This morning started slowly after one or two glasses wine followed by the arrival of the gin! Our usual breakfast of pastries and the precaution of an additional coffee this morning and we were cooking on gas.

Caroline left us today….. It’s certainly going to be quiet without my co-adventurer! We have kidnapped Kylie and Charlene to remind us of our first guest on the great tour…. Although I will be sleeping like a star fish tonight and not sharing the covers! We miss you Caroline, I hope the next leg of your European vacation is filled with as many laughs and trumps!

We ventured into Rennes to take Caroline to the station. The outskirts of the city seemed a bit grotty, but as we got closer to the center it seemed to sort itself out, clean up and be the grand city I was expecting.

Another trip to the supermarket, and a little snooze for us all prepared ourselves for the next adventure. The children and I went on a forrest adrenaline adventure! The route we took aimed at age 5-7 but i found it really tough, not quite as tough as the grown ups go ape but certainly tougher than i thought it would be! I fell off and needed to be rescued a member of staff. Luckily it was on one of the lowest parts of the course but my feet just didn’t quite touch the floor. The kids were amazing at it. I fully expected to see frasers sad lip or penny to get cross and not do it, but they loved every minute of it. We went around twice! When Fraser went across a particularly challenging part he just kept saying “steady boys” in an American accent! No tears, no fear!

We went for an explore around the woods after and found some trees loaded with cherries…. The children were getting hungry so we headed back to the camper. On our way back through the park we went into the reception, and penny ordered the breakfast in French…. It was amazing how confident she was.

The kids are eating a pizza for tea as our planned bbq has been thwarted by strong wind and the threat of rain has prompted a change in plan. I think the forecast is looking up for tomorrow and then Thursday looks lovely…. I think there is so much more to explore here that tomorrow morning seems to be taken care of.