Avoiding the Riviera
24/01/18 From the Verdon Gorge we had decided that our route to Italy would be along the coast rather than through the mountains. This might have been the wrong decision…. Read more »
Category: France
The Route des Crêtes – Better on a Bike
23/01/18 We had spent a few days discussing a possible visit to the Verdon Gorge. Would we go? It was ‘sort of’ en-route, but ideally we would want to spend… Read more »
A Tale of Two Towns
21/01/18 – 22/01/18 Normally our travel schedule is built around things that we want to see or do, but after Chateau Peyrepertuse we didn’t really know what to do next…. Read more »
Squirrel Cages and Putlock Holes
20/01/18 Our trip through France was just going to be a fleeting one, a few days to see us from Spain to Italy. Still, we wanted to make the most… Read more »
Border Crossings
19/01/18 We stayed at Portbou harbour for our last night in Spain. We hadn’t intended to stay there but had been frightened off our intended parking spot – Platja de… Read more »
St Jean de Luz and the Sentier Littoral
29/10/17-30/10/17 Our guidebook to France had recommended the coastal path from Hendaye to Bidart as being a not-to-be-missed walking route in southwest France. We looked for somewhere to park south… Read more »
Calm Waters
28/10/17 Further south, still enveloped by the pine forests of the Landes region of France, is a purpose built resort with the rather long name of Vieux-Boucau-Les-Bains. Part of it’s… Read more »
Lakes and the Silver Coast
26/10/17-27/10/17 As we drove south of Archachon the landscape became an unending monotony of pine forests on sandy soil. This huge forest was man made, turning sandy heath into serried ranks of resin… Read more »
Finding Summer in Arcachon
24/10/17-25/10/17 We still hadn’t got used to the size of France and this was in evidence when we moved on from Ile d’Oléron; Arcachon was the target for our next stop, but at slightly… Read more »
Oysters on the Ile d’Oléron?
23/10/17 I am going to apologise now for my lackadaisical approach to accents, acute, grave or circumflex. I will try to remember them, but I couldn’t honestly say that I will try… Read more »
Making Tracks through France
20/10/17-22/10/17 We had discussed our plans for the next few days, feeling torn; should we pootle down through France or should we get to Spain as quickly as possible? We… Read more »
Bertie’s on a Train
19/10/17 I’m sure that, to some people, the journey through the Channel Tunnel is a boring everyday activity, but for us there was some excitement as we prepared to do… Read more »