After Chateau Brézé we moved on to Fontevraud Abbey. Close to Saumur in the Loire valley, the Abbey is best known for its association with the Plantagenet monarchs of England. These are the recumbent Plantagenets, medieval sculptures of Henry 2nd…
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Fontevraud Abbey….Aliénor of Aquitaine
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Château Brézé……Troglodytes and Pigeon Holes
This is Chateau Breze, a 15th century castle built over a remarkable underground fortification and living area excavated from the living rock over a thousand years ago. The chateau is about 10 miles south-east of Saumur. We came here on…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Breze, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Breze, Pays-de-la-Loire
Jousting in Saumur
Heading North to Saumur au bicyclette. (Sue…..please feel free to correct mon (ma?) français)… We stopped en route to Saumur by the Thouet. Looking a tad precarious. Note the Halo. Les Chiens. There is a Megalithic bridge on the track…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Saumur
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Saumur
Ville-Fleurie…….Montreuil-Bellay
This is Saumur from the bridge on the way South from Sillé La Guillaume. We are in the Loire valley, about 10 miles south of Saumur, at a site called Camping Le Thouet. This is a favourite site, accessed down…
Ruined by the English….Oh Dear
After a fruitless search for the tigers….all we saw was this sign…we moved on down another 100 miles to: This is Sille Plage, an inland beach close to the town of Sille Le Guillaume. The site is called Camping de…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sille la Guillaume
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sille la Guillaume
La Mailleraye sur Seine. Tigers?
After an early(ish) walk along the cycle track we set off for La Mailleraye sur Seine, a delightful aire on the south bank of the Seine, between Rouen and Le Havre. Pont de Brotonne, over the Seine This is the…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Upper Normandy
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Upper Normandy
Neufchatel…Two Hens in a Hole
On Sunday we drove to Neufchatel en bray, a small town about 30 km SE of Dieppe. We stayed at Camping Ste Claire, a well kept and friendly site, popular with migrating Brits. 10 yards from the site entrance is…
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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Upper Normandy
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Upper Normandy
On the Road Again
We have traded Mavis 1 in for Mavis 2! The early hours of Sunday morning were spent camping on the doorstep of Southdown Motorhomes in Portsmouth; Monday was spent learning about our new motorhome and transferring 4 years or so’s…
Our Dordogne Guide Book is now available. See motorhomefrance.com
Travels with Mavis 