Saturday 15 February 2020

Run Run Rouen

So here we are in the post-brexit Europe.  Mrs C and I have a week off work, and a ferry booked!  Plans are to visit Rouen in time for the weekly "Parkrun" on Saturday morning, then head to Paris on Sunday. Stay until wednesday, then toodle on home to Scotland, hopefully in time for tea on Friday, and a quiet weekend before starting back to work.

The Weather has been wet in Scotland - with each weekend having a new "named" storm reaching our shores.  Ellen was gripping the wheel of Gino the Camper on the M6.


Funnily enough I also saw the northbound windsock exactly a week later, still blowing strongly!
So off to Rouen, where I lined up at the Start, on a chilly morning.  And just under 26 minutes later, I met Mrs C at the finish. Hand shakes all round and off we went back to Gino before having a lovely day in Rouen.
 This includes the usual - wandering round a market, stopping for lunch, 
getting a little lost with Google maps, a wee treat for Mrs C - some Monet paintings, and finally, a wander back to Gino for tea and an interesting night.  we hadn't realised that we were parked beside a music venue, but as the evening wore on the carpark got more and more busy, with every space taken.  


There was a French Rapper in town, and all the cool kids had come out to hear him.  

I heard them all come back to their cars at some point in the night, and by the morning, we were all alone again!

So, it was time to head for Paris.....







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