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Miss Gladys and a Chopper

I took the dogs down to Lac d’Hourtin before we set off. Colin likes to sit down as much as possible on the walks. Then we moved on to an aire at Le Huga, a small village on the road

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Aquitaine, Lac d'Hourtin

Fontevraud to the Médoc

We have been inching ourselves south since the visit to Fontevraud and are now near Lacanau Ocean, in the Médoc. First stop was in an Aire by this lake in Parthenay. We had planned to move straight on to Soubrise,

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire

Fontevraud Abbey….Aliénor of Aquitaine

After Chateau Brézé we moved on to Fontevraud Abbey. Close to Saumur in the Loire valley, the Abbey is best known for its association with the Plantagenet monarchs of England. These are the recumbent Plantagenets, medieval sculptures of Henry 2nd

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Fontevraud, Pays-de-la-Loire

Château Brézé……Troglodytes and Pigeon Holes

This is Chateau Breze, a 15th century castle built over a remarkable underground fortification and living area excavated from the living rock over a thousand years ago. The chateau is about 10 miles south-east of Saumur. We came here on

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Posted in - France, 2013 Autumn, Breze, Pays-de-la-Loire

Jousting in Saumur

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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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

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

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,

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Posted in 2012 Autumn

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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Posted in 2012 Autumn

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