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Charles the Bald.

As often happens we found this charming campsite by chance. We had planned to stay overnight on the aire at Pont de L’Arche but when we got here mid afternoon on the Wednesday before Easter the aire and adjacent car

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Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont de l'Arche, Upper Normandy

Lake District to Cake District

We set off from Cumbria at 6.30 pm on Tuesday and by 11am this morning I was buying the first Tartelette aux Pommes of the trip…Parfait. We woke up on the aire at Wissant (about 10 miles south of Calais)

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Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Nord-Pas de Calais, Wissant

Arles… I am in the naughty corner

Van Gogh

We left Saintes Maries de la Mer and headed inland to Arles, driving a scenic route through the Camargue. The plan had been to stay at Camping Le City in Arles, handily close to the centre, but it was firmly

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Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Saint Louis

We spent a couple of days travelling down France, stopping at aires near Orleans and then in the Auvergne, then arrived at the medieval walled town of Aigues-Mortes, on the edge of the Camargue, in Provence. We camped in the

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Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Aigues-Mortes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Heading for Provence

First stop en route to Provence was Portsmouth, for a few minor jobs on Mavis. (No, that’s not Portsmouth above, I thought I’d start the blog with a Château picture) The dogs had breakfast in front of the dealers and

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Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Upper Normandy

Vendôme….The Last Post, and Caption Competition.

We are on the aire at Honfleur, in a gale, two days away from the ferry back to Dover. So this is likely to be the last post of the trip. We have come via Vendôme, a lovely town on

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Centre, Vendôme

Rocamadour

We drove North to the Dordogne, on Thursday. This is Rocamadour, an amazing village and church built in to the side of a limestone gorge in the Eastern Dordogne. We parked Mavis at the top of the gorge, close to

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Midi-Pyrénées, Rocamadour

Andorra

We crossed the Spanish border with Andorra on Wednesday the 30th of October. Andorra is a tiny principality high in the Pyrenees. Luckily the police were looking the other way when we drove through….we weren’t stopped. Approaching the Pyrenees. Nia

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Andorra, Ax-les-Thermes, Midi-Pyrénées

Nia’s Birthday Lunch

Thank you very much to our good friends Bob, Sandra and Karen for my lovely birthday lunch at Cabo de Gata (this is an out of order post). This is Bob’s delicious signature dish…tomatoes with feta cheese, basil and garlic

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Posted in 2013 Autumn

On the Road…La Seu D’Urgell

We set off from Navajas at 8 am, took the A7 and AP7 up the coast to Tortosa and then turned inland and followed the River Ebre up to Flix. Rio Ebre Coffee break en route to Flix. Then up

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Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Catalonia, La Seu d'Urgell

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