First stop Aldi
11 december 2023, Wales ⋅ ⛅ 10 °CThe journey begins! Quick shop, then lunch in Aldi car park. Cross Hands Wales. We're more excited than we look!
The journey begins! Quick shop, then lunch in Aldi car park. Cross Hands Wales. We're more excited than we look!
Spent last night with Sue and Tim. Lovely to see them. Journey to Sussex now.
So a very wet, and as good as dark by 2pm, winter drive East to Newhaven. Fairly mild but we had a few bursts of the heating on.
John read that if we arrived before five, then we could stay in aLäs mer
... yes ... 'a problem'.
It was a fairly noisy night, as you'd expect in a port and staying right next to the railway line but that was OK.
The problem became clear this morning as John noticed theLäs mer
Had a first for us both today. We tried a 'raclette', which was a bit like a warmed ploughman's without the bread and pickles but potatoes instead. Wine included. They brought the food to the vanLäs mer
There are quite a few upside down place-name signs in these parts. We've read that farmers are peed off with all the impossible directives the government are imposing. They use the phrase everything'sLäs mer
Started the day with John on a lengthy phone session with Lloyd's AGAIN, still unresolved issues every time he tries to make an online or card payment. Fingers crossed.
Foggy drive south throughLäs mer
C-c-cold kept me awake last night.
Searching for anywhere within 3 hrs drive south and overnight temperature of above minus 2° didn't prove fruitful this morning. Eventually, we came here to a smallLäs mer
Trucking on down south day today. Mainly alongside the Rhone.
Warmer under the covers with loads of extra nightwear on for me. Frosty, foggy, then some sun in the afternoon.
Very busy and industrialLäs mer
We drove past Avignon in spring 2022 and said at the time that we'd like to stop and look around some time, and here we are. We were actually warm this afternoon. It was 14° at one point. Took aLäs mer
Resenär Enjoy the trip 🙂 I shall be enjoying keeping up with you on here!
Resenär Thank you ... we're enjoying the freedom already!
Resenär Look forward to international comparisons of Aldi's
Resenär Previous trips have shown that Aldi's in France aren't a patch on the UK. But that may be due to us having British tastes. They just seemed dull and unispiring choice wise.