Tag: ferry
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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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Lisbon
GK Tours. Day 65 & 66 Tuesday 7th to Wednesday 8th January 2025. Comporta to Lisbon, Portugal & Merida, Spain We had a good night’s sleep in the parking area in Comporta and set off for Lisbon when we were ready. A handy parking area had been recommended to us by our Scottish friend we…
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Jerez
GK Tours. Day 55 Saturday 28th December 2024. Villacana to Jerez Today we decided to visit Jerez. Gareth and I had stayed there a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. The drive takes you towards Cadiz. Looking out to sea, instead of it’s normal azure blue, it looked black with the rain clouds…
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Angers, St Pol de Leon & Roscoff
Saturday 20th to Wednesday 24th June 2026. Angers, St Pol de Leon and Roscoff, France Saturday morning saw nearly every other camper on our site bugger off early. We were in no rush for our 4 hour drive, it was just the fact there was no shade to be had, that had us up and…
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GK TOURS first outing
GK Tours first outing We had set off from home the usual few days early to say goodbye to friends and family, with a few get togethers along the way. A cook-off vying the girls against the boys was the brain child of Jane and Andrew, the first leg of which saw the boys cooking…
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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…
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Ferry home via Guingamp and Roscoff
Day 26 & 27 , 31st Oct & 1st Nov Guingamp and Roscoff, France Yesterday’s drive was the longest we have done so far, just under 5 hours including a couple of stops. We picked a small town – Guingamp – that left us an hour or so’s drive to Roscoff the next day. There…
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Heading out to Kerlouan
Day 1/2, 5th &6th Oct 2025 Plymouth to Roscoff on the overnight ferry. Friday’s ferry was cancelled due to storm Amy, so we plumbed for an overnight crossing on Sunday. Everything went as smooth as it should, the ferry came in full but left quite empty, so we had no delays. We had clear and…
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Olbia ferry to mainland
Saturday 14th to Monday 16th June San Teodoro, Sardinia to Civitavecchia, Italy (mainland). No sightseeing was achieved during our last couple of days on Sardinia. We just vegged out under the shade all day (in between Meg walks) and then spent a couple of hours on the beach as the heat from the day started…
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San Teodoro via Santa Lucia
Sunday 8th to Friday 13th June Mari Ermi to San Teodoro via Santa Lucia, Sardinia Sunday 8th June Sunday morning we packed up and headed across the island to a small campsite near, what was reported to be a beautiful beach. We chose the ACSI campsite (Camping Salema) as it was the last date of…