Further to my last post (#10,767), we got an early(ish) start and did a longer than usual run (for us anyway) covering the 630 Km from Aosta to near Ancona yesterday and am now camped at Camping Bellamare in Porto Recanati. We've been here before so knew what to expect in terms of the site but we've always been out of season when it was near empty but it's packed now (albeit with an few vacant pitches). It's got all the usual facilities that you would expect from an Italian site, including a great beach and the compact pitches and although we will only be paying on departures, I think it's around €45. The first picture is the pitch - when we got back to the van earlier after going for a swim, the thermometer read 45°C but went down to 36 not long after we let some air in. It was about the same last night but by about 0400hrs we could pull an empty cotton quilt cover over us without overheating.
What I forgot to say about our last site in Aosta was that most of the toilets were of the 'long drop' variety (as some are in the current site). I'm quite used to them but they helpfully included instructions stuck to the wall of the cubicle. Given that it's in English, I suspect they believe that the average Brit isn't so used to them so need a bit of help. See second picture.
I also forgot to mention that when we are camped in Calais on Monday, the bus in the third picture was in the pitch next to us (being driven by a young German couple). At first I thought that the paint effects were from a weird wrap but, no, you get exactly what you see. When we filled up before leaving Calais, they came into the same petrol station chucking out a lot of noise and smoke and my Mrs pointed out that one of the tyres was nearly flat. I know some people like the romance of old VW busses but my first reaction was 'what a sh4theap'.
What I forgot to say about our last site in Aosta was that most of the toilets were of the 'long drop' variety (as some are in the current site). I'm quite used to them but they helpfully included instructions stuck to the wall of the cubicle. Given that it's in English, I suspect they believe that the average Brit isn't so used to them so need a bit of help. See second picture.
I also forgot to mention that when we are camped in Calais on Monday, the bus in the third picture was in the pitch next to us (being driven by a young German couple). At first I thought that the paint effects were from a weird wrap but, no, you get exactly what you see. When we filled up before leaving Calais, they came into the same petrol station chucking out a lot of noise and smoke and my Mrs pointed out that one of the tyres was nearly flat. I know some people like the romance of old VW busses but my first reaction was 'what a sh4theap'.
