We spent our last couple of days to the east of Dunkirk, not far from the Belgium border and in an area steeped in WWII history. We were staying near the dunes where British troops camped in early June 1940, awaiting evacuation back to England as part of Operation Dynamo. At low tide the wrecks… Continue reading And so another trip comes to an end…

We’ve moved on from Normandy to the Picardy region and have travelled back in time over 100 years to the 21st April 2018. The town of Cappy on the River Somme, our base for a few days, was used by the infamous Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, and his flying circus during WWI.… Continue reading WWI Discoveries – Joe Blogs

We spent some time last year at some of the WWII locations in Normandy , and Joe has done numerous trips previously based on his interest in military vehicles and motorbikes, but there are new places to discover and places that Joe is happy to return to. As we headed south in the Cotentin peninsula… Continue reading Calvados War History

Our next stop took us into Normandy and we decided to explore the Cotentin peninsula, heading first up the west side. As usual we had some potential stopping places in mind but found that the larger towns and villages were not well set up for motorhomes so we kept heading north towards the Cap de… Continue reading Cotentin Peninsula

Our last two stops in Brittany had a bit of a seafood theme. The first was overlooking the beautiful cove of Morieux which is part of the bay of St-Brieuc. The small Chapelle Saint-Maurice sits on a small hill at the side of the cove and its position reminded me a bit of the lovely… Continue reading Mussels and Oysters

For our last stop in the Finistère department of Brittany we spent a few nights on the edge of the town of Le Faou, a gateway to the Crozon Peninsula. Our motorhome aire looked as if it had previously been a municipal campsite with its large grass pitches. Our timing was good and we were… Continue reading Crozon Peninsula

From the Morbihan department we continued further west into the Finistère department in the north-west corner of Brittany. After some recent coastal stops we had a change of scenery at the charming town of Pont-Aven which sits on the Aven river at the point where the tidal estuary meets the freshwater river. Pont-Aven is best… Continue reading Finistère