Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Wed 21st and Thu 22nd October 2026 As we head further north we aim to explore places that arouse interest en-route. France has so much history. We spent Wednesday night at Vouvant, a pleasant, fortified medieval village built on a hill in the crook of a river-bend, then moved on to Montreuil-Bellay another hill-top fortified …
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Sat 10th, to Mon 12th October 2026 We took a couple of days to get to Lourdes, calling at Mirepoix and Abbaye de L'Escaladieu on the way. This trip is starting to look a bit like a pilgrimage, but no, we just admire the work of medieval craftsmen and women, whether ecclesiastical or secular. Mirepoix: …
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Wed 7th, to Fri 9th October 2026 We are staying on the "Camping de la Cité" campsite and arrived around mid-afternoon on the Wednesday. After setting up and having some lunch, we walked up to the medieval city to have a quick look around whilst dodging showers. Sadly we had to have a beer in …
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Sat 3rd to Tue 6th Oct 2026 Continuing our journey south, we stopped briefly to look at a historic bridge and then later, had lunch at the small city of St-Pons-de-Thomières, before parking-up at Homps, a small village next to the Canal du Midi, where we stayed for 3 nights before moving west, following the …
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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 …
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 14th May 2026 Leaving Russell, we caught the ferry back across the water then headed north to Waitangi and the Treaty Grounds. The history of New Zealand is not long, but it is complex. In 1840, Maori Chiefs and a representative of the British Crown gathered in Waitangi to sign The Treaty of Waitangi …
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