A
Road Less Travelled
'A
French Letter'
(to
be continued)
Calais.
13th
of May 2016
Now
we headed for our secret ''Aires'' less than half-an-hour from the
port. As usual we were the only mobile home (camping-car)
there. There is room for 6 mobile homes, there is power available
(you will need a two-pin continental adapter) including
rubbish, black water and elsan disposal, as well as fresh potable
water available.
The
next morning, we set out refreshed, bright eyed and bushy tailed. We
set the sat-nav for the road to Rouen (or as we call it, the road to
Ruin) but as usual we were avoiding the French 'à péage '
motorway 'autoroute' system. Tolls on the French motorway
costs an average of €0.07 per kilometre for a car and a bit more
for a motorhome. Travelling from Calais down to the Spanish border
would cost about €70.00 There are usually no tolls on the sections
of motorways around major cities. An Autoroute Tarifs leaflet
is available from the Association des Sociétés Françaises
d’Autoroutes (www.autoroutes.fr).
We
noted that the price of fuel in the French supermarket outlets was at
€1.08 a litre which works out at around 84p in English money. On
the French 'à péage ' fuel prices are typically €0.20 per
litre more. Fuel stops in towns and villages are usually €1.12 a
litre.
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