Hello from Mark & Nicky!

This may be a good time to say something about the post-Brexit frostiness we've experienced in France. Right then. The hostility towards...

Brantôme is a small tourist town in central France (think Padstow but without the sea!). Armed with Nicky’s handwritten notes copied from...

Saumur was another recommendation from Jo and Andy. We decided to head for a nearby aire a few kilometres from the town itself, which at...

After two days at the homestead aire we booked into the nearby Camping du Parc, a lovely campsite alongside the River Mayenne and a short...

It quickly became apparent that this was to be a trip of extremes. After Jo and Andy's wonderful hospitality with luxurious facilities,...

Catching up with my old Southern Electric Contracting work colleague, Jo, and her husband Andy seemed a decadent contrast to the sombre...

We’d finally made it across the English Channel, and only two months late – not bad by our usual standards! With all the delays and...

After a long, long delay leaving due to van mechanical issues, renting out our flat, Nicky breaking her wrist during a walking weekend,...