Category: 2024
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St Jean Pied de Port
GK Tours. Day 12 Thursday Friday 15th November 2024 Cap Breton to St Jean Pied de Port. We had a very lazy start this morning, I popped out to the bread van at 9am for two baguettes and some croissants. There’s something special about having them brought to you , feels a bit like cheating.…
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Cap Breton
GK Tours. Day 11 Thursday 14th November 2024 Montfort to Cap Breton This morning was chilly and the grass was very damp but no frost, which, I have to say I was half expecting. Meg and I took a walk down to the river to see if the white birds were still on the tree,…
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Pau
GK Tours. Day 10 Wednesday 13th November Cadillac sur Garonne to Montfort via Pau We had a nice lazy start this morning, I took Meg for a walk around the village and Gareth gave the van a good sweep. Pau was our next destination, it’s quite big but lacks any good places to stop close…
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Cadillac sur Garonne.
GK Tours. Day 9 Tuesday 12th November Royan to Cadillac sur Garonne. This morning started lovely and sunny, but very chilly. After depleting our supply of clean garments it was time to find a laundry. We identified a couple, one was within the complex of a very big supermarket. Well, first we had to find…
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Royan
GK Tours. Day 8 Monday 11th November Cognac to Royan. Today before we moved on from Cognac we took a walk along the riverbank in the opposite direction. Just out of eye site of the Aire is a wooden structure in mid construction though the notice says it’s to be launched mid Nov 2024. It’s…
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Cognac
GK Tours. Day 6 & 7 Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November Ile de Re to Cognac Saturday After an overcast start, the sun eventually broke through the clouds as we set off for a walk to the local town. It’s accessible from the beach so we let Meg have a run, and a roll…
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Noirmoutier & Ile de Re
GK Tours. Day 5 Friday 8th November La Barre-de-Monts to Ile de Re. Wow, another great night’s sleep in the cave, think this is how it’s going to be so won’t mention it again . The sun was out this morning, in fact it’s been out all day! After breakfast we took another walk to…
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Vannes
GK Tours Day 3 Wednesday 6th November Dinan to Vannes We had a a really good sleep. Honestly, this van is like a cave. It doesn’t let the light in and I, unusually was woken up by my 8am vitamin reminder . So, consequently, there was no time for a nice walk for me and…
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St Malo & Dinan
GK Tours Day 2. Tuesday 5th November 2024 St Malo & Dinan In the past we have had some questionable ferry trips, memories of which sadly rear their ugly head when things don’t seem to be running smoothly. As we hadn’t departed from Portsmouth in a very long time we weren’t sure of how it…