I was beginning to feel rather weary after the long journey, so I decided to say “à bientôt” to beautiful St Malo and head towards my accommodation. My plan was to find it and then kill some time by going to the supermarket. I found Dol and my accommodation very easily, and the driving was fine too, but finding a supermarket was a different matter! I put “supermarket” into my satnav and set off. I drove for ages, and ages and thought “ I bet there is one in Dol” but as I was still too early to check in, I kept on driving. Finally she (my satnav) said that I had reached my destination………..Alligator World! Clearly my satnav was weary too!
I told myself not to worry and drove a little further. I didn’t find a supermarket but there was a shop at the road side so I went in and asked in my best French where the nearest supermarket was. The girl gave me directions that I thought I understood and I set off again. I ignored my satnav and followed the instructions I had been given but, no supermarket! All the time I was not going the way she wanted me to, my satnav was shouting instructions at me so, realising I had no idea where the supermarket was, I began to follow her instructions again. Bad idea! We went round and round in circles! Then she tried to take me down a one way street! Clearly upset at having been ignored previously!
I began to panic a little but told myself it would be ok. It’s at times like that that travelling alone becomes difficult but my policy these days is to take a deep breath, reign in the anxiety and keep going and generally it pays off. It did on this occasion(thank goodness) and I even think I might have gone through a little hamlet that was used in the latest BBC version of Les Misérables. You see- silver linings!
I finally got back to Dol, was shown into my lovely accommodation by the lovely owners, then walked about half a mile up the road to the supermarket!!!
Bonne nuit 🙂
Jane’s Tour de Force 