Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
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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Saturday 6th September 2025 For this outing, we left Fufu at home as Tatton Park is only about an hour's drive from where we live. Although reasonably close, It is many years since we visited and we were surprised by the extent of the house and gardens. The Tatton estate is managed by Cheshire East …
Monday 18th August 2025 We traveled to Lincoln by bus which dropped us off at the bus station, so we then caught another to the top of the hill, just near the cathedral. I remember that hill from the last time we visited the city! The Cathedral: Our main aim was to visit the cathedral, …
Saturday 16th August 2025 Our park-up for the long weekend is courtesy of the Camping and Caravanning Club Photographic Group which is holding its annual exhibition at Welbourn Village Hall. Thank you to all involved in the running of the event, which was a great success. Temple Bruer: Our perusal of the locality via Google …
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Friday 15th August 2025 We are staying just a few miles north of Grantham, so chose to pay a visit to the large, National Trust property of Belton Estate, which includes the house, built in 1685 by the extremely wealthy Sir John Brownlow, whose descendants lived in the house for the following 300 years. Although …
"See-u-Later" 