Portsmouth harbour
7 мая 2025 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Pitched up for first few days
8 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 withЧитать далее
Tours
9 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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!!.
ПутешественникJeanne here. Great pictures to start your holiday with. Beautiful.
Cycle to Blois
10 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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.Читать далее
Chateau Chenonceau (raining)
11 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 tookЧитать далее
Chateau Chaumont sur Loire
12 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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.
TheЧитать далее
Amboise
13 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Cycled to Amboise today. Beautiful day, beautiful ride and a lovely town on the banks of the Loire.
CHAMBORD
14 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Chambord is the jewellery in the crown of the Loire. Magnificent building and gardens.
Santenay
15 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ 🌙 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.Читать далее
Beaune
16 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Cycled to Beaune through vineyards on incredibly quiet roads. Also cycled through some lovely villages.
Dijon
17 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 goodЧитать далее
Lake Annecy
19–21 мая 2025, Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 rainЧитать далее
A day in Annecy town
20 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 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.
ПутешественникHi 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 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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.
ПутешественникBeautiful pictures as always. We're waiting for to be picked up xx
Cascade de A'ngnon
22 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ 🌧 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 deЧитать далее
Gorges du fier
23 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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. ThenЧитать далее
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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 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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,Читать далее
Ventoux
25–28 мая 2025, Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
ПутешественникJeanne here, ohhh how lovely, a definite wine tasting time for sure, just omit the spittoon 😉
Avignon
26 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ 🌬 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 whenЧитать далее
ПутешественникJeanne here, 😁 it's no surprise, you'd been before, you've been everywhere, and why not. Good grief that's expensive wine. I agree it's lovely, but !!!! Wow
Mont Ventoux
27 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 lookedЧитать далее
Gorges du Verdon
28 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 andЧитать далее
Route des Cretes
29 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 мая 2025 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 dinnerЧитать далее
ПутешественникSafe travels xx
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Bon Voyage