We drove the short distance from Rustrel to Roussillon and stayed in the Aire ( N 43.896452 E 5.295878) ….a large car park, quiet, €9 for the night. After lunch we headed into Roussillon, about 1/4 of a mile from…
Yearly Archives: 2014
Roussillon
Tagged with: Colin, france, Haute-Provence, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, Roussillon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Roussillon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Roussillon
Colorado de Rustrel. Mick Jagger.
We drove about 10 km to the north of Apt to stay at Rustrel, at the recommendation of the girl in the reception at Camping Luberon. Rustrel is a small hillside village, with the requisite chateau, in this case 17th…
Tagged with: Alastair Merry, Colorado de Rustrel, france, Haute-Provence, Mavis, motorhome, Ochre, photography, Rustrel
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rustrel
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rustrel
Saignon
On Friday we walked up to Saignon from the campsite. Saignon is famous for its rock, see above, a landmark visible from far away. The GR 92 footpath is a well defined track leading up to Saignon from the road…
Tagged with: france, Haute-Provence, le petit cafe, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, Saignon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saignon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saignon
Hilltop Villages of the Luberon
We moved a few miles to camping La Rivière near St Maime, one of the hilltop villages of the Luberon mountains. It is a pleasant, informal, site with large pitches; we parked in front of a lake. There is a…
Tagged with: Dauphin, france, Haute-Provence, Luberon, Mane, Mavis, motorhome, photography, St Maime
Posted in 2014 Spring, Dauphin, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, St Maime
Posted in 2014 Spring, Dauphin, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, St Maime
Poppies
Colin, Penny, Max and I walked up the half mile or so to the village to visit the Boulangerie first thing. Baguette, croissant and tartelette aux poires. No danger of starvation in France. There is a footpath up to the…
Tagged with: Banon, cycling, france, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, poppies, Provence, st michel l'observatoire
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont-du-Fosse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont-du-Fosse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Harleys
After our stay in Heidelberg we drove down through Switzerland and spent the night at La Balme de Sillingy ( N 45.971242 E 6.031601 ), an aire by a lake near Annecy. The forecast for Northern Europe wasn’t great and…
Tagged with: cycling, france, Germany, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, pont du fosse, Provence, Saint michel l'observatoire
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont-du-Fosse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saint Michel l'Observatoire, Sisteron
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont-du-Fosse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saint Michel l'Observatoire, Sisteron
Heidelberg
On Tuesday we drove up to Heidelberg. We stayed at a slightly damp Camping Heidelberg; a grassy site on the River Neckar, about 5km from the centre of Heidelberg. Our great friend Farshid has a house in Heidelberg and he…
Tagged with: Germany, Heidelberg, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Schloss
Posted in - Germany, 2014 Spring, Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg
Posted in - Germany, 2014 Spring, Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg
Flying Over the Vines
On the second day at Ile du Rhin we cycled up through the forests on the German side of the Rhine. The cycleway crosses the Mohlin (a tributary of the Rhine) first, then there are lots of deserted tracks through…
Tagged with: Bad Durkheim, Baden Wuttemberg, cycling, Germany, Mavis, motorhome, photography
Posted in - Germany, 2014 Spring, Bad Durkhein, Rheinland-Palatinate
Posted in - Germany, 2014 Spring, Bad Durkhein, Rheinland-Palatinate
Why is this Lady Riding a Fish?
We moved north on Thursday and stayed at Camping Etang des Forges (N 47.654693 E 6.864738) in Belfort, a small site by a lake. On Friday we moved into Germany and drove a short distance up the Rhein to Breisach.…
Tagged with: Breisach, cycling, france, Germany, motorhome, photography, Stellplatz
Posted in - Germany, 2014 Spring, Baden-Württemberg, Breisach
Posted in - Germany, 2014 Spring, Baden-Württemberg, Breisach
La Voie Des Vignes
When the snow started to fall in Chamonix we decided to move on. We had planned to visit Switzerland but the forecast there was wet and cold, and, as the Missus says, we can do wet and cold in Cumbria…
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