A tuna and salt pan walk
20. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Had a 9 mile walk in search of local tuna delicacies; tuna is big here. There's a whole shop dedicated to tuna in many different shapes, sizes, and combinations. Even tuna with cherry. We opted for aWeiterlesen
MORE - John's carnival photos
20. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Further to today's pics in earlier post, here's more of John's Isla Christina carnival photos.
Walk to restaurant
21. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Did a bit of learning Spanish on app today, played with beads, then we set off along the beach and I had to 'plank' some bits and bobs of pots I found. Plank is a word I learnt from my Scottish friendWeiterlesen
MORE - John's carnival photos
21. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
More memories.
30th night at Isla Cristina
22. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
So a fairly lazy day here before we move on tomorrow. Went down to the beach to collect my stash ... the pieces of pot I had 'planked' yesterday. I thought there was an 80% chance they'd still beWeiterlesen
More pics today
22. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Isla Cristina
Even more pics today
22. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Isla Cristina
Final John's photos ... Carnival is over
23. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Isla Cristina ... Goodbye! The boy in blue leading the parade was a clear natural, and you could tell he's found his calling. He was in heaven!
1 hour in Portugal!
23. Februar 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Shimmied through the side of Portugal for a while. There were beautiful purple flowers, which I'm sure Bridget will know if she reads this.
Stopped for a cuppa here at the border.
Just north of Caceres
23. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
So today we left the Atlantic behind and headed on quite a long drive northwards on smaller roads, which are always more interesting. We saw industrial farming with cherry blossom, both pink andWeiterlesen
Good cycle path here
24. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Good cycling for future reference.
Lunch at Guijuelo - Jamon Ibérico
24. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Stopped at a pharmacy in Guijuelo in Extremadura for some paracetamol (€8.30 for 40 tablets!) you can't get it at supermarkets. I have a bit of tummy ache today.
As we're on the tourist gastronomicWeiterlesen
Nr Caceres to Tourquemada
24. Februar 2024 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
This is a repeat visit. We were here 4 years ago on 12 Feb 2020, when Harvey was just a twinkle in John's eye.
He remembered that there was a place here for vans, so after searching for our 2020 postWeiterlesen
Nous avons arriver - en France!
25. Februar 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
We took the main, faster roads today. Along the E80, which we recall going on in 2020 and were again enthralled with the strange landscapes mainly near Miranda. There are also a lot of derelictWeiterlesen
Rain stopped play
26. Februar 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
I'm a bit wan with a cold and we've had steady rain all day so we stayed in and lazed.
Hence no photos and nothing to write.
So now seems a good time and place to note down a list of things toWeiterlesen
La meme
27. Februar 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Same as yesterday really, only my cold is a bit worse. John's looking after me very well and enjoying reading.
Dry ... a walk
28. Februar 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
A dry and mild day. Warm even, in the sun. I felt more like a human bean today and we both felt a bit stir crazy, so a walk to the sea was a welcome prospect. So good to be moving limbs again afterWeiterlesen
Parentis-en-Born
29. Februar 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
What a strange name for a place. Not sure of its origins, and on arrival, all we had was a brief spell down to look at the steely water of the lake before the next lot of rain set in.
After taking aWeiterlesen
Emmaus at Angoulème
1. März 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
A look around an EMMAUS near Angoulème. It was extremely well organised into categories of articles but really mostly just 'stuff'. Very busy there though. The fabric, buttons, wool, etc part wasWeiterlesen
Verteuil-sur-Charente
1. März 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
As we left last night's site this morning, we heard a thud from the back of the van. John stopped, and I got up to see what had fallen over in the cupboards. Oh dear, it was actually the electric leadWeiterlesen
Near the Loire. Mazé-Milon
2. März 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Chucking it down again this a.m. but as we left Verteuil, it settled a bit, so we parked up for a little walk and found a Bricante open. We left with a crocodile-embossed leather bag. Thankfully, JohnWeiterlesen
Conerré near Le Mans
3. März 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌙 4 °C
We were too tired to go to the flea market or the huge tapestry, both in Angers, so we had a slow morning, then went to see Aileen, keeping our distance due to colds. Had a lovely time chatting andWeiterlesen
Brocante boulevard!
4. März 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
There were SO many brocantes along this road and as we had a short journey to our campsite, we stopped at quite a few.
Camping du Perche
4. März 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 5 °C
It was -1° last night. Brrrr!
As I said in my earlier post, we stopped at a few brocantes along the way to get to this campsite. What a peaceful site! The struggle to find any open continues, andWeiterlesen
Nonancourt
5. März 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Last night, I suddenly realised that I'd got the days wrong for arriving at our next site, near Dieppe. This means we have an extra day, so we took a short drive northwards to an Aire by the town hallWeiterlesen




















































































































































































