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Nice….Apollo has Returned…Girls Avert your Eyes

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Peter and Nia — Leave a comment

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

Antibes…Picasso and Napoleon

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Peter and Nia — 6 Comments

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…

Sainte Maxime…Do Sharks Live Here?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Peter and Nia — 2 Comments

May be better not to swim here. We moved on from Ramatuelle to Sainte Maxime which is a small town on the Gulf of St Tropez. We stayed at a pretty basic aire (N 43.317154, E6.630549) next to a roundabout…

Tagged with: Aire, border terriers, coypu, cycling, france, motorhome, photography, Provence, Sainte Maxime
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Sainte Maxime

Salt Pans at the Salin de Giraud

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Peter and Nia — 2 Comments

We cycled 13 miles across the salt pans today…perhaps that doesn’t sound much but for quite a lot of the time there was a serious headwind…the flamingos were flying backwards…it was hard work. And when the wind wasn’t dead ahead,…

Tagged with: cycling, france, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, salin de giraud
Posted in - France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Salin de Giraud

Saintes Maries de la Mer…

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Peter and Nia — 2 Comments

Route to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Today (Friday 17th October) we stayed at the sea front aire at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (N 43.453558 E 4.436642). This is a long and narrow site just behind the sea wall and promenade, with good access to walking and…

Sully-sur-Loire

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Peter and Nia — Leave a comment

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

Stripped!

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Peter and Nia — 5 Comments

We drove an easy 60 miles up the N7 to Nevers and stopped there for a couple of nights at Camping Nevers (N46.98222 E 2.36191). This is a small and friendly site on the south bank of the Loire, looking…

Tagged with: Centre, cycling, france, motorhome, Nevers, photography
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Bourgogne, Nevers

Poppies

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Peter and Nia — Leave a comment

Colin, Penny, Max and I walked up the half mile or so to the village to visit the Boulangerie first thing. Baguette, croissant and tartelette aux poires. No danger of starvation in France. There is a footpath up to the…

Harleys

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Peter and Nia — Leave a comment

After our stay in Heidelberg we drove down through Switzerland and spent the night at La Balme de Sillingy ( N 45.971242 E 6.031601 ), an aire by a lake near Annecy. The forecast for Northern Europe wasn’t great and…

Flying Over the Vines

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Peter and Nia — 10 Comments

On the second day at Ile du Rhin we cycled up through the forests on the German side of the Rhine. The cycleway crosses the Mohlin (a tributary of the Rhine) first, then there are lots of deserted tracks through…

Tagged with: Bad Durkheim, Baden Wuttemberg, cycling, Germany, Mavis, motorhome, photography
Posted in - Germany, 2014 Spring, Bad Durkhein, Rheinland-Palatinate