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All night it rained. This morning it is raining and forecast is for it to persist it down all day. This however is only the third time we can remember it raining on our whole trip, so we really cannot moan. We had planned to head to Bordeaux and watch the Six Nations game againstContinue reading “Hunkered down – Rouffignac-de-Sigoulès, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France”

Today, we have mostly been buying wine 😁😂😋🍷 We started the day leisurely with breakfast and then a stroll into Belvès for our shopping trip. We visited ‘Plonk et Plus” where we met Graham for our wine supplies, he was able to advise which were the bottles we enjoyed the most from the night before,Continue reading “Wine buying tour – Rouffignac-de-Sigoulès, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France”

We started our day before breakfast in Rocamadour with a 3 mile loop tour of the medieval village on the cliff. We started at the castle ramparts, though these were sadly closed, we were able to descend the winding path down the cliff side. We had the place to ourselves, except for one other coupleContinue reading “Rocamadour tour and A New Life in the Sun – Belvès, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France”

Our plan this morning was to visit Puy de Dôme, a lava dome in the Chaîne de Puys volcanoes, the youngest volcano in the Massif Central region, formed 10,700 years ago. The Puy de Dôme is the highest point in a chain of 48 volcanoes / cinder cones / lava domes / mars and explosionContinue reading “Past the volcanoes and onto the rock – Rocamadour, Occitania, France”

We had a lovely start to the day by following one of the circular routes around the cité of Pérouges. It followed the outer walls of the village walls and allowed an sneaky glimpse of the rear of some of the properties of the village and what a lovely job has been done of renovatingContinue reading “Jobs Day – Violay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France”

We sadly mistimed our walk with the arrival of the huskies on our last day at La Plagne, so we did not get to do our usual walk on our last day. Instead we got to walk down the piste before it opened and into Plagne Village to fetch a fresh baguette from the shopContinue reading “Descending from Altitude – Pérouges, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France”

We have had another energetic week in the mountains, this time with ski-in, ski-out from our motorhome in the handy Aire in Plagne-Village. We have made the most of our location since we luckily got the last space last Monday. Since then there has often been 5-6 vans in the overspill parking outside waiting toContinue reading “Skiing done ⛷- La Plagne, Savoie, France”

After almost three weeks at Bourg-Saint-Maurice, our longest ever stop, we finally moved on this morning. It was beginning to feel like home at Camping Huttopia, there are certainly quite a few Brits who spend the whole season there. However, we decided to get some more skiing in now Kev’s leg is a little betterContinue reading “On the move – La Plagne, Savoie, France”

Just as Alex and Sean left us, we had a little rain. Alex felt this was to acclimatise them to returning to the North West UK. In Bourg-Saint-Maurice meanwhile, it meant that what remained of the low lying snow, which has not been melted by 22 degrees C sunshine, was finally defeated. Apart from aContinue reading “Wrapping up – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France”

Wow, what a week we have had 😍 It has been a fabulous combination of great fun, physical activity, a learning challenge, spectacular scenery, fresh air, delicious food, Aprés-ski drinks, perfect weather and above all, the best company. We are so lucky to have been able to spend such precious time and made such lastingContinue reading “Fantastic Week – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France”