Our First Free Camp
3 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Back at Gravelines, our first stop and we’re an hour earlier than we thought. The sun is shining but there’s a chilly breeze as we’re on the coast and we’re sharing our free park up with 3Baca selengkapnya
Crossing the channel
3 Oktober 2024, Inggris ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
We made excellent time and got an earlier ferry, goodbye England see you at Christmas.
Stocking up & breakfast
4 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
We had a great nights sleep, it was really quiet. Our first stop this morning was the Super U fuel station and then it was over the road to Lidl to get our first shop and breakfast from the bakery.Baca selengkapnya
A hard days drive to chartres
4 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
It took us 5 1/2 hours to drive 210 miles but we finally arrived at our second free park up and the first thing I did was go for a 5km run to stretch my legs. When I got back a dinner of Cordon BleurBaca selengkapnya
Exploring chartres
4 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
This is our third time visiting Chartres and even though this wasn’t a planned visit. It is a beautiful city and well worth a walk around.
We set off through the park at 5pm and Chartres is one ofBaca selengkapnya
A cold morning
5 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
We had another great nights sleep in our free aire at Chartres. It’s been unseasonably cold so far on this trip with temperatures down to just 4°c at night.
This morning we woke up to a thick mistBaca selengkapnya
Marcilly en villete
5 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
This is our stop for the day. Just 60 miles away from Chartres and 10 miles away from Orleans this is one of our favourite Motorhome stops. It has all services, public toilets and bins aswell as manyBaca selengkapnya
France is great for gravel
5 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Took the bike out through the forests, Marcilly en Villete is great for biking. Miles & miles of off roading.
A wanda into town
5 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Got back from the bike ride and then took a stroll up into the village to visit the Boulangerie where we picked up some rum and raisin bread pudding.
Medieval city of Mennetou sur Che
6 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
This morning it is raining and we left our park up in Marcilly en Villete at 9am and took a 90 minute drive to our next free aire which resides just outside the walls of the medieval city of MennetouBaca selengkapnya
A Visit to the Graveyard
6 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
While there was a break in the rain we headed out to photograph the town with my proper camera. Then we took a visit to the graveyard and the oldest grave we found was from the late 1700’s.
Stretching the legs.
6 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
While the rain held off we decided to take a walk along the edge of the river. We covered 5km in total and it was a beautiful walk. Then it was back to Wanda to make dinner and settle in for theBaca selengkapnya
Trying to dodge the rain.
7 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Our plans changed this morning when we awoke to heavy rain. Our itinerary was to take us to street art city and a little aire close by but street art city now costs £16:50 each to get in and weBaca selengkapnya
Exploring Felletin
7 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
After lunch we headed out to explore Felletin, as per usual we arrived to explore when all the shops are shut.
This is a really quirky little town with newly cobbled streets and for some reason theBaca selengkapnya
Fuel, Fuel & Go
8 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We left our overnight spot just after 9am.
It would be an hours drive to our first location but en route we stopped for Diesel. Our first LPG fill up because we left home with only 1 full bottle andBaca selengkapnya
Chateau Du Val
8 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Second stop of the day was our first castle. The castle of val, It is currently closed on week days because we’re just out of season but really I was only here for outside photographs.
Luckily theBaca selengkapnya
Medieval Salers
8 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Our 3rd stop of the day was the Medieval Village of Salers. This town dates back to the 11th century and unless you have a house or shop in town there is absolutely no driving and there are car parksBaca selengkapnya
Operation Tortoise
8 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We’ve had quite the journey getting here today. We’ve seen hundreds of Buzzards and deer on route and we also saw a huge snake crossing the road that I managed to avoid. We saw a cow giving birthBaca selengkapnya
Autoire
9 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We had a lovely nights sleep at our parking spot by the chateau and we left at 9am and once again it was raining. Our original plan for the day was to visit the caves of Presque but they are privatelyBaca selengkapnya
Cascade de Autoire
9 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
From the village we headed down a narrow single track path and into the woods follow the course of the river.
After a 30 minute hike we were at the waterfalls. This was the next stop for us and theBaca selengkapnya
Goufree du Padriac
10 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We slept great in our free park up with 2 other motorhomes next to us. It rained most of the night but this morning it had stopped.
At 9;30am we used the on site water relay and paid 3 euros by cardBaca selengkapnya
Cycling Rocamadour
10 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Our next stop was Rocamadour. A fortified town with a huge monastery at the very top and ancient pathways and roads twisting up to it. This was another sight I had seen from the Tour de France.
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Stopping for Essentials
11 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We left Rocamadour at 9am for a very murky drive through thick fog. We could barely see the town as we passed by and I kept the speed to a minimum as these French drivers do love to cut the cornersBaca selengkapnya
A night in Grisolles
11 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Our next stop of the day was in Grisolles and this is where we would be spending the night and we were lucky to arrive here at 3pm because as the afternoon went on more and more motorhomes arrived andBaca selengkapnya
A ride along the Canals
12 Oktober 2024, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We had nothing planned for today except moving down further so at 9:30am I headed out on my bike for what I thought was going to be a short leisurely ride.
I headed down the cycle path at the side ofBaca selengkapnya























































































































































PelancongIs there anything to do in the area?
Misadventures Of WandaThere’s a nature trail here that takes you into the village which we did last year. Really this is just a stop gap.