Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
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 …
Continue reading "From Dover to Reims, France: the journey so far:"
Tuesday 29th October 2024 Six weeks is the longest trip we have undertaken with the motorhome. I realise this is only brief by some folk's standards, but it was a major undertaking for us and we are glad that there were no major problems. Some statistics: We have driven a total of 3,251 miles and …
Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th September 2024 (days 5 and 6) Colmar is a town in the Grand Est Region of north east France. The area of the centre-ville known as "La Petit Venise" is very picturesque with its beautiful timber-framed buildings and canals. As a result, it is a honey-pot for tourism, ...and very …
Monday 16th - Tuesday 17th September (days 3 - 4) On Monday, Heading generally in a south eastern direction, we planned an overnight stay in Charleville-Mézières. On the way, we called at Béthune, a small town with some interesting architecture at its centre and a truly remarkable church. Tuesday saw us head further south east …
Continue reading "European Trip 2: Béthune, Charleville-Mézières and Metz, France."
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15th September 2024 So another adventure begins. After staying on Saturday night on a 5-van campsite near to the small Kent village Pluckley and meeting up with our friends Jeeves and Michelle (not forgetting Layla, the Cockapoo), we have crossed the channel from Dover to Calais and are staying on an …
Continue reading "European Trip 1: Pluckley, Kent and Bergues, France"
Thursday 6th - Friday 7th June 2024 Thursday: La Ferrière-aux-Étangs: We spent Thursday night on an aire at the small village of La Ferrière-aux-Étangs in the Orme Departement of Normandy. The aire had previously been a campsite, which has apparently been taken over by the local community and offers a free park-up. All the electricity …
Continue reading "Brittany 16: La Ferrière-aux-Étangs, Orme and Falaise, Calvados."
Wednesday 5th June 2024 This part of France has so many riches in terms of beautiful and interesting places to visit, we are in serious danger of overload. Today, we chose to head for Mortain-Bocage, in the Manche Departement of Normandy for a night park-up, but on the way, stopped off to briefly explore Domfront, …
Continue reading "Brittany 15: Domfront and Mortain-Bocage, Normandy"
Tuesday 4th June 2024 The hill town of Fougères is dominated by its castle and fortifications. The castle itself, is one of the most impressive in Europe, having evolved through the centuries since its founding in the 12th century. It was built on an outcrop of rock, within a loop of the Nançon river, acting …
Friday 31st May - Monday 3rd June 2024 We decided that a few days at a more leisurely pace, riding our bicycles along the towpath of the Nante to Brest Canal would be good. Unlike many towpaths in the UK, the canal route is designated as a cycle/walking route. It has it a good surface …
Continue reading "Brittany 13: Gouarec, Côtes-d’Armor and Pont-Réan, Ille-et-Vilaine …On yer Bike!"
Wednesday 29th - Thursday 30th May 2024 Having gone as far west as we could go in Brittany, and still having just over a week of our trip left, we decided to head in the general direction of Caen for our ferry crossing next Saturday. Wednesday: Pont-Criox and Concarneau, Finistère Pont-Criox: The small town of …
Continue reading "Brittany 12: Pont-Criox and Concarneau, Finistère; Faouët and Pontivy, Morbihan."
