Skiing La Plagne from Montchavin Les Coches
12/03/19 – 17/03/19 Montchavin and Les Coches are two villages sitting almost on top of each other at the eastern extremities of La Plagne resort and very close to the… Read more »
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Not Going to (La) Plagne
11/03/19 We were more than ready to move on from Camping Huttopia; not that we hadn’t enjoyed our stay, but 11 nights in one place is rather a long time… Read more »
Skiing Les Arcs from Bourg Saint Maurice
28/02/19 – 10/03/19 When Aaron told us that he had an opportunity for some leave we set to work trying to find somewhere to ski. We needed to find somewhere… Read more »
A Slow Journey Back to the Slopes
25/02/19 – 27/02/19 While we’d been in the Verdon area we had been making plans. Paul’s son (Aaron) had a window of opportunity to take some leave and was keen… Read more »
A Long Awaited Walk Along the Sentier Blanc-Martel
24/02/19 The Verdon Gorge is, of course, the main event in this area. We had walked at one end of the gorge, where the river debouches into the Lac du… Read more »
A Cycle Round Castellane
22/02/18 – 23/02/18 We were still in need of water and the situation was getting desperate as we opened our emergency stash. No one had been to fix the machine… Read more »
Limestone Cliffs near Moustiers Sainte Marie
20/02/19 – 21/02/19 With the sun still shining brightly we moved on from our spot near the lake. We wanted to walk in the area at the mouth of the… Read more »
Escape to the Lac de Sainte-Croix
18/02/19 – 19/02/19 The conversation started as we sat on the chair lifts in Montgenevre on Sunday. We had been stood in a queue behind multiple beginners groups, waiting to… Read more »
Skiing Montgenevre and the Monts del la Lune
09/02/19 – 17/02/19 We’re still sat in the aire at Montegenvre, we did leave briefly, but only to pay for our seven days and then return again – once you’ve… Read more »
Moving On to Montgenèvre
07/02/19 – 08/02/19 A few days ago we were making our way from Vaujany to Montgenevre. Our drive down from Vaujany was significantly easier than the drive up as the… Read more »
Skiing Vaujany and Alpe d’Huez
29/01/19 – 07/02/19 Today we finally left Vaujany, it has been somewhere we have found very easy to stay, lulled by the routine of our days. Skiing days involve popping… Read more »
Shovelling Snow at Vaujany Aire
27/01/19 – 28/01/19 The sun came out for our final drive to the Alps, a welcome change from the recent grey days, it warmed and cheered us as we drove… Read more »
A Three Country Journey to the Alps
23/01/19 – 26/01/19 We woke up in Belgium on Wednesday morning, having had a peaceful night’s sleep in this quiet village. The only disturbance had been the man collecting our… Read more »
Which Way Now?
22/01/19 After our ferry crossing we had made our way to a farm based aire just outside Wissant. Ferme de l’Horloge provides motorhome parking in three locations, and we parked… Read more »
Christmas in the UK
19/12/18 – 21/01/19 As I press the ‘Publish’ button on this blog post I am sitting in a motorhome aire near Wissant. Yes, this post is going to summarise a… Read more »
Driving Home for Christmas
18/12/18 We left Le Treport as the sun rose, which wasn’t as early as it sounds given that the shortest day was quickly approaching. Our ferry was booked for 11:35… Read more »
The White Cliffs of France
16/12/18 – 17/12/18 When we think of white cliffs it is of course Dover that springs to mind, and probably bluebirds and Dame Vera Lynn. Until we did a bit… Read more »
Cheesy Neufchatel
15/12/18 We left Honfleur when the electricity was turned off and made our way onwards to somewhere we hoped we would find electricity. We ended up slightly inland at Neufchatel-en-Bray… Read more »
A Wander Around Honfleur
13/12/18 – 14/12/18 As we sat and scarfed our eclairs in Bessines-sur-Gartempe, we decided that we would head to Normandy for our final few days in France before our ferry… Read more »
Visiting the Pilgrimage Town of Rocamadour
11/12/18 – 12/12/18 Rocamadour is one of those ‘must see’ tourist destinations in France. Most lists of ‘best places to go’, ‘most dramatic destination’ etc include this vertical town that… Read more »