Almost ready to leave
29. April 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Final packing - think we are ready now.
We are off!
29. April 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Hurrah!
Brief visit to Salisbury
29. April 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
The cathedral was shut by the time we got here so we had to walk across the water meadows instead. Now eating in Cote.
Boarding the ferry
29. April 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Bit of a wait to board but we’re now properly on our way.
Cherbourg
30. April 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Leaving the ferry.
Mont Saint-Michel
30. April 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Busy, busy, busy…
Lunch
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First campsite
30. April 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Slightly stressful getting here tbh… our first choice campsite was shut when we got there so we had to drive a little further. This one is nicer though. The sun is shining and we are right by theWeiterlesen
Breakfast
1. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Pont de Saint-Nazaire
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Lunch and toilet break
1. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Wet today so we are driving south a bit. It is a holiday in France today so nothing, I mean nothing, is open. Luckily we made sandwiches before we left. We have been looking for an aire for the lastWeiterlesen
Cold
1. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We are camping near Noirmoutier and it has got quite cold this evening.
Walk around Noirmoutier
2. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Loop walk around Noirmoutier followed by a lunch of galettes and cider, then a brief stop off at Lidl on the way back. We haven’t been able to find peanut butter anywhere so far - we want it for ourWeiterlesen
Île de Ré
3. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We’re at the Camping Municipal de Saint Martin de Ré (on the Île de Ré obv.). Most expensive campsite so far and worst facilities unfortunately but good location. Omelette and couscous for tea!Weiterlesen
Muddy
4. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Heavy rain overnight and our pitch has turned into a mud bath. The comments about this campsite on the Search for Sites app did say this might happen.
Luckily, Sara found these boards discardedWeiterlesen
Île de Rain (and La Rochelle)
4. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
We got the bus into La Rochelle and back. No point in cycling today. It has pissed down all day. Nice lunch of tuna and fried potatoes, followed by a trip round the Musée Le Bunker de La RochelleWeiterlesen
Walk around Les Portes-en-Ré
5. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Raining again this morning so we decided against cycling. Instead, we drove to Les Portes-en-Ré and did a 10k walk around the coast. Just managed to sneak into Les Huitres do Trousse Chemise withinWeiterlesen
Camping Du Vieux Château
6. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We are in Rauzan, south of Saint-Emilion, vaguely heading to Contis Plage on the coast south of Arcachon, an area we visited several times when we were much younger (younger than today).Weiterlesen
Washing day
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Beach
9. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Beautiful day today so we made sandwiches and spent a couple of hours on the beach. We walked thru the forest to get to a completely deserted part of the beach south of Saint-Girons plage. Lovely.
Morning walk
10. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
One of us was up with the fishermen, the runners, the early-bird surfers and the metal detectorists on the beach this morning!
Camping Le Saillet at Lestelle-Bétharram
10. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We're just getting to the foothills of the Pyrenees, staying at a nice quiet campsite at Lestelle-Bétharram right next to the river (well it would be quiet if the local yoof would stop riding aroundWeiterlesen
Lunch with a view
11. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Near the top of the Col de Aspin.
Lots of cyclists coming past. I feel quite jealous.
Bagnères-de-Luchon
11. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We're at a very quiet campsite in Bagnères-de-Luchon, annoyingly just out of reach of any bars. It was a bit of a last minute decision to come here because our original choice of campsite inWeiterlesen
Vallée du Lys
12. Mai 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
We were up early today... well, we had left the campsite by 10.30!
We drove up to the Vallée du Lys and spent of couple of hours doing a circular walk taking in a couple of big waterfalls. The walkWeiterlesen

























































































































