Friday 27th November It’s Black Friday, hurrah, I can get 20% off the drone that we all want me to get so I have routed us past the nearest Media Markt which happens to be in Badojaz, no aires but…
Avila in the sun
Thursday 26th November When we went to bed last night at 10.30pm we were the only motorhome in the aire, when we woke up there were five of us. I wanted to get some photos of the far side of…
Underneath the arches
Monday 23rd November Last night we went to bed while it was still raining but it wasn’t too cold. When we woke up though it was rather cooler, the clouds had moved on and despite being given a lovely sunrise…
You know nothing Mark Walland – Winter is coming
Sunday 22nd November Either title is apt, they are both true and I really couldn’t decide which I prefered! It was cold last night and it rained and rained. My father, ex scout master, had always taught me never to…
Travel Plans hit a brick wall
Saturday 21st November Making travel plans for today has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve made. Do we go south and get to an aire that gets a poor rating? Do we go west and reach a town with…
A load of bull
Friday 20th November We were woken up to the sound of workmen messing about fixing the waste water drain at the services. Our Spanish neighbour had mentioned that it was blocked to the Police yesterday afternoon and here they were…
Planning? Who needs planning?
Thursday 19th November When we woke Wednesday morning the sun was blazing down and the skies were clear. We’ve got a good free wifi signal here, electric and the sun was shining so we (I) decided to get the printer…
Keep on driving, driving, driving.
Wednesday 18th November We had a choice Monday morning, stay where we were or head south, it all depended on the weather and we could see clouds when we woke so headed off to our next destination. When we still…
Ferry Nice
Sunday 15th November On the way out of Rochefort we had to cross over the Charentes River to get to Royan and this is the view from the bridge. We couldn’t quite make out whether it was a partly built…
La Rochelle
Wednesday 11th November La Rochelle, say it to loud and you can’t help but sound like a Frenchman, or woman – it just rolls off the tongue. We left Isle de Noirmoutier on Monday morning and took the coast road…