We don’t seem to be able to escape from waterways for our stops, such is the proliferation of rivers and canals in this region. But it’s making for some very picturesque stays, walks and cycle rides. We’re meandering a little as we make our way towards Laon for the first weekend in June to meet… Continue reading Waterway engineering and Wine

Before travelling in the Burgundy region we’d assumed that it was pretty much just vineyards producing what the region is known for. But there is a lot more to it than wines as we discovered heading west to the Morvan Regional Natural Park, one of the first to be created (or designated?) in France, and… Continue reading Burgundy

As we travel around it’s interesting to see how different communes welcome motorhomes – or not. As we saw nearer the riviera, motorhomes are actively discouraged. In other places you can come across functional facilities in the smallest villages, towns with no parking restrictions and tolerant to off-grid stays and in some you get the… Continue reading From the Jura to Burgundy

We’ve been skirting along the south-eastern side of France, an area that neither of us have really explored before. In the past we have watched a couple of French crime drama series that were filmed at the scenic Lake Annecy in the Haute Savoie region and it’s a place that we’ve always said we’d like… Continue reading Around and about Lake Annecy

We’ve continued travelling in a clockwise direction to the south of Grenoble as there’s a specific walk we read about on the blog of some full-time motorhomers who travel all over Europe and the world. Our destination was Treffort, a small village on the edge of the Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet, an artificial reservoir for the… Continue reading Himalayan Bridge Walk

We’re travelling in parts of France that neither of us has visited before and the scenery continues to be as stunning as anything we’ve seen previously. We have also tried out a new kind of overnight stop which turned out to be a success. We left the Route Napoleon which continues on to Grenoble and… Continue reading The Drôme Valley and Vercors National Park