Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Wednesday 10th to Friday 12th January 2024 Over the next three days we made our way north through France, staying a little north of Chinon, then in Le Mans city centre and finally in Lion sur Mer, on the English Channel coast, before catching the ferry back to the UK on Saturday morning. The weather is, …
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Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th January 2024 Leaving Sarriguren in Spain, we were then effectively retracing our steps to the French border. Border? ...what border? it seemed that all of a sudden we were in France, where we headed to the Atlantic coastal town of Capbreton to overnight on a large aire. Capbreton (Monday) Capbreton is a …
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Sunday 7th January 2024 Having made the decision to avoid the trip across the Pyrenees, we headed back towards Pamplona, stopping off as usual whenever we found a place to explore. Our destination for the night, was Sarriguren, an almost newly-built suburb of Pamplona, which has a motorhome aire. Jaca Our first stop was Jaca, a …
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Saturday 6th January 2024 We again spent the day travelling northwards to cross the Pyrenees. The plan was to overnight on a large Aire at Aínsa, then in the morning, setting off to Bielsa, on the D173 and taking the tunnel just beyond, to emerge in France at Aragnouet. We had planned to stay the night near …
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Friday 5th January 2024 We spent the day travelling in a northerly direction with the intention of heading for a route over the Pyrenees. On route to our next overnight at La Granja de Escarp, we called in briefly at Alcañiz to pick up some provisions. Alcañiz Our first glimpse of the town was from a …
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Thursday 4th January 2024 Continuing on our return journey in a a generally northwards direction, we visited a couple of small towns, staying overnight on an aire near the second one. Onda Although not travelling a large distance, we decided to break our day's journey at the small town of Onda, which is surrounded by …
Monday 1st, to Wednesday 3rd January 2024 After a stay of two weeks, we moved on from Calpe today, heading about 160km up the coast to Sagunto, which is a large fortified town with castle walls. Some distance away from the town centre, there is the port, a large marina and some beautiful beaches. We are staying …
Sunday 31st December 2023 Xaló Being New Year's Eve, many places were closed, but we visited the small town of Xaló where the Bodega was open for wine sales. After making some purchases, we had a wander around the town, arriving just about 12 noon, when the church bells started ringing a full peel. It was …
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"See-u-Later" 