First stop Cap Ferret after leaving La Huga, and a walk on the beach between the remnants of the Atlantic Wall. We moved on to Camping La Fontaine Vieille, at Andernos-les-Bains Our Pitch in the Woods Andernos is an old…
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Andernos-les-Bains via Cap Ferret
Tagged with: andernos le bains, border terriers, Colin, cycling, france, Mavis, motorhome
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Andernos-les-Bains, Aquitaine
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Andernos-les-Bains, Aquitaine
Lucien and Other Weird Local Fauna
I cycled in to town for the days grub….French bread is superb but does need to be bought fresh each day. As well as the usual baguette I bought a ‘viking’ loaf…dark, almost black, malt and rye flour we thought…delicious.…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Lac Lacanau
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Lac Lacanau
Miss Gladys and a Chopper
I took the dogs down to Lac d’Hourtin before we set off. Colin likes to sit down as much as possible on the walks. Then we moved on to an aire at Le Huga, a small village on the road…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Lac d'Hourtin
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Lac d'Hourtin
Fontevraud to the Médoc
We have been inching ourselves south since the visit to Fontevraud and are now near Lacanau Ocean, in the Médoc. First stop was in an Aire by this lake in Parthenay. We had planned to move straight on to Soubrise,…
Tagged with: border terriers, Colin, cycling, Fontevraud, lac d'hourtin, lac lacanau, Maubisson, Mavis, motorhome, Parthenay, soulac sur mer
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Fontevraud Abbey….Aliénor of Aquitaine
After Chateau Brézé we moved on to Fontevraud Abbey. Close to Saumur in the Loire valley, the Abbey is best known for its association with the Plantagenet monarchs of England. These are the recumbent Plantagenets, medieval sculptures of Henry 2nd…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Château Brézé……Troglodytes and Pigeon Holes
This is Chateau Breze, a 15th century castle built over a remarkable underground fortification and living area excavated from the living rock over a thousand years ago. The chateau is about 10 miles south-east of Saumur. We came here on…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Breze, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Breze, Pays-de-la-Loire
Jousting in Saumur
Heading North to Saumur au bicyclette. (Sue…..please feel free to correct mon (ma?) français)… We stopped en route to Saumur by the Thouet. Looking a tad precarious. Note the Halo. Les Chiens. There is a Megalithic bridge on the track…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Saumur
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Saumur
Ville-Fleurie…….Montreuil-Bellay
This is Saumur from the bridge on the way South from Sillé La Guillaume. We are in the Loire valley, about 10 miles south of Saumur, at a site called Camping Le Thouet. This is a favourite site, accessed down…
Ruined by the English….Oh Dear
After a fruitless search for the tigers….all we saw was this sign…we moved on down another 100 miles to: This is Sille Plage, an inland beach close to the town of Sille Le Guillaume. The site is called Camping de…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sille la Guillaume
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sille la Guillaume
La Mailleraye sur Seine. Tigers?
After an early(ish) walk along the cycle track we set off for La Mailleraye sur Seine, a delightful aire on the south bank of the Seine, between Rouen and Le Havre. Pont de Brotonne, over the Seine This is the…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Upper Normandy
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Upper Normandy
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