After leaving the magnificent views over the Med, we headed back inland and are now safely installed in our new abode for the next 6 weeks. We’re now in the Aude region of Occitanie on the Canal du Midi between Carcassonne and Castelnaudary, just outside the village of Bram. Our base is part of what… Continue reading A temporary home in the Aude

We booked our last campsite stay – before we move into more solid accommodation – some time ago and even then there was limited availability of dates, despite it being late in the season. We’d seen good reviews about the site from other motor-homers and, having arrived here, we can see why. The site is… Continue reading A sea view

For the last two weeks that we plan to spend at campsites we’ve headed down to the far south-west corner of France and the Mediterranean coast. Another complete change of scenery as we head down from the mountains to the flat coastal plain of Roussillon. Our first base in this area was just outside the… Continue reading From the mountains to the Med

We enjoy the days when we move on to a new camp site and get to see the wonderful scenery on the way. We’re not pressed for time so we usually choose a route that avoids motorways and tolls and we get to enjoy France’s generally traffic free back roads and marvel at some of… Continue reading Hair raising roads and paths

Continuing our journey slowly towards the far south-west coast for the later part of October, we moved east to the Ariège department which lies to the south of Toulouse and is named after the river that runs through it. Our drive to this region took us past wonderful views of the Pyrénées to the densely… Continue reading The Ariège and Cathars

We’d been looking out for a weather window to see if we could get a few days closer to the French Pyrénées with dry weather suitable to get out on the motorbike. The weather changes constantly in that area and there was no guarantee of wall to wall sunshine but we decided to give it… Continue reading Mountain Passes