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- Day 1
- Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 5:03 PM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
EnglandWest Thurrock51°28’47” N 0°15’60” E
Our road trip begins
August 6, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
En route to Portsmouth having squeezed the world and his dog into the boot! Looking forward to our French adventure
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- Day 1
- Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at 11:11 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- EnglandThe Camber50°47’53” N 1°6’52” W
All aboard!
August 6, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Safely tucked up in our bunks...
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 10:00 AM
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
FranceArromanches-les-Bains49°20’18” N 0°37’22” W
Arromanches
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our first stop was the stunning seaside town of Arromanches - home to the famous Mulberry Harbour
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 11:15 AM
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
- FranceBayeux49°16’39” N 0°42’1” W
Bayeux
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Bayeux is a really beautiful little town with a marvellous cathedral that used to display the tapestry once a year. So much history associated with this place - it was a joy to walk around
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 1:27 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- FranceVierville-sur-Mer49°22’29” N 0°53’26” W
Bayeux military cementry
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
An essential part of the girls education and they were really intrigued by all the different regiments and from all the different corners of the world that men and women came together to fight aRead more
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 2:28 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- FranceVierville-sur-Mer49°22’29” N 0°53’26” W
Omaha beach
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I never really appreciated what a vast Beach this is. Hard to imagine what it must of been like 75 years ago. A completely different world today
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 5:51 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 66 m
- FranceLe Mont-Saint-Michel48°38’10” N 1°30’39” W
Mont St Michel
August 7, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
This has to be one of the highlights of the trip so far. Such a magical island full of history and very Hogwarts-esque. The light show in the abbey in the evening was really good - culminating with aRead more
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- Day 3
- Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 1:00 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- FranceBras de la Madeleine47°12’25” N 1°33’56” W
Nantes
August 8, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Les machines de Nantes - A quick stop off to see a recommended combination of engineering and creativity in the centre of Nante. Bonus was seeing both the girls get soaked by the elephant!
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- Day 3
- Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 3:00 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
Bay of Biscay46°52’30” N 2°17’36” W
Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile
August 8, 2019, Bay of Biscay ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Or next stop was on a little island just off the coast of Vendée. We explored a cute little model village Museum which showed the styles of different French houses.
We had a sumptuous seafood dinnerRead more
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- Day 4
- Friday, August 9, 2019
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- FrancePointe de la Loire46°57’34” N 2°15’40” W
Hotel Punta Lara
August 9, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The hotel we stayed at was quite quaint and although we had to move rooms because our first was very damp, we did enjoy our stay there and the beach walks were very picturesque
Lots of love ! G and G here. It’s raining and D / G bern watching rugby. I’ve been washing poppies. Have fun. Large hugs 😘😘😘😘
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- Day 5
- Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 2:09 PM
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 77 m
- FranceLouresse-Rochemenier47°13’59” N 0°17’44” W
Troglogytique Cave Village
August 10, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
En route to our stay in the Loire Valley we popped in to visit that’s fantastic village built into the caves for refugees.
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- Day 5
- Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 8:31 PM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 69 m
- FranceAzay-le-Rideau47°15’37” N 0°28’34” E
Domaine Plessis Gallu
August 10, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Our home for a week. We are staying in a converted tower which is part of a château in the very picturesque town of Azay-le-Rideau. François and his wife Sophie purchased the Estate five years agoRead more
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- Day 6
- Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 3:46 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 54 m
- FranceSavonnières47°20’45” N 0°31’54” E
Les Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières
August 11, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We visited these caves close to Villandry where the limestone deposits are used to coat ornaments and they are then sold
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- Day 6
- Sunday, August 11, 2019
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- FranceChâteau de Villandry47°20’26” N 0°30’50” E
Chateau Villandry
August 11, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
This was our first chateau that we visited and it is famous for its spectacular gardens. It is still privately owned and they have restored the gardens to how they were in the height of theRead more
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- Day 7
- Monday, August 12, 2019 at 11:08 AM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 118 m
- FranceForêt d’Amboise47°23’31” N 1°0’11” E
Mini Chateaux Parc
August 12, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
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- Day 7
- Monday, August 12, 2019 at 1:12 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 60 m
- FranceMasse47°24’28” N 0°59’29” E
Chateau du Clos Lucé
August 12, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 12:20 PM
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 48 m
- FranceAzay-le-Rideau47°15’35” N 0°27’59” E
Chateau d'Azay-Le-Rideau
August 13, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 4:06 PM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 37 m
- FranceAzay-le-Rideau47°15’38” N 0°27’41” E
Kayaking
August 13, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
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- Day 9
- Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 11:22 AM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 41 m
- FranceChinon47°9’58” N 0°14’17” E
Chinon
August 14, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
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- Day 10
- Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 1:52 PM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 67 m
- FranceMassais46°59’49” N 0°20’56” W
Parc de la Vallee
August 15, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
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- Day 11
- Friday, August 16, 2019 at 12:41 PM
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- FranceChâteau de Langeais47°19’29” N 0°24’23” E
Chateau Langlais
August 16, 2019 in France ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This chateau is very much dedicated to the wedding of Anne of Brittany and the merger of the Duchy of Brittany to the rest of Royal France. Isobel was please to see more bedrooms compared to the otherRead more
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- Day 11
- Friday, August 16, 2019 at 10:28 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 54 m
- FranceAzay-le-Rideau47°15’36” N 0°28’33” E
Les Nuits Fantastique
August 16, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A fabulous way to finish our week in the Loire valley
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- Day 12
- Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 2:30 PM
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: 136 m
- FranceChapelle royale48°48’15” N 2°7’22” E
Palace of Versailles
August 17, 2019 in France ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We managed to miss most of the rain to experience the wonder of Versailles
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- Day 13
- Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 12:28 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 52 m
- FranceGare Saint-Lazare48°52’36” N 2°19’32” E
Paris day 1
August 18, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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- Day 14
- Monday, August 19, 2019 at 2:28 PM
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- FranceEiffel Tower48°51’29” N 2°17’40” E
Paris Day 2
August 19, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C