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…
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Jousting in Saumur
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
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
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
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
Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Neufchâtel-en-Bray, Upper Normandy
On the Road Again
We have traded Mavis 1 in for Mavis 2! The early hours of Sunday morning were spent camping on the doorstep of Southdown Motorhomes in Portsmouth; Monday was spent learning about our new motorhome and transferring 4 years or so’s…
Colin’s Blog – In the Doghouse
I have been a bit poorly, I have had a bad tummy and was feeling very sorry for myself. I was lying on my back with my feet in the air doing my best to look ‘hangdog’, when I heard…
Francia
Friday 16th November. We drove from Navarete via Pamplona, to Hendaye Plage, a small French coastal town just over the border from Spain. It was another stunning journey, through gorges lined with golden trees. We had lunch near this wood,…
Nia on national TV
Monday 12th November. We set off at 10 am from Camping Las Lomas, and took the road up to the ski resort of Sierra Nevada. The resort is over 2000 meters high (6990 feet on Nia’s iPhone) ….somewhat over Ben…
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…
Costa del Rain.
Yes, I am a bit behind with the blog, and this is me catching up. It is October the 25th, Thursday, and we are heading East along the Costa del Sol, to Cabopino, which is close to Marbella. We walked…
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