Well, well, as Hans might say! Almost time for our last destination. Sarzeau in Brittany. But before we leave, we really should visit our home town! We’ve been here a week and not explored St Aignan. It’s a very pretty,…
11. THE CHER
The trip northwards from the Lot valley was fairly uneventful. Long, but uneventful. No “Routes Barrées”. No low bridges. Just six hours driving. There was one brief “moment” when a passing driver was waving frantically at us and pointing to…
10. NEARLY TIME TO HEAD NORTH.
Our time in the deep South is coming to an end. But not quite! We had poor memories of Fumel. Poor in two ways. First, that the town was unimpressive from a visitor’s perspective. And second, our memories are less…
9. A LOT MORE!
The Duck Farm is open again. Yee Haa! They hadn’t closed, they were just taking a week’s holiday! Sunday lunch, here we come! We took Angelique and Ingrid with us. They are too busy with their lovely new house to…
8. WE LIKE THE LOT A LOT.
We might even get there now! OK, first we engage the sat nav. The BMW system is rubbish. Very unreliable. She’s even programmed to say “I’m sorry, I must try harder!” when we start shouting at her and telling her…
7. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE GERS.
Towards the end of our stay at La Brouquère, we had to move to the other end of our terrace. Someone else is coming. They have booked “our” pitch. So we move from plot 13 to 15 and get a…
5. LES JOURS FÉRIÉS (BANK HOLIDAYS)
Our new campsite (Camping la Brouquère) near Gondrin turned out to be a little gem! Little, in that it comprises only 20 pitches. Our “terrace” is almost 90 metres in length and is home to just three pitches. That’s us…
4. RURAL SOUTH-WESTERN FRANCE
Dax is a centre of thermal baths. They advertise cures for all sorts of rheumatic conditions, but they seem to be protracted affairs lasting weeks and there’s a lot of hot mud involved. While a swim in nice clear, warm…
3. A LA FRANCE
We chose a Sunday to relocate to France, the day when only a few lorries are on the move. The motorway out of Spain is a fairly exciting sort of road. Bendy and hilly, with lots of tunnels and viaducts. …
2. DISASTER STRIKES AT COFFEE TIME!
Before I move on here, I have been much criticised by my editor-in-chief for my brief comment about Chistmas “coming and going”. It actually came with much effort on everyone’s part. Two beautiful trees, Christmas decorations everywhere and heaps of…