Friday 25th November Castellane would have been lovely if it hadn’t rained heavily all night. My French advisor told me that Thursday was gong to be sunny but I think he was confusing his words, we had more of the…
On top of the world
Wednesday 23rd November Trying to decide where to go and needing to empty the toilet cassettes soon I found a town called Castellane and best of all it had four aires, three with services, it was in the right direction…
The Great Escape
Tuesday 22nd November Bearing in mind that the Romans managed to invade most of Europe, set up long lines of communications and trade routes why is it so bloody difficult to get into or out of Italy? Why didn’t they…
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…
Harbour Pig
Monday 9th November We left you at Le Croisic in the rain but with wifi. We sat indoors for most of the day but it wasn’t wasted. I reorganised the library by putting all of the books alphabetically instead of…
Customer Service – French Style
Friday 6th November We left Damgan Wednesday morning and moved along to a town called Guerande which had a free aire just out of town and an easy walk into the town centre. Our guide book describes Guerande thus:- “No…
Stone Me
Tuesday 3rd November We went to Port Louis Monday morning after a quick shop round Lidls on the way. We also tried grabbing a bit of McDonalds wifi but couldn’t get on so there could be a big lump of…
Concarneau – it’s not the right place.
Sunday 1st November I have a picture in my mind of a French town that we drove through nearly 20 years ago and I wanted to go back and revisit it. Unfortunately it isn’t Concarneau and my search continues. There…