Mortagne sur Gironde in France

We have now rolled the motorhome to the small town of Mortagne sur Gironde, located on the Gironde estuary, just north of Bordeaux. Here we stand very nicely at a small harbour and look out at the boats in front of us.

Cold morning

This morning we woke up at the caravan park in Il de Ré that it was freezing cold - the gas had run out. It was an early morning, without coffee, but Peter took it. unusually good (cold mornings without coffee are not his favourite, so to speak...). As soon as it was light, we continued our journey south, and today we have stopped in the small village of Mortagne sur Gironde.

Mortagne sur Gironde

Mortagne-sur-Gironde is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The commune is a fairly small town, with just under a thousand inhabitants. The nearest major city is Bordeaux.

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This is a cosy little town, and we are standing in the harbour with 5-6 other motorhomes. We've just had a good clam lunch and are listening to the wind tearing at the flags and sails. At first we didn't know how to pay, but after a few hours on site, someone came and knocked on the window and wanted to be paid in cash. Now we just take it easy and enjoy standing in a nice spot.

17 December 2014 15:35

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BP says:

Thank goodness you can munch on lots of seafood, because the weather is certainly not on your side. But there are over 300 days left of your trip - thankfully.

17 December 2014 - 18:14

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BP, and when it's cold it's important to have gas in the tank!!! But absolutely, some good seafood cheers up in any situation! It's nice here too!
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17 December 2014 - 18:55

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Steve says:

A clam lunch listening to the wind sounds just fine to me.

17 December 2014 - 19:31

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Maggan och Ingemar says:

You seem to be very unlucky.
On our fixed gas bottle we have a gauge where we can see the level. Unfortunately it is on the back so we have to use a mirror to check it.
Now he has realised that he can take a photo of it instead.
We never have to be without gas nowadays.
Filling up when we still fill up with diesel.

Response to posts:
What kind of GPS do you have? 😀
Being able to enter coordinates is very important to us.
When we lost our GPS in Portugal 3 years ago, we immediately bought a new one there.
There are also good map programmes for ipad/android that are not so expensive and where you can enter coordinates, the problem is that you have to charge it all the time because it uses a lot of electricity.
We had to do this when we were in Albania and forgot to update our GPS.
Maps.me is a cheap app and applies to all countries.

17 December 2014 - 21:49

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Ditte says:

A bit unlucky, but perhaps these "opportunities" will now have positive effects.
Perhaps the mussels were a 'sticking plaster'.

17 December 2014 - 22:12

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Nils-Åke Hansson says:

Bad luck. Only happens at night that LPG runs out. so it has been for us.
Now I know you have plenty of pitches to choose from along the coast.
Goodbye
Nisse

17 December 2014 - 22:25

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Henny says:

You'll have to hurry down to the Spanish Costa del Sol. Apparently that's where the sun and heat are. Shivering and freezing does not make for a cosy holiday. Warm hugs from an unseasonably warm Norrbotten (+ - 0)!

17 December 2014 - 22:33

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admin says:

Steve, not stupid at all!

Maggan and Ingemar, smart with a meter! We have no fixed bottle, and no meter unfortunately. Normally we have two bottles, but now we have bought a French bottle, and we only have one of them... As for GPS, we have Pioneer. It works really well, but the sad thing is that coordinates do not work. Usually it works well anyway, but sometimes it can be difficult to find the street. Many thanks for the tips! We are not so keen on spending now and electricity is also a shortage, but it can be interesting to think about!

Ditte, unplanned trips work like that, luck and bad luck mixed together!

Nisse, yes, funnily enough it always ends at night! Great that there are parking spaces!
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Henny, we are eventually heading that way... But I want to see some of the road too...
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18 December 2014 - 0:35

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marina says:

Brrr! Hope you have had a better awakening today! (To think positively, it can only get better soon!!)

18 December 2014 - 3:01

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Lennart says:

Typical!
Gas always runs out at night!
Invest in a refuelling bottle!

18 December 2014 - 7:58

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Marina, yes, we've got new gas now - and it will be hot!
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Lennart, that's true... We have a French bottle that can be refilled, but it's difficult to find places that fill it. However, there are plenty of places that are happy to change the bottle...

18 December 2014 - 9:41

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Belfina says:

Things don't always turn out as planned, but they can still be good. When we arrived in Mortagne-sur-Gironde and stood on the quayside by the harbour basin, the mussels were tempting to buy.
- There were meatballs from the freezer.
So nice to see pictures we don't have from there.

18 December 2014 - 12:13

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Znogge says:

Read that you got gas and are warmer now! How nice!

18 December 2014 - 16:17

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admin says:

Belfina, that's exactly how it is! Nice that you have been in exactly the same place!
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Znogge, yes now we have gas! In addition, the air is milder, nice!
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18 December 2014 - 17:27

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