On another lovely day we set out on the motorbike again with Lizard Point, the most southerly point in Britain, as our destination. Apart from a café and a couple of gift shops, the cliffs and coastal views are unspoilt and stunning and we followed the coastal path walk down to the point and along… Continue reading Lizard Point and Sculpture
A boat trip to St Mawes
With another day of sunshine ahead we fancied a boat trip from Falmouth and headed there on the motorbike. Cornwall is well known for parking charges so the bike usually enables us to get close to where we want to go and to park for free. So we were able to park right in the… Continue reading A boat trip to St Mawes
Around Coverack
We’ve been members of the Caravan Club since we bought the camper van and have enjoyed their sites and facilities in the UK and France. You know what standard to expect at a site and it suits us well as we don’t have our own WC and shower facilities on board. As camper van, rather… Continue reading Around Coverack
Back on the road
Well, 4 months travelling in a campervan didn’t put us off last year and, in fact, it made us think seriously about how we could do some more long-term travelling as and when that becomes possible. So we bit the bullet and decided that Claire would give up work to enable that to happen. Not… Continue reading Back on the road
Back in Blighty – signing off
Well we’re back home safely after a pretty uneventful long day of driving back in one go. No challenges at the Eurotunnel terminal with only a question to check we had completed our Passenger Locator forms, so now we we are into our quarantine period. It seems we left just in time as France goes… Continue reading Back in Blighty – signing off
An extra hour and the start of winter
We’re into our last week here – sadly – but trying to make the most of the last few days. The owner of the house we’re renting had recommended a few places to eat in the region including a restaurant in a very small hamlet not far away, serving Guinness and good ‘pub grub’. We’d… Continue reading An extra hour and the start of winter
Cyrano and Roxane
We’re taking advantage of sunny days to get our last few rays where we can and the last week has been windy but surprisingly mild with temperatures going up to the mid-20s. Joe loves a train journey and Sarlat is the end of the line so we took a trip to Bergerac, to the West,… Continue reading Cyrano and Roxane
Harvests and Hanging Gardens
Since we arrived in France at the end of June we’ve watched different crops grow, ripen and be harvested and now we’re seeing the last of those crops being gathered in. And on the farms around the house we’re staying in the tractors are out ploughing the rich brown fields for this winter’s crops. On… Continue reading Harvests and Hanging Gardens
Autumn sunshine
The weather has definitely calmed down thankfully and the we’ve enjoyed some warm October sunshine. We heard this week from our Dutch fisherman friend who was staying on for a few weeks at our favourite campsite on the Lot after we left and whom we had hoped to meet up with on market day. He… Continue reading Autumn sunshine
Castles in the air….
You may have read that parts of France have been having some pretty severe weather, in particular near the Franco-Italian border. We’ve certainly felt the effects of some of that with heavy rain, but it seems to be much calmer now. We’ve still been able to get out and take our chances with the odd… Continue reading Castles in the air….