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
The Ariège and Cathars
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
Mountain Passes
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
The Atlantic Coast
With our aim of following the sun we continued west to the Bay of Biscay on the Atlantic coast and our next stop at Bidart, just south of Biarritz and in French Basque country. A complete change of scenery and architecture, much more built up and with the white and red half-timbered houses that are… Continue reading The Atlantic Coast
Changing Seasons
We’re starting to see and feel the changing of the seasons with nippier mornings, evenings drawing in and colours starting to turn. We’re hoping that we can continue to camp until late October but need to be a bit more mindful of the weather and temperatures if it is to remain enjoyable, so following the… Continue reading Changing Seasons
Angoulême – the city
Although most of our stay in Angoulême was focused on the vintage car racing, we were able to see some of the city although much of the centre was obscured by marquees or railings. Angoulême is the capital of the Charente department and sits on a plateau above the Charente river. The centre of the… Continue reading Angoulême – the city
Circuit des Remparts Angoulême
Before we left the UK, having seen a feature about vintage car racing around the ramparts of the historic centre of Angoulême, we decided to make that one of our stops and booked up for Circuit des Remparts. Our base for the 5 days was the municipal campsite just outside the city and next to… Continue reading Circuit des Remparts Angoulême
Oradour-sur-Glâne
Back in July we tried to visit the ‘Village of Martyrs’ at Oradour-sur-Glâne but were thwarted by a lack of phone signal to access our health passes that had been introduced for museums in France that very day. Joe has already visited the site a couple of times so a few days on my own… Continue reading Oradour-sur-Glâne
Limoges – Part II
Fortified by lunch and a glass of wine I headed off to find out about the porcelain that Limoges is world famous for, and the place to do that is the Musée national Adrien Dubouché which houses the most extensive public collection of Limoges porcelain in the world. The current museum dates back to the… Continue reading Limoges – Part II
A solo trip to Limoges
We’ve travelled back to the house in the Haute-Vienne as Joe is travelling to Normandy to meet up with biker friends from the UK and attend the Normandy Beach Race, a race of vintage cars and bikes that takes place on Sword Beach in Ouistreham. (https://Normandy beach race.com/en/). This is the first time we’ve been… Continue reading A solo trip to Limoges