We spent one night in Nonancourt on the way home. Sadly Le Grand Cerf was shut so we had to make do with burger and chips washed down with Creme Catalan. Gourmet or wot? I discovered a nice old chateau…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule.
On Sunday we drove 200 miles up the A75 (mainly), across the Millau bridge, to arrive at the riverside aire in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule The aire ( N 46.312146 E 3.296693) was surprisingly quiet for Easter. Our pitch overlooks the Sioule, a…
Tagged with: Aire, allier, Mavis, motorhome, osprey, Saint pourcain sur sioule
Posted in 2015 Spring, Auvergne, RouteNorththroughFrance, St Pourcain-sur-Sioule
Posted in 2015 Spring, Auvergne, RouteNorththroughFrance, St Pourcain-sur-Sioule
Spanish Speaking Sheepdogs
On Saturday we drove 159 miles across the border and up the A75 to an aire at the fortified medieval village of La Couvertoirade. It is a good spacious aire (N 43.910998 E 3.313492) which is €3 per night. This…
Tagged with: Aire, Conque, france, La Couvertoirade, motorhome, photography, sheepdogs, Templars
Posted in - France, 2015 Spring, Aveyron, La Couvertoirade
Posted in - France, 2015 Spring, Aveyron, La Couvertoirade
Turning Up in Roses
On Thursday we drove to Roses, a fishing and tourist centre at the north end of the bay of Roses. We are staying at Camping Salata, a pleasant but slightly pricy site in Santa Margarida, just to the south of…
Tagged with: cycling, Dolmen, emporda marshes, Empuribrava, photography, Roses, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, Roses
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, Roses
How Sweet it is to be Reclined
We have moved up the coast to L’Escala and are staying at Camping Illa Mateua. This is just a short hop south from L’Estartit but is just beyond easy cycling distance. As promised in the reviews the staff here are…
Tagged with: Catalonia, Empuries, Greeks, illa mateua, L'Escala, motorhome, photography, Romans, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Escala
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Escala
Pals
On Saturday we set off at 10 am for the 11 mile bike ride to Pals, a well preserved Gothic town to the east of Girona. Our route is in red. We just retraced our steps on the homeward leg.…
Tagged with: cycling, Fontanilles, Fontclara, Gualta, Mavis, motorhome, Pals, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Pals, Torroella de Montgri
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Pals, Torroella de Montgri
Get close to the Piglet
The sun has returned and Colin was straight out there working on his tan. We saw this boy circling over one of the reserves by the campsite, from the early morning walk. Marsh Harrier? It looks a bit like the…
Tagged with: boules, Colin, market, motorhome, Petanque, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
The Rain in Spain
Sunday was a bit wet and we cycled in to L’Estartit with Rosie and Tony, through the floods. A lagoon had appeared , engulfing the cycle path, where a stream which normally crossed under the cycle way had become blocked…
Tagged with: cycling, L'Estartit, Mavis, menu del dia, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Two Cats in a Boat
We arrived here at Camping Les Medes in Cataluña, one of our favourite sites, on Wednesday and found a nice corner for Mavis next to the garden and tennis court. Thursday was still sunny, and after a quick tennis knockabout…
Tagged with: border terriers, Catalonia, cycling, Eclipse, Mavis, menu del dia, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Anyone for Tennis?
Having visited the cut price sports shop at Benicarlo (two rackets, two balls…€17) we decided to christen the rackets on the astroturfed tennis court here at Ribamar. Luckily the guys who set up the courts for us …I think we…
Tagged with: border terriers, Colin, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain, tennis, Valentin's
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
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