After a leisurely breakfast, and waving our overnight neighbours a goodbye, we tackled the task of reorganising where all our “clobber” was to be positioned.
The green open space in Grenay. Very popular with the locals - and the cricket playing Afghanies. Our van parked beyond the trees in the distance.
The large boot, or garage as it is called in motorhome language, was my responsibility - hadn’t quite realised the amount of gear we had acquired just in these early days of our travels: the chairs, table, levelling chocks, tool box, ladder etc.
A slightly more ordered “garage” to store our supplies etc.
During our hiatus in London James and I installed two 160w solar panels onto the roof of the van and connected these into its electronic system.
The “skilled” tradies at work. Two 160 watt panels to provide for all our on-road electoral needs for the next ten years!
I needed to check that they were still firmly attached to the roof and that the cables were attached to their anchor points. All were doing well!
As the day warmed we ventured out for a long walk around the environs. This took us past the British Military Cemetery where there were British, Canadian, French and German soldiers buried. This whole area was the ground that the combatants during WWI fought over.
The very well looked after Maroc British Military Cemetery at Grenay. Such a waste of young men from many nations! (Tip pic - Lines from the poem “All’s Well!”by John Oxenham.)
Spent the rest of the day doing a few jobs and generally relaxing. Helene sowed up some seat covers (until we can get some proper fitting ones) for the front seats as protection from the messy driver!Some interesting pics from today:
An colourful display using an old underground coal trolley - keeping in touch with the history of the area.
A relatively new memorial to the Resistance fighters during WWII.
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