Annabel's Travelblog

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...

Les Ilots, St-Malo, Brittany There was a huge band of rain crossing Northern France and Southern England this morning - I gather it scuppere...

Caen, Normandy, France We didn't hurry all that much this morning, but nevertheless were away by 10:00.  We drove down to Caen via the m...

 Home. I had set the alarm for 06:00 this morning, and we got straight up, showered, dressed, and had a quick cup of tea; we were away befor...

Heightington, Shropshire The Swan Whisperer went for a short run this morning before breakfast, along the Lancaster canal! After breakfast, ...

Claughton-on-Brock, Preston, Lancashire We had to start heading south this morning, but before we did so, we the Swan Whisperer went for a w...

Gairlieston, Dumfries & and Galloway This morning after breakfast I stewed up the plums and cooking apples I'd bought the other day ...

Kilkerran, Maybole, Scotland First thing, the Swan Whisperer went for a run round the lake in Strathclyde Country Park, which I don't th...

Strathclyde Country Park, Glasgow We had arranged to meet our friend J at the John Buchan museum in Peebles this morning, so we had no need ...

Peebles, Scotland I slept extremely badly, as my glasses have been rubbing my nose and made the whole thing hurt - not just while they rub. ...

Backworth Miners' Welfare, Backworth, Newcastle. The Swan Whisperer went for a short run this morning before breakfast, which was our us...

Ashfield Touring Caravan Park, York A long and rather dull day's driving up the M11, A14 and A1(M).  We set off at about 10:00 and first...

Coopersale, Epping, London Normally, once the schools have gone back, we try to get away for two or three weeks on an early autumn holiday. ...