Yearly Archives: 2014

L’Estartit…Moonrise over Les Medes

On Thursday we drove 25 miles down the coast to Camping Les Medes ( N 42.042504, E 3.183582) near the coastal town of L’Estartit. This is a friendly medium sized site with a few things going on even in the

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Posted in - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Estartit

Roses…El Dolmen de la Creu

Today Wednesday the weather had taken a distinct turn for the better and we set off on our bikes again, heading out of Roses towards El Dolmen de la Creu…this is a neolithic structure; one of many scattered over Spain

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Posted in - Spain, Catalonia, Roses

Port Vendres to the Bay of Roses. Un Poco de lluvia.

After an overnight stop overlooking the beach at Sète, we moved on down the coast to an aire at Port-Vendres. The aire ( N 42.517752, E 3.114114 )isn’t very pretty, being tucked away behind a large container terminal, but Port

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Posted in - France, - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, Languedoc-Roussillon, Port Vendres, Roses

Castellane and the Grand Canyon

On Sunday we drove 212 miles across Provence to an aire at Sète, on the eastern edge of the Languedoc-Rousillon region. It’s good to travel on a Sunday in France; the lorries are all off the roads. We drove first

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Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Castellane, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Lac Thorenc….1.5 degrees…Are We still in France?

We headed inland and spent the night on an aire at Lac Thorenc ( N 43.799659, E 6.807767). This is just the sort of aire we like, remote, surrounded by trees and with good walks through the forests or around

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Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Lac Thorenc, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Nice….Apollo has Returned…Girls Avert your Eyes

Today we hit Nice. The Place de Massena is a must see, looked over from one side by Apollo on the Fontaine de Soleil. His statue was removed fairly recently in case it caused ‘moral disruption’ but was daringly reinstated

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Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Antibes…Picasso and Napoleon

We are at Villeneuve-Loubet, a town on the ‘Bay of Angels’ halfway between Nice and Antibes. The site is a short walk (5 minutes) from the beach. Mavis is parked in Camping Hippodrome ( N 43.642186 E 7.137281). This is

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Posted in - France, Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Villeneuve-Loubet

Cannes…Ginger and Fred

We are in Cannes…we arrived here on Monday and went out for a good nosh at the Golf Park Restaurant, to celebrate Nia’s birthday. We drove along the dramatic Côte d’Azur from Ste Maxime…only about 15 miles. We stopped for

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Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Sainte Maxime…Do Sharks Live Here?

May be better not to swim here. We moved on from Ramatuelle to Sainte Maxime which is a small town on the Gulf of St Tropez. We stayed at a pretty basic aire (N 43.317154, E6.630549) next to a roundabout

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Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Sainte Maxime

Ramatuelle…the sous chef is unleashed.

We are working our way along the coast of Provence. Maybe working isn’t the right word. Meandering. For two days we have been encamped on an aire at Ramatuelle, about 12 miles to the south of St Tropez, soaking up

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Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Ramatuelle

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