We do not stay in the real forest in France, it's not really legal. We crossed the Loire at Ambois and after a long day we were very tired. There is a Forester in the area, a Guardian of the Forest who has a clearing and a tin roofed shack as his depot who invites people interested in the forest and its wildlife to visit. In addition Campingcars are invited to stay and 'observe the big wild beasts of the forest' (deer).
After several kilometres of drive on the road through forest we branched off on the access track and tucked into the clearing all alone. The Forester who has the timber and fungal rights turned up in the early evening to say hello and departed.
After our evening meal and the customary red wine I got the binoculars ready for some wild life spotting, but being so tired we retired to bed.
As darkness fell the noises started, grunts, howls, whines, screams, yelps it was a total cacophony, echoing barks getting resounding replies, several times we opened the window and wearily spied out for movement, it would have been nice to be sitting with a glass of wine in the hope of seeing some of the beasts but we just let the chorus lull us to sleep.
