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…
Sunday was really warm. Up to 31 degrees again and humid. I sorted out my wardrobe box. Most things will remain in Poki, as I have more winter clothes than summer clothes. Mostly to ensure we survived in Ushuaia and Antarctica. My summer wardrobe consists of three pairs of shorts…
Last Night’s Wine Tasting Dennis said, if I was able to and not inebriated or hung over, I would enlighten you on our tasting of Tannat. Well, it is a very full bodied robust red. We tasted 5 wines altogether. Chardonnay, Rose, Merlot Tannat which is 40% Merlot and 60%…
Directly opposite to the UK, where I’m told spring has sprung, we are going into Autumn here. Leaves are starting to fall and the trees are changing to autumnal colours. It is also getting cooler. While cooking dinner last night there was another very brief shower, lasting all of about…
Packing up Having spent 4 nights at La Postegada it had become quite like home, so it was quite a wrench to leave this morning. Having folded up the tent and spread the groundsheet out to dry, along came the old black dog and promptly settled himself down in the…