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…
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Stripped!
Tagged with: Centre, cycling, france, motorhome, Nevers, photography
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Bourgogne, Nevers
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Bourgogne, Nevers
The Ancient Mariner
We drove 144 miles north from Comps to the aire at Malzieu Ville (N 44.85515 E 3.33346). We took the N 106 which is a very twisty and exciting road through the mountains. Too exciting perhaps….the French HGV’s thunder along…
Tagged with: france, La Malzieu Ville, Mavis, motorhome, photography, St Pourcain sur Sioule
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Auvergne, St Pourcain-sur-Sioule
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Auvergne, St Pourcain-sur-Sioule
Comps
Just a brief entry today; we have had a few days without wifi and I am writing this from a McDonalds, usually a good source of broadband but it is very slow at the moment. We stopped for a night…
Tagged with: Aire, aires, Comps, france, Haute-Provence, Mavis, motorhome, photography
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Comps, Languedoc-Roussillon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Comps, Languedoc-Roussillon
Gordes
We moved west a few miles to Gordes, an old town with Roman roots on a hill overlooking the Luberon valley. We stayed at the aire to the west of Gordes (N 43.914142 E 5.197184) . Surrounded on several sides…
Tagged with: Aire, france, Gordes, Haute-Provence, Luberon, Mavis, mistral, motorhome, photography
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Gordes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Gordes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Roussillon
We drove the short distance from Rustrel to Roussillon and stayed in the Aire ( N 43.896452 E 5.295878) ….a large car park, quiet, €9 for the night. After lunch we headed into Roussillon, about 1/4 of a mile from…
Tagged with: Colin, france, Haute-Provence, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, Roussillon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Roussillon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Roussillon
Colorado de Rustrel. Mick Jagger.
We drove about 10 km to the north of Apt to stay at Rustrel, at the recommendation of the girl in the reception at Camping Luberon. Rustrel is a small hillside village, with the requisite chateau, in this case 17th…
Tagged with: Alastair Merry, Colorado de Rustrel, france, Haute-Provence, Mavis, motorhome, Ochre, photography, Rustrel
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rustrel
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rustrel
Saignon
On Friday we walked up to Saignon from the campsite. Saignon is famous for its rock, see above, a landmark visible from far away. The GR 92 footpath is a well defined track leading up to Saignon from the road…
Tagged with: france, Haute-Provence, le petit cafe, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Provence, Saignon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saignon
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saignon
Hilltop Villages of the Luberon
We moved a few miles to camping La Rivière near St Maime, one of the hilltop villages of the Luberon mountains. It is a pleasant, informal, site with large pitches; we parked in front of a lake. There is a…
Tagged with: Dauphin, france, Haute-Provence, Luberon, Mane, Mavis, motorhome, photography, St Maime
Posted in 2014 Spring, Dauphin, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, St Maime
Posted in 2014 Spring, Dauphin, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, St Maime
Poppies
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…
Tagged with: Banon, cycling, france, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, poppies, Provence, st michel l'observatoire
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont-du-Fosse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont-du-Fosse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Harleys
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…
Tagged with: cycling, france, Germany, Luberon, Mavis, motorhome, photography, pont du fosse, Provence, Saint michel l'observatoire
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont-du-Fosse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saint Michel l'Observatoire, Sisteron
Posted in - France, 2014 Spring, Pont-du-Fosse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Saint Michel l'Observatoire, Sisteron
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