Next stop, Camping Les Portes de Sancerre, which is located conveniently NOT in Sancerre but in the town of Saint-Satur, some five or six kilometres distant. I suppose if you arrive by boat it could be defined as the “Gateway…
6. EXCURSIONS FROM SAINT-PÈRE-SUR-LOIRE
Some people get all the luck! This geezer has long flowing locks AND an angel hanging on his shoulder. (I have the angel but just lack the hair!) His mate, immediately to his left, however, looks desperately ill! We are…
5. LE LOIR ET LA LOIRE.
Navigating the northern ring road round Le Mans, we came to one particularly dodgy and complicated roundabout. Going really slowly trying to change lanes, we brought traffic to a total standstill. Well, there were five options and we needed option…
4. HEADING EAST.
Arriving at Évron nice and early – before the reception opened even – we were given the same pitch as a French family who arrived 10 minutes after us. But the site was largely empty. We moved one place left…
3. RELEASE INTO FRANCE!
So, after an unplanned five day delay waiting for our noveaux essuie-glaces to arrive from Strasbourg, we were now free to roam! But first we need to make sure the wipers work in the rain. So, one final tour of…
2. MORLAIX.
I don’t remember ever walking round Morlaix. It sits in a valley at the head of the Morlaix River. The river is crossed well north of town by a high-level viaduct carrying the N12, the main east-west route in the…
1. DO WE NEED A DISASTER TO START?
We’ve only been in France for eight days and we’ve already had three bank holidays! And two of those have given us a problem! The weekend we arrived was a celebration of Victory in Europe Day and the following Thursday…
21. HONG KONG AND HOME.
Linda took us to Brisbane airport on her way to work. A fairly early start (05.30!) to miss the worst of the motorway traffic. As soon as baggage check-in opened, we were in. We really didn’t want to get bumped…
20. LAST WEEKS IN AUSTRALIA.
Back on the coast, it’s somehow comforting. I know we were barely half the width of the state inland, but that’s still two an a half hours by plane. There, roads are straight and horizontal. Townships are truly well spaced…
19. STILL IN LONGREACH!
The other main attraction in Longreach is the Qantas Founders Museum, established in 1996. The Queensland And Northern Territory Air Service was started here by two WW1 veteran pilots and an aero-engineer who saw a business opportunity in an air…