Day 7 – Monday 26 February We’re very excited today.  It’s when we move from the smallest pitch we fitted into when we arrived (only one available) to one of the larger ones and can at last unpack properly and get settled. As you can see from the photo our caravan didn’t exactly fit into […]

Day 6 – Sunday 25th Feb Morning Steve: Darling would you like me to make breakfast this morning? Blanche: Thanks Darling, but it’s OK, I’ll do our Sunday fry up Steve:  Darling.  Is that because you’re better at it thank I am? Blanche: No Darling.  It’s because I make less mess than you do! Midday […]

Day 5 – Saturday 24 Feb Our first non driving day so it’s a lie in without any alarm or any need to get up for anything, except ourselves.  I raise my window blind hesitantly and slowly, as I cant remember if we’re overlooked or not, and my view is direct to the Med with […]

Day 4 – Friday 23 February We awoke to 5 degrees of warmth, the sun shining and a blue sky.  Before we left, Steve had the idea of taking a herb garden with. We needed a trough and I thought I had a brilliant idea to put the pots of in a Fish Kettle.  Using […]

Day 3 – 22nd Feb Zero degrees, but minus through the night, so we’re telling each other it is getting warmer.  I quickly look at the BBC weather and see how cold it is at home in Crowthorne but warming up at Benidorm.  Spending the night in a forest we heard bird sounds new to […]

Our first morning in France and we wake up as snug as bugs in rugs – eventually.  We start to discuss our route for the day and being lazy are practically wearing it.  If you look carefully you’ll see our route planning shown by a Nespresso coffee pod right over Tours.  Don’t take any notice […]

Earlier on today Steve and I discussed our writing styles and we decided mine is more diarised and his is more story telling.  As it takes longer to put fiction together than fact, I am the editor of our first blog.  My first blog is probably quite like my photographic skills – enthusiasm over technique.  […]

Every journey stars with a small step – but in our case a faithful hound, a full tank of diesel and a full 8.3m/1.7 tons of loaded caravan behind us.