We had been looking forward to the tour that friend, Alex, had planned for us, with much excitement. After what, at times, has been a very hot summer in the U.K., the day dawned rather dull, but still pleasantly warm as we set off for our London adventure. London Bridge…
It is turning out to be a warm and dry summer here. We have already experienced three heatwaves. A heatwave seems to be defined as being when temperatures hit 30 degrees. Many sunny afternoons were spent watching Wimbledon tennis. Playing on the Centre Court in such high temperatures must have…
Calais We were up early. From our bedroom window we could see the ferries coming in. My son, Tim, and his four friends were leaving Dover on the 06.45 ferry. We anticipated this would arrive around 08.30 French time. Watching a P and O ferry slowing coming into port, we…
Leaving Saint Hilaire-sous-Romilly It was a disturbed night with a persistent thunder storm. The day, however, dawned much cooler. We set off for Chalons-en-Champagne, leaving the rather disappointing, expensive campsite. It was really more of a holiday park. Enormous and surrounding several lakes for fishing and water activities. Most sites…
Apremont-sur-Allier Leaving the small, but well equipped Municipal camp at Dornes, we set off, via the Allier river, a tributary of the Loire, to the small village of Apremont. It is named as one of the prettiest villages in France. Many villages are so called, though. It is truly lovely.…
Rocamadour The day before yesterday we visited the cliffside village of Rocamadour, with its medieval citadel and spent a large part of the day walking around it. Or, should I say down and up it, as it is vertiginous. We parked at the top overlooking the valley, so decided we…
Leaving Saint-Pair-sur-Mer After we left Saint-Pair-sur-Mer we headed down the coast to Mont Saint-Michel, the iconic Abbey on an island. We have cycled here before. It was unbelievably busy. If it is this busy in May, however busy is it going to be in the summer! We wanted to find…
Preparation After we picked Poki up from Southampton we had a week to prepare her for a trip to France. Having been back in the UK for over a month, we already had itchy feet and wanted to be back on the road again. It was all a bit of…
Poki’s Progress Poki was due to arrive back in the U.K. at London Gateway Port last Thursday, 1st May. Everything had been going very smoothly. We had been tracking the ship, the Maersk San Lorenzo and it looked as if she would be on time. However, on Tuesday I received…
Breakfast was hearty, but not healthy. Too much bread and cakes. Our food consumption during the day wasn’t any better. We didn’t want a big lunch, so a rather greasy empanada with chicken, ham and mushrooms sufficed. This was soon followed by very large ice cream cones. Dinner didn’t improve…