200_HDR.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Train station at Neufchatel-en-Bray on Avenue Verte \" class=\"wp-image-35497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_121020200_HDR.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_121020200_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_121020200_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_121020200_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_121020200_HDR-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_121020200_HDR-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_121020200_HDR-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption>The Avenue Verte train station buildings and platforms have been retained, which feels a little strange when you&#8217;re jogging through them. I managed a 21 mile training run down the avenue and back yesterday, then slept for 3 hours afterwards! Ju did a steady 5 mile effort, and is coming on well from her injury.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The aire here&#8217;s been pretty popular, filling up in the late afternoon and emptying in the morning, a combination of French, Dutch, German and British vans mainly, with the odd Belgian popping by. Chatting with an English couple when we arrived, Peter (who turned out to be 81) relayed how he&#8217;d fallen from his bike on the Avenue and spent the afternoon in Dieppe hospital. Having been x-rayed and ultra-sounded he was finally declared fit to leave and turned loose with no payment required, despite the fact they&#8217;d forgotten their EHICs (EU health insurance cards). The only aspect they did have to shell out for was the taxi-ambulance, which only took cash so they were relieved to find they had the necessary \u20ac40-odd on them. When we waved them goodbye they were off to pick up their bikes from a local French fella who&#8217;d offered to keep them safe, and we got a text later to re-assure us they had their steeds and were happily (if painfully bruised) off to the port to head home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_135647826_HDR.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chicken curry baguette? Don't mind if I do! Sadly despite a vague yellow colour, it tasted nothing of curry. Or chicken.\" class=\"wp-image-35495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_135647826_HDR.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_135647826_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_135647826_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_135647826_HDR-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_20190522_135647826_HDR-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Chicken curry baguette? Don&#8217;t mind if I do! Sadly despite a vague yellow colour, it tasted nothing of curry. Or chicken.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Where next for us? Hmmmm. Our mates are hitting the road in the morning and will slingshot past us probably mid afternoon. They&#8217;re driving from Nottingham to the Loire in a single day, getting the most from their holiday, who can blame &#8217;em. We&#8217;ll catch them up some time next week, giving the poor souls a few days to settle in an explore before we pop up in among the chateau. So, next stop will be somewhere between here and there, assuming we can detach ourselves from this wee Normandy paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P.S. This postscript may exceed common bounds of decency. Read on at your peril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I almost forgot. The aire here is perfect in all regards but one. For some god-forsaken reason the otherwise diligent owner&#8217;s installed a loo emptying contraption of his own design, which has the rather fatal flaw of a kind of grid thing at the bottom. If you&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure of using a cassette toilet, which has been fully employed for its intended purpose in life, you&#8217;ll know it contains more than mere liquid. The design of this particular shining metal receptacle had, for reasons utterly beyond me, capped off the big hole at the bottom with a kind of poo-filter, above which anything larger than a rabbit tod is bound to be trapped, staring up at you, delighted it has a second chance to feel the light of day. As I glanced down at the grill in advance of actually using it, this soon-to-be-proven truth was clear to me, having come across similar challenges in the past. I stood cursing it when a fellow Brit pointed at the hose pipe: &#8220;that&#8217;s what the pipe&#8217;s for&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few moments later I found myself chopping up my own poop using a blast of water which, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice, was also atomising the brown matter and filling the otherwise fresh air with the fecal stuff. Feeling the eyes of said fellow Brits on my back, from their armchair position a few meters away, I opted to try refilling the cassette with water and flushing the whole thing away in one go before starting the big pour. The result: stupidity prevailed. With a half-full cassette my monkey-brain decided to give it a quick shake to dislodge any reticent contents, at which point the box coughed out a good glob of poo-water, across my face, short, shorts and legs. I need not describe the stench, or my resulting mood swing. Hoping against hope no-one had witnessed this, I completed the accursed task of poo chopping and chasing, put the cassette away and almost crashed the van as I reversed it out in a huff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best of it all: this isn&#8217;t the first time I&#8217;ve managed this full-length-shit-spraying maneuver. The  last time was in Finland, where afterwards I walked fully-clothed into the shower, a good move I thought. This time I opted to chuck my gear into a bucket with enough washing liquid to float a warship before scrubbing myself down like a heart surgeon with OCD.  Yep, the motorhome life&#8217;s pretty awesome fiolks, but for gawd&#8217;s-sake folks, don&#8217;t be like Jay: pop the cap on before you shake the box&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re in a top quality motorhome aire-campsite at Neufchatel en Bray in Normandy. 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