Victorious festival
August 24, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 23 °CFirst stage of our road trip. Meeting up with Helen, Boovie and Evie at the campsite. Weather on and off light rain showers, nice rainbow though.
First stage of our road trip. Meeting up with Helen, Boovie and Evie at the campsite. Weather on and off light rain showers, nice rainbow though.
Lovely sunny day on the most part, just rained at the last band, Jamiroquai - nothing a bit of dancing wouldn’t cure. Saw a few bands today and a bit of comedy and just a general reccie around.Read more
Lots of bands again and got some freebies (stickers, drinks). Ran out of non alcoholic beer so Gaz on the water. Free though, bloody over inflated festival prices! No one’s getting drunk! Watched -Read more
Gary’s birthday! Went for a lovely birthday brekkie with Helen/Boovie/Evie then on to the last day of the festival. Bit more low key as no major bands we wanted to see. Saw Hard Fi, The Go! Team,Read more
Early ferry from Portsmouth to Caen. Nice and easy. 6 hr journey so took entertainments. They had a quiz on board plus a guy playing guitar. Pierre the Bear for the littlu’ns. drove an hour to OmahaRead more
Slow drive down to Mont St Michel, v similar to St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall. Parked up and walked there though got a shuttle bus back (part of the parking fee anyway). V busy/touristy so didn’tRead more
After a lovely run, shower and relaxing morning we decided to bypass the main town and head a bit further south. The clouds are still loitering plus rain showers, still, may as well be at home! SaidRead more
Knowing we wanted to progress southward, we aimed for the Bordeaux region and find something to do in the area. It rained so much on the way down, just as well we were traveling in the end, not muchRead more
Laundry day! The French have 24 hr laundry machines in car parks - and they are great. We got up super early to get the laundry done, lovely sunrise too. Spot of shopping then on to the dune of PilatRead more