Saturday 11th October 2025 Our journey north continues and I was surprised to learn that we are now officially in North Eastern France. It certainly feels cooler than around the Camargue and the French Riviera. Looking up at the citadel from the city square. Belfort is a fortified city which has a long history. As …
CERN (Switzerland) and Col de la Faucille / Salins-les-Bains, France.
Thursday 9th and Friday 10th October 2025 Thursday - CERN and Col de la Faucille: Heading north again, we headed for the town of Gex and just beyond it, our planned overnight stay of Col de la Faucille. The Fort l'Ecluse, which we passed en-route Along the way, we passed signs for CERN, so on …
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Avignon and Aigues Mortes, a tale of two (walled) cities.
Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th September 2025 Over the last couple of days, we have visited both Avignon and Aigues Mortes. Both are medieval cities with a history of involvement in the crusades. Monday - Avignon, Provence: The modern city of Avignon has spread far beyond the walls of its original fortifications, but the old …
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Pont du Gard, near Nimes, France
Friday 26th September 2025 We headed further south today, but not too far. About an hour's drive from our last stop, is the Roman Aqueduct known as the "Pont du Gard", so we decided to visit. Along the way, we passed along many quintessentially French roads, dead-straight, with beautiful trees on each side: We booked …
Champagne, Les Balmes des Montbrun and Aubignas, The Ardèshe Region, France
Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd September 2025 With very poor weather, we decided to move further south and west, so bypassing Lyon, we headed towards, then down the Rhone Valley, crossing the huge river several times along the way. Again we passed through mixed countryside and small towns and once we got out of the …
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From Dover to Reims, France: the journey so far:
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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Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire.
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 …
Temple Bruer, Welbourn, RAF Wellingore and Navenby, Lincolnshire.
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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Clapham, North Yorkshire
Friday 18th to Sunday 20th July 2025 This is a return visit to Clapham. We last visited in July 2021 and you can read about that visit at the following link: <here> . I will try to avoid too much repetition of that content in this post. We are again staying on a temporary holiday …
Chatsworth Estate, House and Gardens, Derbyshire.
Saturday 28th - Monday 30th June 2025 We spent a long weekend within the grounds of Chatsworth Estate, on a rally with the Autosleeper Owners Club. Our thanks to Al, Barbara, Jackie and John for the efficient organisation and stewarding of the event. We were made to feel most welcome. Entering through these gates, made …
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