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…
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Cannes…Ginger and Fred
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
Sainte Maxime…Do Sharks Live Here?
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
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Sainte Maxime
Ramatuelle…the sous chef is unleashed.
We are working our way along the coast of Provence. Maybe working isn’t the right word. Meandering. For two days we have been encamped on an aire at Ramatuelle, about 12 miles to the south of St Tropez, soaking up…
Tagged with: border terriers, france, Mavis, motorhome, pampelonne beach, photography, Provence, ramatuelle
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Ramatuelle
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Ramatuelle
Porquerolles…the Mexican Connection
On Thursday we took the ferry to Porquerolles, one of the Islands of Hyeres, just a mile or so offshore. The arrow is pointing at our campsite, a stones throw from the harbour. On the way over we chatted to…
Tagged with: blog, border terriers, Colin, france, giens, hyeres, la tour fondue, Mavis, motorhome, photography, porquerolles, Provence
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Porquerolles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Porquerolles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Salt Pans at the Salin de Giraud
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
Posted in - France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Salin de Giraud
Saintes Maries de la Mer…
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…
Tagged with: cycling, france, motorhome, photography, Provence, saintes maries de la mer
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Posted in - France, 2014 Autumn, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
La Vezere via Mont St Michel
After Bayeux we drove across the Cherbourg peninsula to Camping aux Pommiers, a campsite close to the historic Abbey at Mont St Michel. This pleasant site is in Beauvoir, about 4 km from the Mont. There is a good cycle…
Tagged with: dordogne, france, Mavis, mont st michel, motorhome, uzerche, vezere
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Bayeux, Limousin, Lower Normandy, Mont Saint Michel, Uzerche
Posted in - France, 2013 Spring, 2014 Autumn, Bayeux, Limousin, Lower Normandy, Mont Saint Michel, Uzerche
C’est Cosmique
The sun came out for our second day at La Mailleraye sur Seine. English words ending in ic translate to ique in french, as I understand it. So economic becomes economique, politic becomes politique, etc.. So I felt reasonably comfortable…
Tagged with: chateau ganspette, erercleques, france, la mailleraye sur seine, Mavis, motorhome, photography, V1, V2
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Nord-Pas de Calais, St Omer, Upper Normandy
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Nord-Pas de Calais, St Omer, Upper Normandy
Eels for Tea
We drove 80 miles north to an aire (N 48.77259 E 1.19214 ) at Nonancourt which is a small town about 40 miles north of Chartres. We often listen to audiobooks on the longer drives. At the moment we have…
Tagged with: france, la mailleraye sur seine, Mavis, motorhome, Normandy, photography
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Nonancourt, Upper Normandy
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Nonancourt, Upper Normandy
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
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