Rainbow Inn
4月30日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
We left home Tuesday afternoon and after filling with diesel and checking tyre pressures we were off on our way to France. Only as far as The Rainbow Inn near Lewes as this is our overnight stopもっと詳しく
Newhaven Ferry Terminal
4月30日, イングランド ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Now waiting to board the ferry to France. It’s the 30th of April and the sun is shining. It hopefully will be a pleasant crossing maybe out on the deck with cold beer.
Dieepe
5月1日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
As expected the crossing was super smooth and the sun shone brightly. We are now parked in the Aire close to the ferry terminal for the evening. Not cheap at €19.50 for twenty four hrs but at leastもっと詳しく
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
5月2日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Reviews on Search for Sites give good reviews for this Aire and I completely agree. €9.00 a night for large parking spaces, clean and quiet and only a five min walk from the port with plenty of barsもっと詳しく
Beauvoir
5月3日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We are now parked up at Camping and Car Park site in Beauvoir which is a short cycle ride from Mont-St-Michel. This site is the best CCP site we have ever stayed at. It can hold 180 vehicles in aもっと詳しく
Old Windmill
5月4日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
A short ride on the bikes along the river and you arrive at Moulin de Moidrey where they still make flour as it was done back in the day. Had to have some for the bread-maker (me) back home. Then downもっと詳しく
Ile de Noirmoutier
5月7日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Been here for a couple of days now out on the bikes and around different parts of the island. If you fancy a bit of bike riding it does not come much easier than this. Completely flat and well markedもっと詳しく
Cimetière de Bateaux
5月7日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
This place popped up on Google maps when I was investigating bike routes around the island so off we went for a look.
Oradour-sur-Glane
5月9日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Cutting a long story short this village is where On the 10th June 1944 German Waffen-SS-troops murdered all but 7 of the people living here. So that means 642 French men, women and children’s livesもっと詳しく
Vezac
5月11日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Drove down from the Limoge area yesterday and are now parked up in Vezac in the Dordogne which is our favourite part of France. It’s a bit wet at the moment but the forecast for the upcoming weekもっと詳しく
Camping Maisonneuve
5月15日〜21日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Have now spent a bit of time on this site soaking up the sun, watching the Hot Air balloon’s fly over and riding the bikes around the various villages in the area. Time to pop in a few photos of theもっと詳しく
Domme
5月16日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
It’s a bit of a slog on the bikes up to the fortified town of Domme but well worth the effort. Great views and interesting buildings await. It’s Market day today so a wander around that and lunchもっと詳しく
Dordogne Canoe Trip
5月18日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
It’s a long and lazy Sunday morning gently floating along the river in our hired canoe grabbing a few photos and getting surprisingly sun burnt.🥵 Stopped along the way from Carsac to Castlenaudもっと詳しく
Martel
5月21日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After stocking up with food and diesel in Sarlat we have moved a short distance to the medieval village of Martel belonging to “Les Plus Beaux Villages de France “🇫🇷. Interesting littleもっと詳しく
Train de Martel
5月21日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Just can’t resist a tourist train especially one as good as this mainly run by volunteers. Running through the country side of the Dordogne Valley as well as clinging to the cliffs, going throughもっと詳しく
Puy de Dome
5月23日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Yep a different day and a different train!🚂 This one winds it way up to the top of the Puy de Dome Volcano 🌋 situated close to Clermont Ferrand in the Auvergne region unfortunately the weatherもっと詳しく
Le Chateau-de Oleron
5月26日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We have not been to the ile d’Oleron before so we have decided to pop in for a look round before starting the trip back to Dieppe. And would you believe it? Yes another tourist train to have a rideもっと詳しく
Antioche d’Oleron Camping
5月28日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We have moved further up the island now towards the light house. The plan being to explore a bit of the surrounding area on our bikes but first a trip to the local market which is open every dayもっと詳しく
Phare de Chassiron
5月29日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Bikes are off the back of the motorhome and we have peddled our way along the coast to the light house. Grabbed a few photos while wandering about before heading off again to Saint-Denis d’Oleronもっと詳しく
Boyardville
5月30日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Bike ride down to Boyardville took a little longer than expected today along the excellent cycle paths that scouted along the edge of the forest where the shade from the trees 🌴 was most welcomeもっと詳しく
Caen
6月2日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Things have not gone quite to plan and I am tired and needing Beer! We left our campsite on the Ile d’Oleron Sunday morning for the thirty five minute drive to the bridge and the mainland. I knewもっと詳しく
Caen Memorial
6月3日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
After visiting some of these sites you start to realise that they are all very similar in design and obviously similar content but this one is on a much larger scale. Unfortunately we missed the Coldもっと詳しく
Heading towards Home
6月4日, フランス ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
After leaving Caen we spent our last night in France parked up in Dieppe waiting for the noon ferry ⛴️ the following day.
Not very busy on board and a reasonably calm sea made for a pleasantもっと詳しく











































































































































































