Thursday 23rd October We had a lovely nights sleep in the French Passion site in Hebecourt, not a sound until the chickens woke up and signalled the coming morn. First stop was a town called Gisors (pronounced Geezers where I…
An evening of French Passion
Wednesday 22nd October By the time we woke up this morning the wind had died down a bit, all night long the van was being buffeted and only later in the day did we find out that Canvey Island had…
We made it, our adventure has started.
It’s now day three and I thought it was time to let you know what has been happening. Sunday morning was a very emotional time having to say goodbye to Darcy, Emma and David. Frankie has been renamed “The Blubberbus”…
Au revoir, mon amies
Not that I’m counting, but it’s now just six and a half days until we’re off, must start thinking about packing soon. The last week or two has been a whirl of goodbyes. Last weekend we took Darcy up to…
Let’s Meet Frankie
With less than four weeks to go until the start of our adventure I thought it was about time that you all met Frankie, our trusty steed. Here he is face on, note the huge windscreen which gives fantastic views…
Debt Free at Last
Finally, after 30 months of to-ing and fro-ing, negotiating and wheeler dealing we have finally sold the back garden at the shop and paid off the mortgage and all of our other loans. For the first time since I was…
Avelin to Home
I didn’t realise how long it takes a tractor to warm up. Farmer Pierre started up at 7am precisely and then let it idle for a good 30 minutes before moving off. Whilst Lucy took her shower I ventured out…
Girondelle to Avelin (97 miles)
We woke up this morning to a wall of fog so had breakfast and made another quick getaway hitting the road by 8.30am. The fog started lifting and soon the sun was making an appearance. We made very good time…
Treves to Girondelle (141 miles)
I find this very difficult to believe but we were off site by 8.30am. It’s always been difficult to get Lucy out of bed in the morning (I’ve grown out of the teenager thing now) but she was getting in…
Trittenheim to Treves (21 miles)
When we arrived yesterday we were so happy with the view that we didn’t bother levelling up and by the time Lucy remembered it was too late to do anything about it. Lucy is normally a stickler for being level,…