Category Archives: France

It’s been a bit quiet on the blog front for a couple of weeks whilst we concentrated on Lizzy’s recuperation from her cataract surgery on the shores of Arcachon Bay. The weather was kind and the first week went smoothly with little walks round the marina and watching the kite surfers on the beach (beach’sContinue reading “Complications – Roscoff, Normandy”

In my last post we were just about to leave to watch the La Rochelle v Exeter European Rugby Champions Cup Semi-Finals. The result is history by now, a 47 to 28 defeat for Exeter. The better team won fair and square. It was fabulous to be there though, even though I think the ExeterContinue reading “Rugby, Operations and Recuperation – Bordeaux and Verdalles (Gujan-Mestras), Nouvelle-Acquitaine, France”

After a hectic weekend of socialising, off-roading and workshopping we were both shattered and we took a short drive to the shore of Lake Constance, also known as Bodensee in Germany on Sunday evening. The lake, named after the town of the same name on its shore, is 63km long and borders Germany, Switzerland andContinue reading “Heading back west, signing contracts and rugby – Lake Konstanz (Germany), Alsace, Beaune, Montluçon, Périgueux, Bordeaux (France)”

This week continued on the sporting theme when we made use of the Sarlat-la-Canéda campsite facilities on Monday for a super tournament of table tennis, badminton and tennis in which I won not a single game 😳😂🫢. However, I put up a reasonable fight. At least I could relax with a non-competitive swim at theContinue reading “Travelling East, helicopters and riot police – Sarlat-la-Canéda, Volcanoes #2, Chalon-sur-Saõne, Besançon”

An unusually early start for us on a Monday morning, packing up camp on Arcachon Bay (after obligatory beach dog walk in the dark), to join the commuters heading into Bordeaux for our 8am vet appointment. We handed Lizzy over for her Electroretinogram, which would be conducted under anaesthesia, so she would be gone forContinue reading “Living the life – Bergerac and Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, France”

This week started with the much anticipated vet visit in Bordeaux to assess our dog Lizzy for cataract surgery. Our vet Dr. Vet. Goulle was just as excellent as he was recommended to be, friendly, professional and reassuring. His assessment though was that Lizzy was between 0 and 1 on a scale of 1 toContinue reading “Plan remade – Arcachon Bay and the Medoc, Nouvelle-Acquitaine, France”

We had a lovely easy drive up to the Pyrenees on Sunday morning, enjoying the lorry-free roads due to the HGV ban on Sundays. We decided to head straight to the Haut-Pyrenees area, where we had a few nice wild camp spots planned. We were not quite sure what to expect in terms of snow,Continue reading “Up in the Mountains again – Haut-Pyrenees, Occitainie, France”

Our trip started at a lovely grassed lakeside Aire on the Le Petit Lac at Gastes. Although at 3400 hectares, it is not small. Although its near neighbour, the Grand Lac, which we drove by, is 5600 hectares and the second largest lake in France. Le Petit Lac is used as a training ground forContinue reading “Enjoying the Atlantic coast – Les Grands-Lacs and Basque Country, France”

Tuesday continued as Monday had started, with heavy rain, the big blue area on the precipitation map largely having passed though. The morning was due to be wet, but there was a window over lunch when it was due to ease a little. We managed to dash out with the dogs for morning walk betweenContinue reading “Rain and Inspiration – Gujan-Mestras, Nouvelle-Acquitaine, France”