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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

March 21st….We took the train 15 miles or so down the coast from Levanto….(in company it seemed with half the Italian navy….haven’t they got any boats?, or were they watching us?), Colin not impressed with the train. We disembarked at…

The day we arrived in Levanto, we cycled up the coast to Framura, along a cycle path which runs along a disused railway line. It is unusual for being largely within a tunnel, with short sections giving a view of…

This is Levanto, about 8 miles down the coast from Deiva Marina. Camping Aqua Dolce. There was a pizzeria close to our pitch, so the cook pretty much went on strike for the duration. Staff! Local Flora The local church…13th…