Jacksons Escape

We woke up to blue skies and a frost this morning. We had a walk around the market and fed the ducks / geese before heading off. Today...

So much for charging the habitational batteries - there was a power cut from 3:30am until 8:30am - just our luck. Anyway, we did manage...

A quiet stopover on the edge of a little French village. It was lovely to hear the church bells chiming on the hour - I do miss them....

Thankfully, we managed to have a good sleep after yesterday's stressful journey. Today's journey can only be better surely ! We left...

The rain cleared and we woke up to the most amazing sunrise. We popped to the boulangerie for some fresh pan au chocolates, and we...

Lots of rain and lots of lorries as we head towards Bordeaux.  With the weather not great, we drove quite a distance today. The roads...

No church bells this morning with us being in the middle of the vineyard.  It was so quiet and we felt so relaxed overnight. We had a...

The church bells rang again this morning, it's lovely to hear, but the main bells rang at a quarter to the hour, not sure why that is. We...

We both slept really well and woke to the sound of the church bells as they rang to announce it was 7am.  Then another set of bells...

We had a great journey to Folkestone this morning, we had been worried with the protestors that have been on the M25 this week, but...

Another cold night, getting us ready for going back to England ! We had to change the regulator again - this is the 4th one now - we...

Last night had been very cold, and we woke up to frost this morning. We headed off on today's journey and needed fuel. The first garage...

Chris was a little hung over this morning ! We made our way to Virrieres, where we found another free stopover with electric. There...

The sun was out again today, but we had clothes that needed washing, so heading to get that done first. We then headed to Ladaux, seeing...

During the morning quite a few coaches came past and to the shopping area - I am amazed how they travel along the narrow winding lanes,...

We woke up to a much brighter day today, and went for a walk around the medieval village of Onati, via the wooded path. The village was...

We left Palavas-les-Flots and made our way to Carcassonne, a mixture of green and dry land, and happened to be following the “Route des...

We made our way to Palavas-les-Flots this morning. There wasn’t a lot of movement on the water, as there were a lot of boats moored up...

Our journey to Uzès today consisted of pumpkin fields, classic cars, deserted villages, tree lined avenues, wall paintings and crossing...

We left Barcelonnete and headed to Lac de Serre-Poncon. We had travelled along the top end of the lake previously and it was so...