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
Sully-sur-Loire
We drove 80 miles north west , with the Loire on our left all the way, to Camping ‘Le Jardin de Sully’ at Saint Père sur Loire (N 47.77008 E 2.36191). This is a small ACSI campsite on the north…
Tagged with: Centre, cycling, france, le jardin de sully, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Sully sur loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sully-sur-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sully-sur-Loire
Fontevraud to the Médoc
We have been inching ourselves south since the visit to Fontevraud and are now near Lacanau Ocean, in the Médoc. First stop was in an Aire by this lake in Parthenay. We had planned to move straight on to Soubrise,…
Tagged with: border terriers, Colin, cycling, Fontevraud, lac d'hourtin, lac lacanau, Maubisson, Mavis, motorhome, Parthenay, soulac sur mer
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Fontevraud Abbey….Aliénor of Aquitaine
After Chateau Brézé we moved on to Fontevraud Abbey. Close to Saumur in the Loire valley, the Abbey is best known for its association with the Plantagenet monarchs of England. These are the recumbent Plantagenets, medieval sculptures of Henry 2nd…
Tagged with: Abbey, Alienor, Aquitaine, border terriers, Colin, cycling, eleanor of Aquitaine, Fontevraud, fontevraud abbey, france, loire, Mavis, motorhome
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire
Château Brézé……Troglodytes and Pigeon Holes
This is Chateau Breze, a 15th century castle built over a remarkable underground fortification and living area excavated from the living rock over a thousand years ago. The chateau is about 10 miles south-east of Saumur. We came here on…
Tagged with: blog, border terriers, Breze, castle, caves, chateau Breze, france, joinery, Mavis, motorhome, photography, troglodytes
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Breze, Pays-de-la-Loire
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Breze, Pays-de-la-Loire
Jousting in Saumur
Heading North to Saumur au bicyclette. (Sue…..please feel free to correct mon (ma?) français)… We stopped en route to Saumur by the Thouet. Looking a tad precarious. Note the Halo. Les Chiens. There is a Megalithic bridge on the track…
Tagged with: border terriers, Colin, cycling, france, keith and jane, loire, Mavis, motorhome, Saumur, thouet
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Saumur
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Saumur
Ville-Fleurie…….Montreuil-Bellay
This is Saumur from the bridge on the way South from Sillé La Guillaume. We are in the Loire valley, about 10 miles south of Saumur, at a site called Camping Le Thouet. This is a favourite site, accessed down…
Ruined by the English….Oh Dear
After a fruitless search for the tigers….all we saw was this sign…we moved on down another 100 miles to: This is Sille Plage, an inland beach close to the town of Sille Le Guillaume. The site is called Camping de…
Tagged with: border terriers, camping de la foret, cycling, france, Mavis, motorhome, sille le guillaume
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sille la Guillaume
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sille la Guillaume
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