The Puy de Lumières yesterday evening was better than either of us was expecting. The light show was set to music, with different themes and stories projected onto each building or monument. The one on the pointy rock was my favourite. We enjoyed wandering the streets in the dark watching each display in its entirety... Continue Reading →
Stunning sights in Le Puy-en-Velay
I woke at 6 then read until 7.30, by which time I was bored so I got up to make a brew, in the hope that John would wake up… cruel I know, but he’d had 9 hours! 😈 Once we were ready, we left the aire, paying our €5 for the night with no... Continue Reading →
Driving and technology
We were the second campervan off the ferry at Dieppe, then we were directed straight through passport control onto dark empty roads... very eerie compared to packed well lit British roads! Overnight stop in Forêt de Roumare I'd found an aire at an animal park in the forest outside Rouen where I didn't think we'd... Continue Reading →
Newhaven – Dieppe
The morning started with an unproductive detour through High Wycombe to a petrol station with cheap fuel. Despite me noting it might not be open at 7.45 on a bank holiday Monday, John insisted on driving up and down steep residential streets with speed bumps and, when we finally got to the destination on his... Continue Reading →
Early retirement…
… let’s hope it’s all it’s cracked up to be. 😜 Today we are setting off on our first long-awaited post-retirement adventure… no more fighting the school holiday crowds, and sweating in the August heat… I hope. I’m excited and looking forward to meandering down through France, then exploring the south east of the country.... Continue Reading →