Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Thursday 1st to Friday 2nd October, 2026 Continuing our journey south through France, we stopped off at a few more interesting places: The road was quite interesting in places St-Cirq-Lapopie: The village of St-Cirq-Lapopie, is perched, high up on the side of a hill overlooking the Lot River. It is one of the designated "Beau …
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Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th September 2026 Our journey south continues. Along the way, we have seen some interesting places: Charnizay - Le Dolmen de Gargantua: On the road south from Loches, we were trundling along nicely when Alison found a neolithic site on the map, not too far away from our route. Always up …
Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September 2026 Our journey south continues. Moving on from Chateaudun, we have joined the Loire Valley and explored the two cities of Blois and Amboise. Each are dominated by huge chateaux and medieval architecture. Blois: Blois is the capital city of the French department of Loire-et-Cher. During the Renaissance, Blois …
Thursday 24th September 2026 Heading on south towards the town of Chateaudun, we stopped at a couple of places en-route. Moulin Pelard: This small windmill is just off the main road, so as we were passing, we stopped to take a look. It is surprisingly old and is constructed of oak shingles to the face. …
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Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd September 2026 From the Stoke Prior Steam Rally, we headed straight to Portsmouth, where, after an overnight stay at a small local campsite, we boarded the ferry to France on the Brittany Ferries, Mont-san-Michel. The sea was a flat as a mill-pond all the way across the channel. We have …
Friday 17th July 2026 The picturesque village of Eyam (pronounced "Eem") is situated in the Derbyshire Dales, not far from Bakewell. It is however famous, not so much for its beauty, as for the sacrifice made by the villagers when the plague devastated the village during 1665-1666. Instead of fleeing, they quarantined themselves, thus containing …
Friday 19th to Monday 22nd June 2026 We are attending a weekend meet of the Camping and Caravanning Photographic Group at Lickhill Manor Caravan Park. On the Friday, we visited Witley Court, a 17th century Manor House, greatly extended in the 19th century, but which suffered a great fire in 1937. It is currently under …
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Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th October 2025 As we travelled further north through Germany into Holland, the weather turned very wet and windy. No real complaints as we have had the best of weather throughout most of this trip. Thursday - Weert: On Thursday we spent the night at Weert, a pleasant town in southern …
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Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st October 2025 Another stop on our way north through the Moselle valley. We stayed for a couple of nights, about 100 metres or so from the river, and about 3.5 miles from Cochem, on a motorhome aire belonging to a vineyard. As a result, on both evenings, (after tasting of …
Sunday 19th October 2025 Before continuing our journey north, we had a day exploring the nearby city of Trier which is apparently the oldest city in Germany. It was founded by the Romans and there are many remnants of their settlement within the city, including the Porta Nigra gate, the remains of a Roman bath, …
