Annabel's Travelblog

 Brixton, London This was dawn, as seen through the window of the motor home!  I woke early, and it was a lovely morning - actually, a lovel...

Blériot-Plage, Pas-de-Calais Wouldn't you have thought my tablet could have waited until tomorrow before deciding to die on me? It will ...

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...

Plombières-Les-Dijon, Côte d'Or The weather this morning was not conducive to an enjoyable walk round Chalon-sur-Saône.  The Swan Whispe...

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...

Bellegarde, Gard Winter decided it wasn't quite ready to depart just yet, and today was very wintry!  It started off wet, and pretty muc...

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...

Verteillac, Dordogne The Swan Whisperer went for a run round Lac Saint-Cyr this morning - only about 5k, but he enjoyed it.  Look at the dai...

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...

In hindsight, of course, we should have gone by train to the NEC, but when your tickets include free parking, you don't really think of ...

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...