Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
16th December 2023 We left Saint Emilion in the morning mist. A cold night and a bright morning gave some interesting photographic opportunities, but we needed to press on. Arriving in Saint Jean de Luz around 2pm, we found the town to be very busy. We were lucky to find a space to park (thanks Jeeves). Fufu …
Thursday 14th and Friday 15th December 2023 Val Des Vignes Fufu on pitch at Val Des Vignes Thursday saw us take the motorway south. A long and tiring day, travelling around 450km to Val Des Vignes, a "Camping Car Park" a few kilometres south of Angouleme. We arrived around dusk, just time to take in the views …
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Tuesday 12th - Wednesday 13th December 2023 This is a major trip for us and long in the planning. We are meeting up with our motorhoming friends, Jeeves, Michelle and their cockapoo, Layla, in France, then traveling on to southern Spain for Christmas and the New Year. Our return ferry is booked for the 13th January. The …
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9th April 2023 It seems only yesterday when we decided to buy a plot of land in France and have a house built in a not-so-touristy part of the Dordogne. In fact, this was in 2005 and now the time has come to close this chapter of our lives and sell-up. Our trip this time …
24th August 2022 Much of France, like some parts of England, is dry and parched following months of drought. Just after midday, we noticed a column of smoke to the south of our house in France. Apparently, there has been a spate of fires in the area, these being the work of a suspected arsonist. …
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Sat 25th - Sun 26th June The third day of our stay in the Arcachon area, saw us explore the area around to the eastern coast of the bassin. Before heading there, we needed to buy some milk and visited the Grande Frais store, just alongside the hotel. Wow! What a huge choice of produce. …
Thu 23rd - Fri 24th June After all our exertions at the house, we decided we needed a holiday; a sort of "holiday ...on holiday". The popular French holiday destination of Arcachon, is a small town on the southern coast of the Arcachon Bassin. A large area of tidal water which is almost encircled by …
17th - 21st June This trip, we chose to travel south on Friday afternoon, staying over in Portsmouth before catching the ferry on Saturday morning. We anticipated a troublesome journey, but there was much less traffic than expected, with the only major hold-up around Birmingham, but we were not in a rush as we only …
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Our return home is much the same as the journey out, but in reverse as you would expect; ...we stay overnight in Caen, before catching the ferry back to the UK, the following morning. This means that if we get away from the house promptly, we have time to visit somewhere en-route. This time, we …
Rather than make a separate blog post for each or our trips out and about, I have combined them into one post. 18th April - The Grand Etang La Jemaye About 20 minutes drive from our house is La Jemaye, an area of woodland through which there are a number of walks. There are also …
"See-u-Later" 