Jacksons Escape

I love the colour of the mountain as the sun catches it in the morning. We were supposed to move pitch tiday, but have managed to stay...

It was very windy overnight, just as the restaurant owners had predicted.  Woke up this morning to sunshine, and lots of cyclists going...

I think you all jinxed me last night.  Today we have been travelling through the mountains, in pouring rain and the temperature dropped...

You may have seen in a photo yesterday, that the sheep were wearing bells around their neck, during the night they sounded like tin cans...

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...

We stopped off at Henley on Thames on our way to the tunnel.  From the campsite it’s only a 5 minute walk into the town, ideal with...

Well it’s been 3 years since we returned from our 8 month travel around Europe, we really hadn’t expected it to have been so long before...

We left the Black Lion, our home over Christmas, and headed to Wales for the start of another adventure 😊 We arrived on site and parked...

So today we headed to Bryn Gloch Caravan and Camping Park for an interview for seasonal assistant wardens. This is something we have...

We have a few things on our to do list for while we are 'home', one of which was for Chris to see the doctor. He rang first thing to...

We had a lazy morning, and then went to our son's for tea. Their house looked lovely with the christmas tree up, we need to see if we...

We left the campsite and headed for our lock up to get rid of the bikes and chairs from the motorhome while we are not using them, and to...

A boater friend of ours went out to work and was surprised to see us parked on the car park. He stopped and said hello, and we agreed to...

We got up early to leave for the tunnel. It was a frosty morning with a beautiful sky. We said "Bye for Now" to John and Iris, and...

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...