We stopped off in Bordeaux for a few hours, to get a couple of bits added to the camping car and explore some old favourite places. Next stop is Figueres in Catalunya, and the Salvador Dali museum.
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Brexit
We are now officially homeless after selling Claybottom Farm; sale completed Friday, on the ferry Sunday. We set off at 4am and drove down a deserted and misty M6. The Krays took it easy. We are towing a car for…
Posted in Autumn 2016, Caen
Où est la plume de ma tante?
We left Spain a day earlier than planned, because of the forecast snow in the Pyrenees, and did a long (400 miles) run from Valencia Camper Park to Aire-sur-L’Adour, through the Somport tunnel. L’Aire sur L’Adour is a small town…
Tagged with: Aire, Aquitaine, border terriers, Eymet, Issigeac, Lot-et-Garonne, Mavis, Monteton, motorhome, Nerac, photography, plum blossom
Posted in 2016 Spring, Aire-sur-L'Adour, Aquitaine, Eymet
Posted in 2016 Spring, Aire-sur-L'Adour, Aquitaine, Eymet
Sword Beach to Hendaye Plage
On Tuesday we woke to a chilly 2 deg C in Ouistreham and after a brief but bracing walk on Sword beach, (one of the the D-day landing beaches, just by the aire) set off south. We landed at the…
Tagged with: Aire, france, futuroscope, hendaye plage, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Poitiers
Posted in 2016 Spring, Aquitaine, hendaye plage
Posted in 2016 Spring, Aquitaine, hendaye plage
Seagulls Flying Backwards Today
After a great Christmas we are the road again. Storm Imogen chased us down the M6 and over the channel. Penny’s favourite seat….best used when I’m not driving. We stopped at Port Solent en route…masses of free motorhome parking…to give…
Tagged with: border terriers, HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, Mary Rose, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Storm Imogen
Posted in - France, - United Kingdom, 2016 Spring, Caen, Lower Normandy, Portsmouth
Posted in - France, - United Kingdom, 2016 Spring, Caen, Lower Normandy, Portsmouth
Stuck in the Mud
Mimizan Plage, a few miles down the coast from Biscarrosse, is very nice but they don’t let dogs on the beach. Luckily there is a good bike ride south through the forest which brings you to a dog-friendly beach. The…
Blood Moon and Basque Tarts
I was a bit concerned that Colin (or maybe even Nia) would turn in to a werewolf last night, with the supermoon eclipse but all is well this morning…I have checked N’s palms for hair… no more than usual. This…
Tagged with: Aquitaine, Biscarrosse, bloodmoon, border terriers, canoe, Colin, france, Lac, lunar eclipse, Mavis, motorhome, Navarrosse, photography, supermoon
Posted in Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Biscarrosse, Navarosse
Posted in Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Biscarrosse, Navarosse
Camping It Up in Parentis-en-Born
Lake Biscarosse Parentis is about 100 miles south of Hourtin; we drove here on Wednesday and spent the night on the aire at Gastes. The aire was popular but we got here early and found a pitch overlooking the lake…
Tagged with: Aquitaine, Biscarosse, camp waiter, cycling, france, Gastes, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Ste Eulalie-en-Born
Posted in - France, Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Gastes, Ste Eulalie-En-Born
Posted in - France, Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Gastes, Ste Eulalie-En-Born
Baguette Bacon Butty Blowout
We rose at the crack of dawn (ish) and left Ile d’Oleron at 9am for an appointment with the Royan ferry at 11am. Well not an appointment actually….you just turn up, pay them 47 euros and they cart you over…
Tagged with: concorde, Cordouan Lighthouse, cycling, france, gironde, Hourtin Port, Mavis, medoc, motorhome, photography
Posted in - France, Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Lac d'Hourtin
Posted in - France, Aquitaine, Autumn 2015, Lac d'Hourtin
Chicken Teriyaki. On the Barbecue.
The Ile d’Oleron is a seafoody and viney chunk of land attached to mainland France by a long bridge or viaduc, a little below La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast. We arrived here on Thursday after a short hop down…
Tagged with: Chassiron, chicken teriyaki, cycling, france, Ile d'Oleron, lighthouse, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Poitou Charentes, St Denis d'Oleron, tempura prawns
Posted in Autumn 2015, Ile D'Oleron, Poitou Charentes
Posted in Autumn 2015, Ile D'Oleron, Poitou Charentes
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