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An unBRIElievable time on the way to Chauvigny
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After a relaxing couple days in Riberac we continued our journey armed with a couple of recommendations of places to visit on our last few days as we travelled North…

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Walking Through Walnuts in Riberac
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Our plan to visit Bayonne came to nothing as unfortunately the weather was against us.  At any other time we may have waited it out but with pouring rain and…

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Happy New Year
A perfect ending to 2018 and a French feast!
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An amazing year for us finished last night with the perfect ending and a fabulous French feast. We had arranged to spend New Year’s Eve in the Dordogne with my…

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Lille Christmas market 2018
A Merveilleux Time in Lille
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It’s December, it’s cold and we’re in Northern France. We could almost smell the waft of mulled wine in the air and we were lured to Lille for our first…

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Chartres Cathedral - Exterior Carving around the north portal
Chartres – Magnificent Cathedral
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Our research into Chartres seemed to indicate it is difficult to park a motorhome in the city although there is an aire close to the river but that closes at…

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Black lava cathedral of Clermont Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand and onwards North
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Our motorhome travels continued North towards Clermont Ferrand, but heading first to a nice looking campsite we had found in the ACSI book at Hotel de Plein Air Le Chanset  in…

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St Flour lower town view from upper town
The dark lava town of St Flour
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Our motorhome journey took us next to St Flour in the Auvergne, a two tiered town with a lower more modern town and historic medieval town sitting on the top…

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Millau viaduct, France
Over the world’s tallest bridge in Millau
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Having arrived the previous night in the dark, we woke up to a wonderful view over the Octon countryside which was a nice surprise.  The 100 church bell rings followed…

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Aigues-Mortes Famous for salt production
Salty tales in Aigues-Mortes
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Aigues-Mortes (dead water) is a small inland port situated in the southern Camargue famous for its vast salt marshes stretching over 14,000 hectares producing over 500,000 tons of salt a…

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Flamingoes in the wetlands of the Camargue,, France
The wonderful wetlands of the Camargue
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Our long anticipated visit to the vast, watery wetlands of the Camargue was hampered by just one thing – the weather forecast. Would it just be a watery washout?  Several…

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