Category Archives: France

We finally woke to clearer skies after another night of torrential rain. Including a 2am wake up call when the girls helpfully barked to tell us about the thunder, it’s a bit more dramatic here than they are used to in the UK. Therefore, finally time to see the Pont du Gard, an ancient firstContinue reading “Pont du Gard – Remoulin, France”

Another 571km south yesterday, already when we stopped at a motorway Aire it was 20 degrees and we were reaching Warmer weather. We went past Lyon in Friday afternoon traffic, the whole journey taking a bit longer than planned. We crossed the Rhône four times on the journey, which did not seem the most expedientContinue reading “Due South – Remoulin, France”

We took a walk as soon as daylight came, which due to daylight saving was 7.30am. Our motorhome Aire is on the road up to La Miotte fortress, part of the original walled fortifications of Belfort, another Vauban fortification (as per the citadel we saw in Arras). The citadel in the centre of town isContinue reading “Bonne journée – Belfort, France”

Only one week tomorrow since we passed through the Eurotunnel, we will be leaving France for Germany in the morning. Marking our second country already. We are making a lot of easting at the moment, as we have a date with a Unimog at the off-road course at the museum in Gaggenau on Friday, thenContinue reading “À Bientôt France – Sarralbe, France”

We left Arras early on Sunday morning and had a leisurely drive down the excellent roads of France past Reims and onto Verdun. The rain has started on Saturday afternoon and continued for about 36 hours until Sunday night. So we arrived at our first Camping Car Parking Aire, a privately run set of nationalContinue reading “Lest we forget – Charny-sur-Meuse, Verdun, France”

We were hoping today to visit the underground caves in Arras, but unfortunately Carrière Wellington a large network built from a quarry by New Zealand tunnellers is closed for refurbishment. The other boves caves under the Hôtel de Ville in the middle of town under the Place de Héros which was used as a BritishContinue reading “Remembrance – Arras, France”

Obviously after our Dunkerque trip we had to watch the Dunkirk film in the evening. Our Superdrug SIM and Fire stick combo worked well with the great surround sound in Clouline (our motorhome) made for an atmospheric evening. Before the film, we obviously had to go back to our favourite bar in Bergue in aContinue reading “Happy Birthday 🥳 – Arras, France”

Yesterday afternoon after blog writing Lola and I went for run around the ramparts in the afternoon sunshine. Before we headed out to for a walk to the ancient Abbey of Saint Winoc and to try and find Potjevleesch for Kevin. It is the local traditional French Flemish dish which translates to English as pottedContinue reading “Operation Dynamo – Dunkirk, France”

Yesterday we travelled round the M25 in torrential rain, to the Drum Inn campsite, one junction short of the Channel Tunnel. Pretty much all petrol stations even on the M25 services seemed to be out of diesel so we were pleased we were able to top up yesterday. An afternoon of route planning and anContinue reading “Vive La France – Bergues, France”