One day we went on tour. First, the little village of Anthé, just down the road – but, to be fair, there really isn’t much there. On to Tournon d’Argenais. Another town built on the top of a hill. This time…
8. CÔTE DE FUMEL (PART 1).
We are really into short distance towing trips this year. And the trip to the Côte de Fumel would have been one of the shortest on record if we had follwed the sat nav! Did I really just say that???! …
7. BASTIDE COUNTRY.
It’s Monday. Time for a change of scenery. Our pitch has been booked by some perishing Dutch (probably) campers! Moulin de Campech has our name on it. On the very edge of the largest man-made forest in Western Europe. The…
6. LA BROUQUÈRE, GONDRIN
Before I forget, I’ll have to tell you what I remember I forgot. Going right back to the first week in Spain. We were driving inland towards Cabuerniga, when unannounced, I turned off to the left into the hills. You…
5. MOTORWAY MAYHEM!
Leaving Sunbilla was “downhill” all the way. Decrease in altitude, increase in traffic, increase in the price of fuel … and toll roads! Toll roads! I said last time we drove into France from Spain on the ordinary roads (through…
4. MOUNTAIN ROADS.
Well, when we booked our hotel break, we had used Booking.com. Having narrowly avoided reserving a hotel in Gijón, we managed to secure a good deal in Oviedo. It transpired that the option to book B&B AND parking only worked…
3. MR AND MRS OVIEDO.
Six years ago, in 2018, the other side of the temporal gulf, known colloquially as “Covid”, we met Mr and Mrs Oviedo. Of course that isn’t their real name. (They are now very good friends, but we didn’t really know…
2. PARTY, PARTY!
Early on in our stay two notable things happened. Firstly, we had a flying display over the caravan. A marsh harrier and an osprey in tandem. Later evidence suggests the osprey (fairly rare in this neck of the woods) was…
BACK TO SPAIN!
It’s been a while since we were last in Spain All of two weeks! Time spent getting ready to have the house painted and getting the automatic watering system up and running, There were a couple of covid boosters to…
8. CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
Our guide in Casablanca, whose name I couldn’t possibly spell, let’s call him Ali for short … … turns out to be completely blind. Novel for a guide! To be fair, he did have a minder to help him get…