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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Vendôme….The Last Post, and Caption Competition.
Tagged with: france, Mavis, motorhome, photography, rfc, rochambeau, vendome
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Centre, Vendôme
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…
Tagged with: border terriers, dordogne, france, Mavis, motorhome, photography, rocamadour
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Midi-Pyrénées, Rocamadour
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…
Tagged with: Andorra, ax les thermes, border terriers, france, Mavis, motorhome, photography
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Andorra, Ax-les-Thermes, Midi-Pyrénées
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…
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…
Tagged with: ebro, la seu d'urgell, Mavis, motorhome, n spain, photography
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Catalonia, La Seu d'Urgell
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Catalonia, La Seu d'Urgell
Cabo de Gata to Navajas
We set off back towards the UK today, with a great Cabo de Gata sunrise to see us off. We stopped for lunch somewhere near Jumilla, next to an olive orchard, the trees laden with fruit. and passed by the…
Tagged with: Cabo de gata, camping altomira, Mavis, motorhome, navajas, photography, Spain, valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Navajas, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Navajas, Valencia
Cabo de Gata…Fellow Campers and Other Wild Life
We had a “Menu del Dia” at Antonio’s restaurant, a short cycle ride from the campsite, on Wednesday. Antonio is the guy on my right…his wife cooked the most amazing paella….worth travelling to the South of Spain for that alone.…
Tagged with: Andalusia, boar, border terriers, Cabo de gata, fox, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Andalucia, Cabo de Gata
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Andalucia, Cabo de Gata
Cabo de Gata…Low flying flamingos
We are in Cabo de Gata, a national park in Southern Spain, chilling in temperatures of over 30 deg C most days. The campsite is about a mile from the village of Cabo de Gata, a short bike ride along…
Tagged with: Almeria, Andalusia, black winged stint, border terriers, Cabo de gata, Colin, Mavis, motorhome, photography, shoveller, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Andalucia, Cabo de Gata
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Andalucia, Cabo de Gata
Overnight in Oliva. The fish are safe.
Camping Rio-Mar, near Oliva, was a brief halt on the way to Cabo de Gata. It is a small and friendly site, and some high-level shoehorning was needed to fit Mavis in. We ate in the site restaurant, over ordered…
Tagged with: border terriers, camping rio-mar, cycling, fishing, Mavis, motorhome, oliva, photography, prawns
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Oliva, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Oliva, Valencia
Peixet de Bou? Eels on toast anyone?
Heading South This is L’Ampolla, a small fishing village about 40 miles south-west of Barcelona, on the mediterranean coast, just above the river Ebro delta. L’Ampolla was of strategic importance in the Spanish civil war; this is a pillbox from…
Tagged with: border terriers, Cabo de gata, Colin, cycling, L'Ampolla, Mavis, motorhome, peixet de bou, perros, photography, spanish cicil war, torradas
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Ampolla
Posted in - Spain, 2013 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Ampolla
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