Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Wednesday 24th September 2025 Rather than travel on further south, we decided to explore the local area further today. Château de Rochemaure: The small town of Rochemaure is another "Beau Village", but we didn't really explore it. There is a chateau, high up on the top of the hill which overlooks the town. As it …
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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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Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September 2025 Our journey south-eastwards continues. The rolling countryside reminding us of the fact that France is big! You seem to travel for ages and not get very far on the map. It is however, beautiful, varied and interesting. Saturday, Hotel-Dieu, Beaune: This visit required a detour from our original …
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Thursday 18th - Friday 19th September 2025 This part of France is sparsely populated and roads often go for several kilometres at a time in an arrow-straight direction. The scenery is green and mostly agricultural with some woodland. Over these two days, we travelled from an area which was mostly flat to one which has …
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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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 …
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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Thursday 7th - Sunday 10th August 2025 We have brought Fufu along to a rally of the Autosleepers Owners Club, held on the Redcar Rugby Club fields. Thank you to the Steward, Liz and her helpers Alec and Sharon, for the warm welcome, fine weather (though very windy!), and excellent organisation. Redcar RUFC (Fufu is …
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 …
Wednesday 2nd July 2025 We had ridden our bikes along the Monsal Trail some years ago and remembered it being really enjoyable. As we had our bikes and we were in the area again on our way back home from Chatsworth, we decided to return. The trail runs from Bakewell, west, through to the Wyedale …
"See-u-Later" 