Claybottom Farm.
We are now officially homeless after selling Claybottom Farm; sale completed Friday, on the ferry Sunday.
On the M6
We set off at 4am and drove down a deserted and misty M6.
The Krays
The Krays took it easy.
M6 Toll Services
We are towing a car for the first time to allow us to properly explore our destination, the Lot et Garonne department in Aquitaine.
We caught the 2.45 pm ferry from Portsmouth to Caen.
On the Ferry
Aren’t the French matelots fantastique? They think of everything, even a chest full of emergency brassieres.
SS Theresa May
This is one of our newest warships, seems to be aground, fine on the port side as we steamed out of Portsmouth. If you look carefully you can see Theresa May. She is polishing one of the gunports, getting ready for a bit of gunboat diplomacy, should brexit negotiations not go in our favour.
La Manche est Tranquille
We had a nice calm crossing and docked at Caen at 8pm, just in time for a walk on Sword beach then a quiet night on the aire at Ouistreham.
Rambling about Europe with the Kray Twins (Colin and Penny).
Travels with Mavis 
Have a great time 🙂
Thanks…hope we can meet up again…Peter and Nia..xx
Looking at being in southern France by mid to end Nov. to have a quick warm up before I come back for Beltane!! xx
Aaah….which coven are you in?
The one with the most mulled wine!!!
Hi Peeps, we don’t have an address for you so no Chrissy Card! How is everything working out for you in France? Lots of love, Bob and Mirveen. mirveenandbob@gmail.com
Don’t forget to leave a forwarding address when you get one! Cx
Will do!!
Peter and Nia
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Hi Peter
Re homeless. Where are you staying when you get back?
Alan
Dalston Hall Caravan Park, to begin with….
Bon voyage mes amis
Colin and Paul the boys from Pontefract
Merci!!! Hope your water is clear now!
Welcome to France!! I’ll visit next time I head down to Andernos on the Bassin d’Arcachon!!
Enjoy! Xxxx
Excellent….we should have found a few good restaurants by then.
À bientôt
Wow! Can’t wait to show Barney the towing picture 😀. Where are you off this time?
Hi Vicky, Lot et Garonne, just to the south of Bergerac. When are you away on your travels next?
Peter and Nia , have a great trip . We think all us humans should take a leaf out of the krays book and take this moving house lark in our stride like they have . They are hiding the stress so well ! Please give them a pat on the back from Susie and me .
Colin only gets stressed when his humans are feeding and not sharing…
We have dined out on your fantastic wine tasting skills a few times!
love to Salty
Peter and Nia xxx
How wonderful to see Mavis (and crew) back on the road! Safe travels…and enjoy!
Thanks. Krays now settled in and busy learning French..xx
Great to see you two as the Brexit Advance Party, be hard with your negotiations, any trouble, we ‘ll send Mrs May to the rescue .
Mavis looks heavy, did you have a job stopping Nia taking everything bar the Kitchen Sink Peter (good job you’ve one of those on board)
Keep on blogging you know we all love you two.
Have fun Tony
Thanks guys, yes left washing machine behind, need space for a few cases of vino on return trip…P & N xxx
We will be following your adventures once more, and await news of progress with enthusiasm!
Got here safely…quiet day today after three days driving…P & N..XXX
Have a great time!
All the best
Gordon
Thanks…sunning ourselves in the Lot et Garonne actuellement. Best Wishes…Peter
hello Nia et Peter !
Very very nice to see you again !
be happy everywhere you go !
caresses aux krays
Bonjour chers amis! Hope you are both well…hope to catch up sometime…Peter and Nia xx
How exciting ..We’re looking forward to reading about your travels.. love and hugs Sandra and Bob (Cabo).
How is Cabo? We need to revisit…..bet you are getting some warm weather. Love to you both, P & N xxx
Hi Peter & Nia, congratulations on a very quick sale and wishing you well on your travels. It only seems a few weeks ago that Peter T told us you were selling and already you are in France! Good for you. Thanks for giving us the link to the blog, way back, and for keeping posting them … Enjoyable reads. We have just booked the tunnel today for our first winter trip in the van – November in Portugal – and so I’ll be re-reading your blogs for recommend stops etc. If you have a spare minute do you have any recommended stops with vets for the return from France/Spain? We have the 2 Labs and the only important piece in the jigsaw is the last one i.e. Good places for fair vets! Wish you every success in your searches and hope to catch up when you’re back in Cumbria or maybe on our way south/north on the continent. Mal & Sheila xx
Hi Guys, Portugal sounds good…keep in touch and we may be able to meet up somewhere. We are heading back to the UK about the third week in November. Re vets…there is a good one at La Mailleraye sur Seine…also a good aire here. It has just been rejigged and you would need to check it is open in November…if info not in aires book then ‘phone Mairie. Avoid vet on Honfleur quayside. When are you returning and how long will you take to transit France?…there is a 1 day to 5 day window for the vet. All the Best…Peter and Nia
Hi … Many thanks for your reply. Checked the location for the vets and it looks like a good spot. We’ve used a few in France with some good and some very expensive. We were thinking of one further south this time as we have the 5 days and it maybe better to stay warmer for longer! I wondered if there were any on the Spanish side which may be cheaper. Got this one added to the growing list! We’re travelling down on 27 Oct and returning from Calais on 27 Nov. Like other trips we may now be changing our minds and head into Spain this time … I guess we’ll just head south and see where the mood takes us. Have you found anywhere you fancy in the Dordogne/Lot? Might just get chance to catch you on route in either direction … Keep in touch and good hunting, Mal & Sheila xx
Welcome to the main land.
Do we see you in Marjal?
Best regards,
Ad and Riet
Lovely to hear from you again. May go to Spain early next year….when are you next in Marjal? P & N XXX
Looking forward to hearing more of your itinerant life. We have definitely got the same bug and looking forward to planning our next trip.
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Guess you are back in the UK now? Did you see Ken? P & N XXX
Hi Peter & Nia. Hope you’re well and that plans are progressing. We are meandering south towards Spain beginning in the tunnel on Friday early morning. We’ll probably we passing within striking distance of Bergerac on Sun/Mon. Have you a decent campsite/aire nearby? We thought we might drop in for a catch up if you have an hour or two for a small glass or two?
Hope to hear from you.
Take care,
Mal & Sheila xx
Hi Guys….have emailed you…Peter
Hi,
Are you ok…..deafening silence?
Yes….been a bit busy exploring the Lot et Garonne to blog recently! Hope you are both well…..where are you at the moment?
Aye….all good here…..staying put until May, then off to SW France, across the Pyrenees and possibly into Catalonia.
Our (brand new) van is off the road, having lots of warranty work done….we haven’t seen it for a month….wish we’d kept the old one!!!
Just finished the mince pies for Christmas!
Have a great trip