Category: 2025
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Mont St Michel, Wissant & Home
GK Tours. Day 84 & 85 & 86 Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th & Monday 27th January 2025. Saint Jean du Doigt to Mont St Michel and Wissant, France It was brighter this morning as we set off from St Jean du Doigt. We hadn’t managed to spend any money in the village as it was…
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Quimper, Plestin Les Greves & Saint Jean du Doigt
GK Tours. Day 81, 82 & 83 Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th January 2025. Quimper, Plestin Les Greves & Saint Jean du Doigt, France Today we decided to visit Quimper. There is a municipal campsite right on the edge of town, about a 15min walk. The campsite is old but everything functions. When…
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Jard-sur-Mer & La Baule-Escoublac
GK Tours. Day 79 & 80 Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st January 2025. Jard-sur-Mer & La Baule-Escoublac, France Today was a very lazy day, we didn’t get away from the lakeside stop until almost midday! It was very cold and we had to dig deep for some enthusiasm. Stopping off at a big interMarche, Gareth…
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St Genis de Saintonge, Saintes & St Jean d’Angely
GK Tours. Day 77 & 78 Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th January 2025. St Genis de Saintonge, Saintes & St Jean d’Angely, France We woke up to fog and mist on Saturday morning in Saint Emilion so waited until midday to see if it was going to clear. It did not. It had eased off…
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Milady (Biarritz) & St Emillion
GK Tours. Day 75 & 76 Thursday 16th & Friday 17th January 2025. Milady (Biarritz) and Saint Emillion, France We woke late in Lekeitio. It was very cold so we made a quick exit and hit the mountain roads again through Basque country heading towards the French border. There is no snow here but very…
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Segovia
GK Tours. Day 70 Sunday 12th January 2025. Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain Our stop today was Segovia, another place on Gareth’s wishlist. Another free parking area by another Plaza de Toris (Bull Ring) just on the outskirts of town. This parking area is actually just by the amazing Roman Aquaduct where it emerges from…
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Avila
GK Tours. Day 69 Saturday 11th January 2025. Avila, Castile E León, Spain Another short drive through the Spanish countryside today, taking us past flat, agricultural land with mountain ranges in the distance. We were heading for Avila, a walled city which came into view from quite a distance. Our approach had been hilly as…
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Caceres & Plasencia
GK Tours. Day 68 Friday 10th January 2025. Caceres and Plasencia, Extemadura, Spain Leaving Trujillo, we headed for Caceres. Gareth had wanted to visit this town for ages. It was getting colder with dark clouds, so we picked a parking area close to the town meaning we wouldn’t have far to go if it started…
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Merida & Trujillo
GK Tours. Day 67 Thursday 9th January 2025. Merida & Trujillo, Extremadura,Spain The parking area in Merida is smack bang in amongst all of the ruins so you don’t have to go far. Yesterday while Gareth was resting I walked Meg round to the remains of a Thermal bath, Aquaduct and Roman Circus. All visible…