Departure Campsite: Steinibachried, Horw, Switzerland (N 47.01211 E 8.31114)
Destination Campsite: International du lac d'Annecy, St Jorioz, France (N 45.83083 E 6.1786)
Distance: 203 miles/327 km (today) 876 miles/1411 km (total)
Destination Campsite: International du lac d'Annecy, St Jorioz, France (N 45.83083 E 6.1786)
Distance: 203 miles/327 km (today) 876 miles/1411 km (total)
Last night we left our folding frying frying pan in the dishwashing area, and discovered this morning that some thieving toerag had decided to pilfer it, replacing it with a grotty one. Our plan today was to drive back to France and find a campsite alongside Lake Annecy. Our pitch in Switzerland didn't turn out to be as expensive as we thought it might be, probably because we shared a single large pitch.
We made our way separately towards France, as it was probably easier than trying to keep up with each other. We stopped at a service station in Switzerland to fill up with diesel and make some lunch. We arranged via text messages to meet en-route at a car park in Lausanne, and took a few photographs by the lake. We only stayed a short while before continuing on to Annecy, getting separated again by the traffic jams we hit as soon as we entered the town of Annecy.
We chose International du lac d'Annecy out of the ACSI campsite guide, and parked up there while we waited for the Seniors to join us. We decided it would do us for the night, although it was quite packed (I think we were quite lucky to find a couple of pitches). The facilities were very good, with clean toilets and two pools, one with slides. The kids went straight off for a swim while we set up camp and then went off to find a supermarket in Simon's car without them. When we returned we found that James had been banned from the pool for going headfirst down the slide.
After eating, we walked off in search of the lake in the dark. It was a reasonable distance, but not too far. At one stage we stumbled across a group of what we think were "travellers". We set their dogs off barking and they came out to investigate. We didn't hang around. We spent about an hour or so by the lake, and then headed back to the campsite for the night.
