Tag: France
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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…
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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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Montech, Perigueux and Niort
28th to 30th Oct 2025 Montech, Perigueux and Niort, France Reluctantly we left sunny Spain and Roses behind, starting our return journey towards Roscoff. We’ve settled for long drives on the motorways where possible to cut down the time. Late on Tuesday we stopped in another Camping Car Park Aire just outside a village called…
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Nimes and Port-La-Nouvelle
Day 16 – 19, 21st to 24th Oct 2025 Montrond Les Bains, Nimes and Port-La-Nouvelle, France Since Chambord we have been driving towards the sun. A couple of wet days driving but it wasn’t as bad as some places have had it. We were pleased we had moved on as Storm Benjamin was at his…
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Chateau de Chambord
Day 15, 20th Oct 2025 Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France Deciding which amazing Chateau to visit next is hard as there are so many! We chose the Chateau de Chambord because it is the most visited Chateau in France. Work was started on it in 1519 and became a World Heritage site in 1981. And…
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Villandry
Day 14, 19th Oct 2025 Villandry, Indre-et-Loire, France Checking our next 2 stops we realised that parking in the van would be an issue. With this in mind we chose somewhere completely different. After a small shopping trip to the supermarket we made our way into a new department called Indre-et-Loire with Chateau Villandry as…
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Saumur
Day 13, 18th oct 2025 Saumur, Maine et Loire Gareth had spotted Saumur on a google maps search. It’s a big town and has an amazing castle we couldn’t miss. The drive was about an hour, some of which was on dual carriageways but mostly through vineyard country, glorious! You spot the castle on your…
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Saint Florent le Vieil and Savennieres
Day 12, 17th Oct 2025 Savennieres & Saint Florent le Vieil, Maine et Loire We had a late start this morning, Meg was so relaxed and loving the conkers she kept finding, that she didn’t want to leave . Our drive took us into wine country, vineyards were everywhere. No fruit on them but the…
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Oudon
Day 11, 16th Oct 2025 Oudon, Loire Atlantique Today was dedicated to the laundry. In Croisic, just up the road was a supermarket with a laundry attached. Brilliant, we filled up with fuel, Gareth got the laptop out and did some of that work stuff, while I shopped for supplies and moved laundry from washer…