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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

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Pays-de-la-Loire, Sille la Guillaume

La Mailleraye sur Seine. Tigers?

After an early(ish) walk along the cycle track we set off for La Mailleraye sur Seine, a delightful aire on the south bank of the Seine, between Rouen and Le Havre. Pont de Brotonne, over the Seine This is the

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Upper Normandy

Neufchatel…Two Hens in a Hole

On Sunday we drove to Neufchatel en bray, a small town about 30 km SE of Dieppe. We stayed at Camping Ste Claire, a well kept and friendly site, popular with migrating Brits. 10 yards from the site entrance is

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Upper Normandy

Aranjuez to Navarrete

C’mon guys….only one entrant for the statue caption competition so far  (it was a good entry ….and is in the running for the prize….a bottle of genuine Spanish Cava…)…get your thinking caps on. Today we drove 364 km North to

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Posted in 2012 Autumn

San Jose…. Startling Offer from young French Couple

Buoyed up financially by an unexpected second place in the quiz night in the campsite bar ( what English word has 6 a’s?, What is a clanky?, Is Fidel Castro still alive?……) we won €2 and I ventured in to

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Posted in 2012 Autumn

Sandy started here

I have news for all you weather buffs (anoraks?). Hurricane Sandy started here in Puerto de Santa Maria, or possibly just snuck over for a visit on the quiet. It is soaked to the skin in under a minute weather.

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Posted in 2012 Autumn

Flamingo Croquet

I spent Tuesday morning landrovering round the Donana National Park, with Javi Tosar, a local guide, in search of the local fauna. Donana is just next to the El Rocio site, and is one of the two remaining habitats for

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El Rocio. We have Snails.

Does the gastronomy of Spain know no bounds? br />;;;;;;;;;;; This is Queen Nia the wise, tucking in to tapas and vino, in El Rocio, a wild west town transposed somehow to Southern Spain. El Rocio was founded in 1270

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Posted in 2012 Autumn

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