Friday 14th April We’re still meandering down the Alsace Wine route and food another town and I know that I promised not to put any more photos of Germanic buildings on but this place was very nice. It’s Equisheim and…
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Tuesday 11th April Another day, another castle. This is Haut Koenigsbourg, first built in the 12th century by Frederick von Hohenstaufen on the top of a mountain with views to Germany and the Alps in Switzerland. Over the years it…
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Sunday 9th April Yesterdays blog regarding the bells was correct in some respects, all four churches had a big session at 9pm and then another at 7am. What I was hoping to avoid was the all night dingly dangly competition…
Up and down and up and down.
Saturday 8th April Our aire holding officially three motorhomes proved to be rather popular Thursday night – 12 that I counted. Early in the morning (9.30am) the bread van came round so I rushed out and pointed with my best…
Five aires in three days
Thursday 6th April Leaving Laon Tuesday morning it didn’t take us long to reach our next aire, it had a great rating in Camper Contact, it was clean, spacious and very well laid out. There was space for 6 motorhomes…
Home at Laon
Monday 3rd April Up early Sunday morning and after a very short stroll found this great vantage point for Amiens Cathedral. We set off heading East passing through the Somme battlefields. Here, the cemeteries are even closer together with monuments…
Hoist by my own petard
Saturday 1st April From Richebourg we took a gentle drive towards Arras, but along the way stopped at a few places recommended by the Vicarious Books “Road Trip Europe – The Great War and More” which we will be dipping…
Stella Gets a Brain Implant
Thursday 30th March It had to happen one day and Monday was as good a day as any. Stella needed to have her maps upgraded but she really didn’t want to play ball. I thought that it had all been…
Emergency Dash to Europe
Thursday 23rd March Things are getting desperate and we now have to make an emergency trip to France to ease the situation. Ferry is booked for next Wednesday. But first… I know it’s been a while since I last posted…
All good things…
12th January 2017 I’m not happy, really, really not happy. We’ve got to leave here in the morning. We booked in for 26 nights, added another 4 nights but now, we really do have to start moving (pretty quickly) homeward.…