We spent another day exploring Devizes, cycled there this time….about three and a half miles along the towpath. Canal boating is big business here with narrow boats scattered here and there along the canal. Our friends Bob and Mirv picked…
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Newhaven to the Auvergne
Tagged with: food, france, grande cerf, Mavis, motorhome, newhaven, nonancourt, photography, ruynes en margeride
Posted in - France, 2015 Spring, Nonancourt, Ruynes-en-Margeride
Posted in - France, 2015 Spring, Nonancourt, Ruynes-en-Margeride
The Last Post
We spent Monday night on the aire at Les Bordes (N47.810474,E2.40763), conveniently close to the D952. This is a good aire, adjacent to a lake and wood and with free water and drainage. The intention had been to lodge at…
Tagged with: france, Les Bordes, Mavis, motorhome, photography, pont de l'arche, Sully sur loire
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Pont de l'Arche, Upper Normandy
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Pont de l'Arche, Upper Normandy
Narbonne Plage to Saint Pourçain-sur-Sioule
We left Narbonne Plage aiming for La Couvertoirade, a fortified town in the Midi-Pyrenees, 70 miles to the north. However it is high in the mountains and the weather here was dire….low cloud, poor visibility and rain so we moved…
L’Estartit to Narbonne Plage
We are heading home to the UK; the next few posts may only be of interest to other boring old gaffers with motorhomes who like to ramble along slowly, and like to read about stopovers and routes through France. Yesterday…
Tagged with: Aire, cycling, france, Mavis, motorhome, Narbonne, Narbonne Page, route north, Spain
Posted in - France, - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Languedoc-Roussillon, Narbonne Plage, RouteNorththroughFrance, Routes
Posted in - France, - Spain, 2014 Autumn, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Languedoc-Roussillon, Narbonne Plage, RouteNorththroughFrance, Routes
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
Antibes…Picasso and Napoleon
We are at Villeneuve-Loubet, a town on the ‘Bay of Angels’ halfway between Nice and Antibes. The site is a short walk (5 minutes) from the beach. Mavis is parked in Camping Hippodrome ( N 43.642186 E 7.137281). This is…
Tagged with: Antibes, border terriers, cycling, france, Grimaldi, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Picasso, Provence, Villeneuve-Loubet
Posted in - France, Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Villeneuve-Loubet
Posted in - France, Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Villeneuve-Loubet
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
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