11th – 14th August 2016 Ok, Ok I know we’re bragging about the weather again, but I’m sure you’ve never written a postcard from overseas and bragged that the weather is crap. When it is we just say it quietly or ignore it altogether, however if you read the blog avidly you will know we…

7th & 8th August 2016 Having arrived in Cognac on Sunday morning we were lucky to get the last parking place in the aire which is free to park on and very central (45.666733 0.07014). The sun was beating down so we headed out into town for a look around. As it was Sunday nothing…

6th August 2016 Free aire 2 euro for water  (GPS 45.934722 1.0275) Our next stop was at the truly moving village of Ordour Sur Glane, left exactly as it was after the whole population was massacred by SS troops during the 2nd world war. On 10 June 1944, the village in then Nazi occupied Fracne was destroyed, when…

26th July – 5th August With our friend Shona having left now we made a plan to move on ourselves the following day. There was a small aire not far from Nice airport so we thought that we would go there for one night then decide our onward journey once there. After stopping on route…

15th – 25th July 2016 Weather mainly hot and sunny late 20’s to mid 30’s We awoke on the 15th July to the very sad news of the attacks on the Nice Bastille day celebrations, after answering texts from concerned friends and relatives we reflected on our own plans as had there have been a…

12th – 15th July 2016 I have a confession to make – I really don’t know what has happened to my ability to make decisions in the last few months. The actual facts are that I don’t even need to make difficult decisions just what we are going to do next, which route we will…

3rd July 2016 – 10th July 2016   After just one night at the Cavaleire we made tracks again heading in the direction of the Milau Viaduct and onwards towards the Gorges of Tarn. We had taken care beforehand and googled the route as we knew there were some low overhangs and tunnels cut into…

Carcasonne   Weather 33 degrees sunny and humid with a heavy shower After 5 nights together we waved Au Revoir to Diane and Keith and made our way to Carcasonne, a place we had heard and read much about, but never experienced. When we arrived in Carcasonne though we found the aire which is shown…

23rd June  – 28th June 2016 Weather 30 – 33 degrees and humid Well that’s it then Adios Spain and a whole new Country, Culture, tradition and gastronomy awaits us in France. Having studied French at night school around 20 years ago I was looking forward to getting reacquainted with the language and relearning all…