After our day spent wandering around Mont-St-Michel in Normandy, France, it was time to head for the coast of the Atlantique-Loire department of France. Once part of Brittany, there is still an on-going campaign to have the area re-integrated back into Brittany. Having reviewed our Alan Rogers Guide to campsites in France, we set our [...]
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Last weekend we drove out south from The French Alps on our way to The Costa Brava, Spain. We followed the Durance river down through Prelles, L’Argentière-la-Bessée, Embrun and then onto Savines Le Lac and the beautiful Serre Ponçon Lake. At this point I love how the scenery changes from the rugged fierce mountains of [...]
So whose big idea was it to send me and my motorhome down to Antibes in The South of France? Oh actually it was mine! Although I am mainly in The South of France for the Monaco Grand Prix 2011 last weekend it seemed like a nice idea to hang around for while. It was [...]
Vinsobres is in the Drôme department of France, that’s number 26 for ‘department spotters’. The department is in the southeastern France and takes its name from the Drôme River. I first visited Vinsobres in 2002 with my wife when we had a Ford Sierra and an old CI Eccles Amethyst caravan. This time we have [...]
Yesterday’s UK Budget was a bit of ‘nothing budget’ in my mind, there was money taken off in some places and added in others. But the thing everyone seems to be talking about today is the decrease in taxation on fuel. Motorists have finally got some breathing space from soaring pump prices after Chancellor George [...]
