Mavis started first time with her new battery and positively skipped down the Routes Nationale to an overnight stop at Montreuil-Bellay which is a historic little town on the Thouet, a tributary of the Loire. We passed Saumur, about 10…
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A Night on the Thouet
Tagged with: Aire, france, Mavis, Montreuil Bellay, motorhome, thouet
Posted in - France, Autumn 2015, Montreuil-Bellay, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, Autumn 2015, Montreuil-Bellay, Pays-de-la-Loire
Geoffrey the Handsome
To add more detail to our journey here, the channel crossing bit of the trip to France wasn’t quite as straightforward as it might have been. We were parked right at the sharp end of the ferry, as previously noted,…
Tagged with: battery, Brittany Ferries, cycling, france, Henry II, Le Mans, loire, Mavis, Menhir, motorhome, photography, Plantagenets, Pont Romaine
Posted in Autumn 2015, Le Mans, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in Autumn 2015, Le Mans, Pays-de-la-Loire
Goodbye Jeremy
We left Portsmouth at 8 am on a showery morning and set sail for the land of baguettes, wine and other lovely eatables (as well as many non edible delights). Steaming out past Portsmouth naval dockyard, if you look carefully…
Tagged with: Caen, france, Jeremy, Le Mans, Mavis, motorhome, Portsmouth, Sarthe, Yvré-L'Évêque
Posted in - France, Autumn 2015, Caen, Le Mans, Lower Normandy, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, Autumn 2015, Caen, Le Mans, Lower Normandy, Pays-de-la-Loire
Montigny, Le Cateau Cambresis, Arques and Home
We crossed Northern France in a series of short hops, together with Joy and Alan who by good luck happened to be crossing the channel the same day as us. First stop was a small aire in the hilltop wine…
Tagged with: Arques, Champagne, Chunnel, france, Le Cateau Cambresis, Mavis, motorhome, Mutigny, photography, Sushi
Posted in - France, Arques, Champagne-Ardenne, Le Cateau Cambresis, Mutigny, Nord-Pas de Calais
Posted in - France, Arques, Champagne-Ardenne, Le Cateau Cambresis, Mutigny, Nord-Pas de Calais
Port Chantecoq….Lac du Der
After Pont du Mousson we headed west and parked in an aire at Port Chantecoq, next to a wild flower meadow. Over the dam in the background is the huge man-made Lake called Lac du Der. The lake is in…
Tagged with: border terriers, boules, Champagne, Colin, cycling, egret, france, lac du der, motorhome, Petanque, photography, port chantecoq, tern
Posted in - France, Champagne-Ardenne, May/June 2015, Port Chantecoq
Posted in - France, Champagne-Ardenne, May/June 2015, Port Chantecoq
Pont-à-Mousson
We left Trier on Friday morning and followed the Moselle down to Pont-à-Mousson. On the way we stopped by at Nennig to see this spectacular Roman mosaic, uncovered by chance by a farmer in 1853 it is the largest Roman…
Tagged with: blue arsed fly, cheap diesel, Lorraine, Nennig, Pont-à-mousson, Remich, roman mosaic, swans, swans nest
Posted in - France, Lorraine, May/June 2015, Pont-à-Mousson
Posted in - France, Lorraine, May/June 2015, Pont-à-Mousson
Its Snowing…We must be home
We spent one night in Nonancourt on the way home. Sadly Le Grand Cerf was shut so we had to make do with burger and chips washed down with Creme Catalan. Gourmet or wot? I discovered a nice old chateau…
Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule.
On Sunday we drove 200 miles up the A75 (mainly), across the Millau bridge, to arrive at the riverside aire in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule The aire ( N 46.312146 E 3.296693) was surprisingly quiet for Easter. Our pitch overlooks the Sioule, a…
Tagged with: Aire, allier, Mavis, motorhome, osprey, Saint pourcain sur sioule
Posted in 2015 Spring, Auvergne, RouteNorththroughFrance, St Pourcain-sur-Sioule
Posted in 2015 Spring, Auvergne, RouteNorththroughFrance, St Pourcain-sur-Sioule
Spanish Speaking Sheepdogs
On Saturday we drove 159 miles across the border and up the A75 to an aire at the fortified medieval village of La Couvertoirade. It is a good spacious aire (N 43.910998 E 3.313492) which is €3 per night. This…
Tagged with: Aire, Conque, france, La Couvertoirade, motorhome, photography, sheepdogs, Templars
Posted in - France, 2015 Spring, Aveyron, La Couvertoirade
Posted in - France, 2015 Spring, Aveyron, La Couvertoirade
España
On Sunday we drove the 275 miles from Ruynes en Margeride to L’Estartit, in Cataluña. We set off in the fog and rain and hit the sunshine around Beziers, where we turned right towards the border. We stopped for lunch…
Tagged with: Benicarlo, border terriers, L'Estartit, Mavis, Millau, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in - France, - Spain, 2015 Spring, Benicarlo, Valencia
Posted in - France, - Spain, 2015 Spring, Benicarlo, Valencia
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