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…
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Goodbye Jeremy
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
Montigny, Le Cateau Cambresis, Arques and Home
We crossed Northern France in a series of short hops, together with Joy and Alan who by good luck happened to be crossing the channel the same day as us. First stop was a small aire in the hilltop wine…
Tagged with: Arques, Champagne, Chunnel, france, Le Cateau Cambresis, Mavis, motorhome, Mutigny, photography, Sushi
Posted in - France, Arques, Champagne-Ardenne, Le Cateau Cambresis, Mutigny, Nord-Pas de Calais
Posted in - France, Arques, Champagne-Ardenne, Le Cateau Cambresis, Mutigny, Nord-Pas de Calais
Port Chantecoq….Lac du Der
After Pont du Mousson we headed west and parked in an aire at Port Chantecoq, next to a wild flower meadow. Over the dam in the background is the huge man-made Lake called Lac du Der. The lake is in…
Tagged with: border terriers, boules, Champagne, Colin, cycling, egret, france, lac du der, motorhome, Petanque, photography, port chantecoq, tern
Posted in - France, Champagne-Ardenne, May/June 2015, Port Chantecoq
Posted in - France, Champagne-Ardenne, May/June 2015, Port Chantecoq
Pont-à-Mousson
We left Trier on Friday morning and followed the Moselle down to Pont-à-Mousson. On the way we stopped by at Nennig to see this spectacular Roman mosaic, uncovered by chance by a farmer in 1853 it is the largest Roman…
Tagged with: blue arsed fly, cheap diesel, Lorraine, Nennig, Pont-à-mousson, Remich, roman mosaic, swans, swans nest
Posted in - France, Lorraine, May/June 2015, Pont-à-Mousson
Posted in - France, Lorraine, May/June 2015, Pont-à-Mousson
Trier…Emperor Augustus and Karl Marx
On Wednedsay we drove 23 miles up-river to the roman town of Trier, said by some to be the oldest town in Germany. This is the view from the Konrad-Adenauer bridge, by the stellplatz. The motorhomes can just be seen…
Tagged with: augustus, concorde, emperor augustus, Germany, Karl Marx, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Romans, Trier
Posted in - Germany, Rheinland-Palatinate, Trier
Posted in - Germany, Rheinland-Palatinate, Trier
Kesten…Lecker Flammkuchen
On Sunday we moved further south along the Moselle. We had planned to stop at the Stellplatz at Kinheim but this was a bit full (bank holiday Sunday) so we moved up-river a few miles to Kesten, where there was…
Tagged with: Bernkastel, Colin, concorde, cycling, Germany, Kesten, Kues, Mavis, motorhome, Rhineland
Posted in - Germany, 2015 Spring, Kesten, Rheinland-Palatinate
Posted in - Germany, 2015 Spring, Kesten, Rheinland-Palatinate
Neef, Alf and Cochem
We drove 67 miles from Bacharach to Neef, on the Moselle. The entrance to the Stellplatz is off the K41 through the riverside Car Park. N 50.092294, E 7.137422.Thanks to Paul M on the outandaboutlive forum for this recommendation and…
Tagged with: Alf, Cochem, Colin, cycling, Germany, Mavis, motorhome, Neef, photography, Rhineland-Palatinate
Posted in - Germany, 2015 Spring, Neef, Rheinland-Palatinate
Posted in - Germany, 2015 Spring, Neef, Rheinland-Palatinate
Bacchus Country
After the Concorde rally we turned westwards and found our way to the Stellplatz at Bacharach, a pretty old wine town on the south bank of the Rhine just to the south of Koblenz. Thanks to Eric and Dee, friends…
Concordes at Schlüsselfeld
Every two years the Concorde factory in Aschbach, between Wurtzburg and Nuremberg , organises a beanfeast/get-together for Concorde owners and on Wednesday we drove further east to their factory at Aschbach, near the small town of Schlüsselfeld. With over 400…
Tagged with: Aschbach, concorde, Germany, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Sclussenfeld
Posted in - Germany, Bavaria, May/June 2015, Schlüsselfeld
Posted in - Germany, Bavaria, May/June 2015, Schlüsselfeld
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