Annabel's Travelblog

Bellicourt, Aisne The rain departed during the night, and the sky cleared, with the inevitable result that the temperature dropped like a st...

Pont Sainte-Marie, Troyes, Aube We decided not to visit Dijon this morning - the prospect of a walk round the Lac Chanoin Kir (sadly not fil...

Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire Memo to self: Where we park in Vichy is in one of the car parks by the Mairie!  We had trouble finding it a...

Bellerive-sur-Allier, Allier Today made a lovely change from the wet days we've been having recently.  It was very cold overnight, and I...

Massiac, Cantal Another very wet morning.  The Swan Whisperer went for a walk round La Cavalerie, but my eyes are still slightly playing sil...

La Cavalerie, Aveyron Last night, when I was practising tai chi outside the van, I was tormented and distracted by flying insects.  I had, u...

Mas Alart, Pyrenees-Orientales The Swan Whisperer went over to the convenience store across the road first thing and bought croissants for b...

Bélesta, Ariège A much better day!  I don't know what the Swan Whisperer did to either the burner or the hab door, but both are now beha...

Saint Nicolas de la Gave, Tarn-et-Garonne Not the world's best day!  We had decided to visit a highly-recommended motorhome repair place...

Beaumont-Saint-Cyr, Vendée Bernay really is the loveliest town, and on a Saturday it has a street market, too.  It is quite a hike from the ...

Bernay, Eure I was awake a bit in the night worrying about a Church issue, which can and will be resolved but not until next week.  Why does...

Calais, Pas-de-Calais This week appears to  have been inordinately busy!  "Tired" doesn't really begin to cover it, and gettin...

Brixton, London So we are home.  We got up fairly sharpish this morning, and headed to Auchan, where I did a Last Shop in France, and then h...

Blériot-Plage, Calais, France We discovered that La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur had a Christmas market today, literally just behind our motor home...

La-Riviere-Saint-Sauveur, 5 December 2025 How is it Friday already?  This week has gone so fast, and tomorrow is our last full day! This mor...

Condé-sur-Vire, Normandy, France We are headed north again now, and, rather disappointingly, ended up going back up the same motorway we cam...

Cesson-Sevigné, near Rennes, France Very tired today, for some reason, so have done nothing except reading and knitting. We were unable to g...

Vertou, near Nantes, France After the storm, it was sort of a lovely morning, so after breakfast we went on another walk around Port-Louis, ...

Port-Louis, Brittany There was nobody about at the cactus farm this morning, either, so we softly and silently vanished away once we had had...

Guipavas, Brittany, France It has been lovely and sunny all day. We had a leisurely morning, and at about 10:30 we used the services and set...