I was a bit concerned that Colin (or maybe even Nia) would turn in to a werewolf last night, with the supermoon eclipse but all is well this morning…I have checked N’s palms for hair… no more than usual. This…
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Blood Moon and Basque Tarts
Tagged with: Aquitaine, Biscarrosse, bloodmoon, border terriers, canoe, Colin, france, Lac, lunar eclipse, Mavis, motorhome, Navarrosse, photography, supermoon
Posted in Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Biscarrosse, Navarosse
Posted in Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Biscarrosse, Navarosse
Camping It Up in Parentis-en-Born
Lake Biscarosse Parentis is about 100 miles south of Hourtin; we drove here on Wednesday and spent the night on the aire at Gastes. The aire was popular but we got here early and found a pitch overlooking the lake…
Tagged with: Aquitaine, Biscarosse, camp waiter, cycling, france, Gastes, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Ste Eulalie-en-Born
Posted in - France, Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Gastes, Ste Eulalie-En-Born
Posted in - France, Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Gastes, Ste Eulalie-En-Born
Baguette Bacon Butty Blowout
We rose at the crack of dawn (ish) and left Ile d’Oleron at 9am for an appointment with the Royan ferry at 11am. Well not an appointment actually….you just turn up, pay them 47 euros and they cart you over…
Tagged with: concorde, Cordouan Lighthouse, cycling, france, gironde, Hourtin Port, Mavis, medoc, motorhome, photography
Posted in - France, Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Lac d'Hourtin
Posted in - France, Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Lac d'Hourtin
Chicken Teriyaki. On the Barbecue.
The Ile d’Oleron is a seafoody and viney chunk of land attached to mainland France by a long bridge or viaduc, a little below La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast. We arrived here on Thursday after a short hop down…
Tagged with: Chassiron, chicken teriyaki, cycling, france, Ile d'Oleron, lighthouse, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Poitou Charentes, St Denis d'Oleron, tempura prawns
Posted in Autumn 2015, Ile D'Oleron, Poitou Charentes
Posted in Autumn 2015, Ile D'Oleron, Poitou Charentes
A Night on the Thouet
Mavis started first time with her new battery and positively skipped down the Routes Nationale to an overnight stop at Montreuil-Bellay which is a historic little town on the Thouet, a tributary of the Loire. We passed Saumur, about 10…
Tagged with: Aire, france, Mavis, Montreuil Bellay, motorhome, thouet
Posted in - France, Autumn 2015, Montreuil-Bellay, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, Autumn 2015, Montreuil-Bellay, Pays-de-la-Loire
Geoffrey the Handsome
To add more detail to our journey here, the channel crossing bit of the trip to France wasn’t quite as straightforward as it might have been. We were parked right at the sharp end of the ferry, as previously noted,…
Tagged with: battery, Brittany Ferries, cycling, france, Henry II, Le Mans, loire, Mavis, Menhir, motorhome, photography, Plantagenets, Pont Romaine
Posted in Autumn 2015, Le Mans, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in Autumn 2015, Le Mans, Pays-de-la-Loire
Goodbye Jeremy
We left Portsmouth at 8 am on a showery morning and set sail for the land of baguettes, wine and other lovely eatables (as well as many non edible delights). Steaming out past Portsmouth naval dockyard, if you look carefully…
Tagged with: Caen, france, Jeremy, Le Mans, Mavis, motorhome, Portsmouth, Sarthe, Yvré-L'Évêque
Posted in - France, Autumn 2015, Caen, Le Mans, Lower Normandy, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, Autumn 2015, Caen, Le Mans, Lower Normandy, Pays-de-la-Loire
Hoovering with the Krays
The downside to motor homing is that you are required by the Missus to hoover the house before you are allowed to set off. I was closely watched yesterday, while performing this chore, by Colin and Penny, aka the Kray…
Tagged with: Krays, Mavis, Port solent, Portsmouth, Southdowns
Posted in - United Kingdom, Autumn 2015, Hampshire, Portsmouth
Posted in - United Kingdom, Autumn 2015, Hampshire, Portsmouth
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