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  • OUR TRAVELS
  • Travels in 2026
    • FRANCE 2026.
      • 1. DO WE NEED A DISASTER TO START?
      • 2. MORLAIX.
      • 3. RELEASE INTO FRANCE!
      • 4. HEADING EAST.
      • 5. LE LOIR ET LA LOIRE.
      • 6. EXCURSIONS FROM SAINT-PÈRE-SUR-LOIRE
      • 7. SANCERRE.
      • 8. CLAMECY.
      • 9. STILL AT CLAMECY!
      • 10. AUTUN
      • 11. CHAGNY AND SURROUNDS.
      • 12. MÂCON
      • 13. SAINT-POINT.
      • 14. NORMANDY.
      • 15. BIRTHDAY NUMBER TWO – STILL IN NORMANDY.
      • 16. CROZON PENINSULA.
      • 17. CROZON – PART 2 AND HOME.
      • 17. CROZON 2 AND HOME AGAIN.
    • Vietnam and Australia
      • 21. HONG KONG AND HOME.
      • 20. LAST WEEKS IN AUSTRALIA.
      • 19. STILL IN LONGREACH!
      • 18. LONGREACH!
      • 17. SUNSHINE COAST.
      • 16. BRISBANE.
      • 15. A WALK IN THE PARK.
      • 14. AUSTRALIA AT LAST!
      • 13. HO CHI MINH CITY.
      • 12. MÒRÈ PHÙ QUÒK
      • 11. PHÙ QUÒC.
      • 10. SAPA AND THE HIGHEST POINT IN SE ASIA.
      • 9. HA LONG BAY.
      • 8. MORE TANGLED WATERWAYS.
      • 7. INTO THE RED RIVER DELTA.
      • 6. HANOI.
      • 5. TEMPLES, TEMPLES EVERYWHERE!
      • 4. GONE CRUISING!
      • 3. THE LAST DAY IN HANOI – FOR NOW!.
      • 2. THE FIRST MORNING OF THE YEAR!
      • 1. HEADING TO VIETNAM.
  • Travels in 2025
    • Yorkshire and Northumberland.
      • 1. HEADING NORTH.
      • 2. MORE YORKSHIRE.
      • 3. CORBRIDGE, HEXHAM AND PANTS!
      • 4. NORTHERNMOST ENGLAND!
      • 5. INGRAM VALLEY, THE BORDERS AND VERA’S HOME.
      • 6. DUMFRIES AND THE DEVIL’S PORRIDGE!
      • 7. THE LAKE DISTRICT.
      • 8. APPLE WEEKEND, KIRKBY LONSDALE AND JAMAICAN TOBOGGANERS.
      • 9. LAST STAGES – HEADING SOUTH.
    • Spain & France.
      • 11. NORTH BRITTANY AND HOME.
      • 10. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
      • 9. CHALANDRAY TO BRITTANY.
      • 8. NAVIGATION ERROR!
      • 7. WE HAVE TO LEAVE GONDRIN SOON! REALLY!
      • 6. STILL AT GONDRIN!
      • 5. GONDRIN AND THE GERS.
      • 4. LEAVING ASTURIAS – WILL WE GET THROUGH THE PAYAGE BARRIER?
      • 3. THE ROAD TO NOWHERE FAST!
      • 2. ASTURIAS – BY ONE KILOMETRE.
      • 1. FERRY TO SANTANDER.
    • Thailand and Australia
      • 1. LEAVING THE COLD AND THE WIND!
      • 2. INTO AUSTRALIA
      • 3. HEAD WEST, YOUNG MAN!
      • 4. ADELAIDE AND RIVER MURRAY
      • 5. MONARTO & THE BAROSSA.
      • 6. THE ADELAIDE HILLS.
      • 7. MEET ALFRED.
      • 8. GETTING OVER ALFRED & A TRIP INLAND..
      • 9. STANTHORPE.
      • 10. BACK TO THE COAST.
      • 11. BRISBANE CITY.
      • 12. SAMFORD AND THE MOUNTAINS.
      • 13. MORNING TEA AND SMOKO.
      • 14. THE END IS IN SIGHT!
  • Travels in 2024
    • NORTH COUNTRY TOUR 2024
      • 1. WORCESTER GHOSTS!
      • 2. SIGNS
      • 3. MISTS, FRETS AND SUNSHINE!
      • 4. NORTHUMBERLAND’S GHOSTS – AND SHOES.
      • 5. MORE NORTHUMBERLAND.
    • Spain and France 2024
      • 1. BACK TO SPAIN!
      • 2. PARTY, PARTY!
      • 3. MR AND MRS OVIEDO.
      • 4. MOUNTAIN ROADS.
      • 5. MOTORWAY MAYHEM!
      • 6. LA BROUQUÈRE, GONDRIN
      • 7. BASTIDE COUNTRY.
      • 8. CÔTE DE FUMEL (PART 1).
      • 9. CÔTE DE FUMEL. PART 2.
      • 10. TIME TO MOVE ON?
      • 11. BIRTHDAYS.
      • 12. BUMPS AND ASTROBLEMES.
      • 13. TRAGEDY.
      • 14. LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE!
      • 15. BRITTANY AND HOME!
    • Regent Seven Seas Cruise
      • 1. Lisbon
      • 2. LISBON AND AWAY!
      • 3. MADEIRA
      • 4. TENERIFE
      • 5. GRAN CANARIA
      • 6. LANZAROTE
      • 7. AGADIR, MOROCCO
      • 8. CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
      • 9. CÁDIZ
      • 10. BARCELONA AND HOME.
  • Travels in 2023
    • UK Tour (Not Greece!)
      • 1. FIRST TIME IN GREECE? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT!
      • 2. PENRITH AND THE NORTHERN LAKES.
      • 3. NORTHUMBERLAND – WHERE IT (USUALLY) NEVER RAINS!
      • 4. THE FIRST FROST!
      • 5. A TALE OF TWO BRIDGES.
      • 6. NUNNYKIRK TO THE BITTER END!
      • 7. FROM SCOTLAND TO NORTHALLERTON.
      • 8. DEER, DEER, DEER!
      • 9. THE FINAL TWO WEEKS.
  • Travels in 2022
    • Australia
      • 1. FIRST, WE HAVE TO GET TO OZ!
      • 2. JET LAG AND OTHER PROBLEMS!
      • 3. ULTIMATE AND OTHER DAILY ACTIVITIES.
      • 4. STANTHORPE AND BACK.
      • 5. SUNSHINE TO MELBOURNE.
      • 6. MELBOURNE AND BACK TO THE WARM!
      • 7. SUNSHINE COAST
      • 8. CARS AND LIGHTS!
      • 9. THE FINAL TWO WEEKS.
    • Spain and France
      • 1. WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?
      • 2. DISASTER STRIKES AT COFFEE TIME!
      • 3. A LA FRANCE
      • 4. RURAL SOUTH-WESTERN FRANCE
      • 5. LES JOURS FÉRIÉS (BANK HOLIDAYS)
      • 6. RESTAURANT TROUBLE.
      • 7. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE GERS.
      • 8. WE LIKE THE LOT A LOT.
      • 9. A LOT MORE!
      • 10. NEARLY TIME TO HEAD NORTH.
      • 11. THE CHER
      • 12. BRITTANY – EN FIN!
    • Norwegian fjords
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 1
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 2
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 3. (NOT QUITE BERGEN!)
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 4 (BERGEN)
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 5. (ÅLESUND)
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 6 (GEIRANGER)
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 7. MOLDE AND MOLDE
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 8. FLÅM
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 9. STAVANGER DAY 1
      • NORWEGIAN FJORDS 10. STAVANGER AND HOME!
    • England
      • 1. SCARBOROUGH
      • 2. SAWDON TO DANBY WISKE
      • 3. WISKE AGAIN, LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER!!
      • 4. NORTHUMBERLAND
      • 5. THE RUNNING FOXES.
      • 6. CAN WE SEE THE WHOLE OF NORTHUMBERLAND?
      • 7. NORTHUMBERLAND CONTINUED!
      • 8. PENRITH AND THE LAKES.
    • Spain 22
      • SPAIN 1. 222222222
      • SPAIN 2. COPS AND ROBBERS!
      • Spain 3. Caceres
      • SPAIN 4. POTATOES, PORK & PAPRIKA
      • SPAIN 5.
      • SPAIN 6. MARMALADE
      • SPAIN 7. CONIL, CADIZ, COCKERELS AND CALOR GAS
      • SPAIN 8. RONDA
      • SPAIN 9. SUNDAY LUNCH.
      • SPAIN 10. TORNADOS AND BAUXITE!
      • SPAIN 11. CORDOBA
      • SPAIN 12. ORANGES, OLIVES, MORE ORANGES & MORE OLIVES!
      • SPAIN 13. TOLEDO.
      • SPAIN 14. CHERRY BLOSSOM AT LAST!
      • SPAIN 15. A WALK IN THE PARK.
      • SPAIN 16. MOUNTAIN VILLAGES.
      • SPAIN 17. THINKING OF HOME.
      • SPAIN 18. HEADING NORTH.
  • Travels in 2019
    • Austria December 2019
      • OBERGURGL – DEC 2019 – Part 2
      • OBERGURGL – DEC 2019 – Part 1
    • Danube 2019
      • 14. TIME FOR HOME
      • 13. BUDA AND PEST
      • 12. MORE FRENEMIES
      • 11. “FRENEMIES” FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
      • 10. SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET
      • 09. OUR SHIP
      • 08. FORTRESS DAY
      • 07. INTO THE HILLS
      • 06. MONDAY AT CONSTANTA
      • 05. THE END OF THE LINE.
      • 04. PARIS OF THE EAST
      • 03. THE IRON GORGE AND PLÉVEN
      • 02. HAVE WE GOT INTERNET?
      • 01. HAVE WE GOT TIME?
    • Spain May 2019
      • 15. THE FINAL STAGES.
      • 14. NOT THE BEST OF DAYS!
      • 13. YES! DUORO VALLEY
      • 12. OVER THE HILL
      • 11. GUADALUPE
      • 10. PLASENCIA AGAIN AGAIN
      • 09. STILL AT PLASENCIA
      • 08. PLASENCIA
      • 07. LIVERPOOL. WHERE’S THAT?
      • 06. MORE PASSES
      • 05. WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?
      • 04. FIRST THINGS
      • 03. MISSING FRIENDS
      • 02. FORTIES AND FIFTIES
      • 01. SPAIN OR NOT
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  • Travels in 2018
    • Portugal 2018
      • EURO-TRAVELLERS 2018. 17
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      • EURO-TRAVELLERS 2018. 13
      • EURO-TRAVELLERS 2018. 12
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    • North Country 2018
      • NORTH COUNTRY 2018. 12
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    • France 2018
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FRANCE 2018. 06

Having told us all about hornets in India other day, Greg was stung by one yesterday! Talk about coincidences! Not nice. Especially as he was just two stings from a REALLY bad situation. “One sting go to a pharmacy/doctor. Two…

John TappSeptember 7, 2018November 18, 2018 France 2018 3 Comments
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FRANCE 2018. 05

Friday – the last day of August.  Today’s walk is a local one.  Along the nearest bit of coastline.  It’s only about a mile through the woods from the site but we took the car in case we only walked…

John TappSeptember 4, 2018August 16, 2026 France 2018 1 Comment
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FRANCE 2018. 04

It’s  Wednesday.  Well actually it’s Friday but that just shows I’m getting behind.  Mind you, not as far behind as Steve and Marie who reckon they are “years in arrears”.  Today we are moving to Sarzeau for a nice restful…

John TappSeptember 2, 2018August 16, 2026 France 2018 1 Comment
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FRANCE 2018. 03

We heard today that the colony of bees we had found last week near Hay Tor on Dartmoor had been rescued by a local beekeeper – Dr Magee the Bee.  I put this little gem in for Beryl and John…

John TappAugust 30, 2018August 16, 2026 France 2018 3 Comments
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That seemed to work!  And now I’m getting the hang of putting pictures where I want them! After a night on Plymouth docks, we were in the queue well early.  We got through security with a friendly, but rather cursory,…

John TappAugust 28, 2018August 16, 2026 France 2018 8 Comments
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John TappAugust 27, 2018November 18, 2018 France 2018 12 Comments
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