
Jacksons Escape
Jacksons Escape in a Motorhome
Welcome to our blog - Chris and Diane Jackson's Escape - travelling Europe in our motorhome. We hope you enjoy following our travels.

Day 110 - 17/08/19 - Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur, France
We left the stopover, and went back to Visan as there was supposed to be a market on this morning. However, there were only 2 actual...

Day 109 - 16/08/19 - Visan, France
We couldn’t leave Thueyts without going to the viewpoint that we had seen signposted. We’re so glad we did - it overlooked a river with...

Day 108 - 15/08/19 - Thueyts, France
We had a lazy morning alone on the stopover, eating sausage from the onsite butchers, and eggs. We had 3 different types of sausages and...

Day 107 - 14/08/19 - Pradelles, France
After all the driving on the mountains yesterday, we decided to have drove a short distance today. After a cuppa, we left the Veal farm,...

Day 106 - 13/08/19 - Langogne, France
We left Comprégnac and travelled back down the hill, drove through Peyre and then under the Millau viaduct. Chris feeling much safer...

Day 105 - 12/08/19 - Comprégnac, France
We left the vineyard, no tasting or purchasing this time either, and set off on today’s journey, initially towards Monestiés. There was a...

Day 104 - 11/08/19 - Gaillac, France
We woke up before the alarm, had a shower and then went for coffee with the owner of the farm. There were 5 Motorhomes who had stopped...

Day 103 - 10/08/19 - Baulou, France
Well we certainly had a windy night last night, the Motorhome was well and truly rocking (do you have to be in a plane to be in the mile...

Day 50 - 18/06/19 - Lekeitia, Spain
We waved the Geordie 4 on as they left for the next stage of their cycling journey. It’s going to be hot again today and they had a...

Day 49 - 17/06/19 - Capbreton, France
Luckily it did cool down a little overnight, so we managed to have a good sleep (not that it matters with not having to get up for work...

Day 47 - 15/06/19 - Capbreton, France
This morning, we left the campsite, went to buy food and then made our way to another campsite about half an hour down the coast, where...

Day 46 - 14/06/19 - Messanges, France
So, this morning we said goodbye to our new Welsh friends, as they made their way to catch the ferry home on Monday. I’m sure they’ll be...

Day 45 - 13/06/19 - Messanges, France
We woke to beautiful sunshine this morning, and ventured to the beach with Tami and Tony. It was further away than everyone thought, but...

Day 44 - 12/06/19 - Messanges, France
The rain had been heavy throughout the night, and our neighbour must have had a leak - they put their van on ramps on one side to make...

Day 43 - 11/06/19 - Escource, France
We woke up and had breakfast with this beautiful view - shame to leave it ! Nearby there were road works and we saw our first set of...

Day 42 - 10/06/19 - Morizes, France
We desperately wanted to stay on a vineyard where someone could speak English and explain the process to us. So we headed for a place...

Day 40 - 08/06/19 - Blaye, France
The sun woke us this morning - the wind and the rain had gone, thank goodness. After breakfast, we headed to Blaye, back to the land of...

Day 38 - 06/06/19 - Saint-Jean-De-Cole, France
Last night we got quite emotional, listening to music and reminiscing. Nine years ago, Chris had 3 slipped discs and was in a...

Day 37 - 05/06/19 - Aubusson, France
This morning we moved just to the other side of the bridge to a supermarket to stock up. We then parked up right against the river, and...



















