Portsmouth harbour
7. Mai 2025 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Pitched up for first few days
8. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Departed ferry at 8.30am (French time) and had a 250 mile drive to our first site between Blois and Tours. Arrived at 2.00pm, very tired as didn't sleep well on ferry. Nice site, very flat around withWeiterlesen
Tours
9. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Spent the day in Tours today. Beautiful city on the banks of the Loire. First stop cafe for morning coffee. Couldn't resist the chocolate éclair, then at 1.30pm desperately looking for loo!!.
ReisenderJeanne here. Great pictures to start your holiday with. Beautiful.
Cycle to Blois
10. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
As we cycled along the banks of the Loire, Lynn said it looked familiar. I said no, we haven't been here before, and then when we approached Blois, it dawned on me that we had!! A few years earlier.Weiterlesen
Chateau Chenonceau (raining)
11. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Dating back to the 16th century, it was known as the ladies' castle. Gifted to Diane de pointier by King Henry 11. Catherine de medici ousted Diane, and then in the 18th century, Louise Dupin tookWeiterlesen
Chateau Chaumont sur Loire
12. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Following on from yesterday's chateau, we visited chaumont today. There was an international garden festival on which had 50 different displays by different artists from all over the world.
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Amboise
13. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Cycled to Amboise today. Beautiful day, beautiful ride and a lovely town on the banks of the Loire.
CHAMBORD
14. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Chambord is the jewellery in the crown of the Loire. Magnificent building and gardens.
Santenay
15. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Travelled around 250 miles today to get further east and south towards Switzerland. First campsite didn't take twin axle caravans so had to drive to one they recommended and we weren't disappointed.Weiterlesen
Beaune
16. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Cycled to Beaune through vineyards on incredibly quiet roads. Also cycled through some lovely villages.
Dijon
17. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We visited Dijon today. Amazing architecture. It was market day, and they say the best in france. Also, some of the roofs had the traditional colour tiling, which is only in this region and stunning.
Day cycling
18. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Cycled from site in Santenay along the voie vert, which is an old railway to Nolay about 7km it was only a short distance, i found another route that took us high into the hills with some goodWeiterlesen
Lake Annecy
19.–21. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Travelled to Lake Annecy today heading south towards Italy.booked on a nice site for 2 nights, but may stay longer. There are great views across the lake over to the mountains. Weather started to rainWeiterlesen
A day in Annecy town
20. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Well, it p****d it down most of last night and up to 1.00pm today. Then we had a bit of sunshine. The town was really nice and is known as the French Venice.
ReisenderHi guys, just caught up with your pics., all beautiful as ever. You're so right, those buildings are beautiful. Jeanne x
A cycle around lake Annecy
21. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After a cloudy uncertain start to my birthday and realising I am now 66, we decided to risk the 27-mile round the lake cycle ride. About 80% of the ride is off-road on special cycle tracks.
ReisenderBeautiful pictures as always. We're waiting for to be picked up xx
Cascade de A'ngnon
22. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Another crap day weather wise, so had morning coffee in the van. Drove to Tallories, other side of the lake. It was still raining, so we walked up to the 35m metre waterfalls of the cascade deWeiterlesen
Gorges du fier
23. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Gorges du Fier is one-off the finest examples of erosion by running water. During heavy rain, the water can rise up to 26m per hour. Some of the pictures show the repairs after flooding in 2019. ThenWeiterlesen
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Wow, such amazing sights again. How on earth do you know about all these places. 👏
Day cycling round the lake
24. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Best day of the week today. Glorious sunshine, so headed out on the bikes. The track was busy with weekend cyclists. Just went halfway round, stopping off at various villages, and ended in Tallories,Weiterlesen
Ventoux
25.–28. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Travelled 220 miles to Provence today. When we arrived at the site, we were a little despondent as the site is a little compact, to say the least. Anyway it has a nice pool but the views we had at theWeiterlesen
ReisenderJeanne here, ohhh how lovely, a definite wine tasting time for sure, just omit the spittoon 😉
Avignon
26. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
Well, what a cock up. We travelled over 200 miles to Provence to see Avignon only to discover we had been here two years ago when on our way back from Croatia. We were wandering around the city whenWeiterlesen
Mont Ventoux
27. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Mont Ventoux is one of the stages of the tour de France and is popular with keen cyclists wanting to take on the challenge. We decided NOT to do it on the ebikes... wise decision as it lookedWeiterlesen
Gorges du Verdon
28. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We thought we would travel the 100 or so miles to spend some time in the Gorges du Verdon. Following the sat nav, which doesn't know we have a 7.8m caravan in tow, took us up into the mountains andWeiterlesen
Route des Cretes
29. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Morning cycling around the route des crates. Amazing views from the top of the climb and watching a griffon vulture soaring along the cliff face. A long descent back to the village.
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Yes, it's a griffon vulture, they say, its a wingspan of 240cm to 280cm, and they can be viewed in different parts of this area.
Chateauneuf les Moustiers
29. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Afternoon cycle from the village up to this ruined Chateau. Great views from the top and around the site of the chateau.
Rogon
30. Mai 2025 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Cycled up to the village of Rogon about 12 miles from the campsite , along quiet roads with some spectacular views into the valley. What a beautiful place. We booked in at a restaurant for dinnerWeiterlesen
ReisenderSafe travels xx
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Bon Voyage