Monthly Archives: September 2016

10th september 2016 after two ‘get outs’ this year these two former stagehands, albiet elderly, managed to demantle and ‘demonter’ well before chucking out time.   with a coffee machine by the site reception we decided an expresso and a cappuccino  … Continue reading →

sunday 11th september all my ideas for outings having been exhausted it was up to lou to decide where we would go on our last day of hols.  he toyed with the idea of heading down to spain as the … Continue reading →

as usual i had done some sleuthing online before our trip and had noted some places it may be fun to visit.  lou loves fruits de mer and i discovered that meze which is on the etang de thau is … Continue reading →

9th september 2016 as he always does, lou brought me a cup of tea in bed and remembered to wish me a happy anniversary. true to form i whipped out an anniversary card that had been hidden under my mattress. … Continue reading →

8th september 2016 just before our road trip this time last year i discovered a big photojournalism festival held in perpignan every year.  as our outward journey was across northern france it wasn’t possible to include a visit en route. … Continue reading →

7th september 2016 first task this morning was to find the bike hire shop. it came recommended by the campsite guardien as ‘genial’ but the welcome was a tad halfhearted when someone finally appeared from the back of the shop. … Continue reading →

6th september 2016 so no russia, bought a new car instead; no alhambra, plumetting pound after brexshit.  but we live in a beautiful country with many, as yet, unexplored corners and own a shedload of camping gear so here we … Continue reading →

22nd august 2016 at one point this summer four of my five siblings were away from blighty and three of them in france. so a week chez nous with my sisters and then off to south of la rochelle to … Continue reading →

7th june 2016 we have tried to camp at trebes on previous occasions but always had something ‘come up’ to thwart us but this time we made it. lou had been meteo watching to find three good days (june was … Continue reading →