With overcast skies and more rain forecast we decided to press on south. We have marked Camping Le Thouet as a site to return to. It’s on our favourites list. We had an overnight stop at Camping Bignac, where it…
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Cycling to Saumur
Camping Le Thouet is on a cycle route to Saumur so we decided to have a day cycling through the vineyards. We had a beautiful day for it with just the occasional fluffy white cloud but otherwise wall to wall…
Posted in 2013 Spring
Lassay les Chateaux to the Loire Valley
Having woken early with the noise of the rain, we decided to start out before breakfast from Lassay les Chateaux and again had a pleasant drive, due south to Montreuil-Bellay about 20k beyond Saumur and set amongst the vineyards of…
Posted in 2013 Spring
La Mailleraye sur Seine to Lassay les Chateaux
After a couple of very relaxing days at La Mailleraye sur Seine we were woken on Wednesday morning by the pitter patter of rain on Mavis’ roof. We decided to use the wet weather as a good reason to move…
Posted in 2013 Spring
Breakfast under the Channel
In typical Jennings style we arrived at the channel tunnel terminal over an hour before take off time, and caught an earlier train…they will generally fit you in, if there is space, anytime within 2 hrs either side of…
Autumn 2012….we have set off.
Day 1…..Llandovery to Black Horse Caravan Site, Kent We set off at the crack of dawn…10.30 am…from South Wales, for a leisurely 277 mile cross country drive to the Black Horse caravan site, just off the M20, about 4 miles…
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Italy..Monte Carlo..Cote d’Azur..Nice
Saturday 31st March we drove from Cecina, N. Italy to Cagnes sur Mer. Cagnes is a small town in the south of France, about 12 km west of Nice. We passed Monte Carlo en route…I had offered to put a…
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Cecina….Tuscany
We have spent the last week at Cecina, in Tuscany, on the coast about 150 km north of Rome. The campsite is 300 metres from the sea, which is approached through an old pine wood. The beach at Cecina. Harbour…
Posted in 2013 Spring
A guide to driving in Italy.
1) You may drive on the right, left or in the middle of the road or any combination of these. Take hairpin bends on the left side. 2) If approaching a narrow bit of road, and there is an oncoming…
Posted in 2013 Spring
Colin’s Blog on the Cinque Terre Walk – Too much walking and not enough gorgonzola
You will all be relieved to hear that I survived a journey by train. It was touch and go and rather alarming. In case you don’t know about trains, they are huge, hissing, rattling things, our one didn’t bite us…
Posted in 2013 Spring
Our Dordogne Guide Book is now available. See motorhomefrance.com
Travels with Mavis 