On Thursday we drove 25 miles down the coast to Camping Les Medes ( N 42.042504, E 3.183582) near the coastal town of L’Estartit. This is a friendly medium sized site with a few things going on even in the…
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L’Estartit…Moonrise over Les Medes
Tagged with: border terriers, Camping les Medes, Catalonia, cycling, L'Estartit, Les Medes, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Port Vendres to the Bay of Roses. Un Poco de lluvia.
After an overnight stop overlooking the beach at Sète, we moved on down the coast to an aire at Port-Vendres. The aire ( N 42.517752, E 3.114114 )isn’t very pretty, being tucked away behind a large container terminal, but Port…
Tagged with: Catalonia, france, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Port vendres, Roses, Spain
Posted in - France, - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, Languedoc-Roussillon, Port Vendres, Roses
Posted in - France, - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, Languedoc-Roussillon, Port Vendres, Roses
Castellane and the Grand Canyon
On Sunday we drove 212 miles across Provence to an aire at Sète, on the eastern edge of the Languedoc-Rousillon region. It’s good to travel on a Sunday in France; the lorries are all off the roads. We drove first…
Tagged with: border terriers, Castellane, cycling, Mavis, motorhome, Moustiers-Ste-Marie, photography, Sete
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Castellane, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Castellane, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Lac Thorenc….1.5 degrees…Are We still in France?
We headed inland and spent the night on an aire at Lac Thorenc ( N 43.799659, E 6.807767). This is just the sort of aire we like, remote, surrounded by trees and with good walks through the forests or around…
Tagged with: border terriers, col de Vence, cycling, france, Haute-Provence, Lac Thorenc, Mavis, motorhome, photography
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Lac Thorenc, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Lac Thorenc, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Nice….Apollo has Returned…Girls Avert your Eyes
Today we hit Nice. The Place de Massena is a must see, looked over from one side by Apollo on the Fontaine de Soleil. His statue was removed fairly recently in case it caused ‘moral disruption’ but was daringly reinstated…
Tagged with: Cote d'Azur, cycling, france, Mavis, motorhome, Nice, photography, Promenade des anglais, Provence
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cannes…Ginger and Fred
We are in Cannes…we arrived here on Monday and went out for a good nosh at the Golf Park Restaurant, to celebrate Nia’s birthday. We drove along the dramatic Côte d’Azur from Ste Maxime…only about 15 miles. We stopped for…
Tagged with: Cannes, france, ginger rogers, la cigales, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, superyacht
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sainte Maxime…Do Sharks Live Here?
May be better not to swim here. We moved on from Ramatuelle to Sainte Maxime which is a small town on the Gulf of St Tropez. We stayed at a pretty basic aire (N 43.317154, E6.630549) next to a roundabout…
Tagged with: Aire, border terriers, coypu, cycling, france, motorhome, photography, Provence, Sainte Maxime
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Sainte Maxime
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Sainte Maxime
Ramatuelle…the sous chef is unleashed.
We are working our way along the coast of Provence. Maybe working isn’t the right word. Meandering. For two days we have been encamped on an aire at Ramatuelle, about 12 miles to the south of St Tropez, soaking up…
Tagged with: border terriers, france, Mavis, motorhome, pampelonne beach, photography, Provence, ramatuelle
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Ramatuelle
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Ramatuelle
Porquerolles…the Mexican Connection
On Thursday we took the ferry to Porquerolles, one of the Islands of Hyeres, just a mile or so offshore. The arrow is pointing at our campsite, a stones throw from the harbour. On the way over we chatted to…
Tagged with: blog, border terriers, Colin, france, giens, hyeres, la tour fondue, Mavis, motorhome, photography, porquerolles, Provence
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Porquerolles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Porquerolles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
This Dog is more Passionate than my Wife
Before we left the aire at Carro, I disappeared under the motorhome to track down a fault with the starboard air suspension unit, which was losing pressure. Noting a pair of feet sticking out from under Mavis, a knot of…
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