Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Thursday 25th September 2025 With fine weather, we traveled further south today, choosing to travel down the Ardèche Gorge to our overnight stay at Aigueze. The Ardèche Gorge: The Ardèche river runs 125 kilometres in a south easterly direction from the Massif Central until it joins the Rhone. In its lower reaches, it has carved …
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Wednesday 24th September 2025 Rather than travel on further south, we decided to explore the local area further today. Château de Rochemaure: The small town of Rochemaure is another "Beau Village", but we didn't really explore it. There is a chateau, high up on the top of the hill which overlooks the town. As it …
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Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd September 2025 With very poor weather, we decided to move further south and west, so bypassing Lyon, we headed towards, then down the Rhone Valley, crossing the huge river several times along the way. Again we passed through mixed countryside and small towns and once we got out of the …
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Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September 2025 Our journey south-eastwards continues. The rolling countryside reminding us of the fact that France is big! You seem to travel for ages and not get very far on the map. It is however, beautiful, varied and interesting. Saturday, Hotel-Dieu, Beaune: This visit required a detour from our original …
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Thursday 18th - Friday 19th September 2025 This part of France is sparsely populated and roads often go for several kilometres at a time in an arrow-straight direction. The scenery is green and mostly agricultural with some woodland. Over these two days, we travelled from an area which was mostly flat to one which has …
Wednesday 17th Sept 2025 Troyes is a beautiful, compact city in the Grand Est Region of France. It is known for its many half timbered and colourful , medieval buildings. We are staying the night on an excellent paid aire with all the services, just on the outskirts of the city. Lots of the buildings …
Saturday 13th to Tuesday 16th September 2025 Saturday - Dover: After leaving Chartwell, it took a further hour and a half to reach Dover. We planned to stay on a car park, which is used for overnight stays by motorhomes, usually before catching the ferry, about 5 minutes away. This worked out well for us …
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Saturday 13th September 2025 We visited Chartwell as a stop to break the journey to Dover and the ferry. As it is not far from the M25, this worked well. The house is in the care of the National Trust, who have created a museum to the life of Sir Winston Churchill in the place …
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Friday 12th September 2025 After a few last minute problems to overcome, both with the motorhome and the house, we have finally set forth in a southerly direction, destination at this stage undecided, but in the general area of the French Riviera. As we were travelling via ferry from Dover on Sunday morning, we planned …
Tuesday 9th September 2025 Along with a couple of mates, David and Rob, we travelled by train to the lovely town of Hebden Bridge. Our sole stated purpose was photographic, although coffee and cake would also find its way onto the agenda. Some buildings are a bit pointy. Hebden Bridge Railway station is one of …
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"See-u-Later" 