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Big Greek Adventure Days 1 & 2
26/27 March 2023 Bray Dune to Rochefort Belgium 26 March 2023 Off on another adventure we reached France via the Channel Tunnel and turned left towards Dunkerque. The weather matched that of the UK, but we still opted for an Aire in Bray-Dune, 5 mins walk from the glorious sandy beach. Before we even got to the beachfront, we were shielding our eyes from the sand, blasting off the waterfront! We could hardly hear each other talking! Bless Meg, she was chomping at the bit to b

L'Explanderer
Feb 63 min read


Day 8 St Nazaire to Roscoff
Just caught the beautiful sunrise this morning over The Loire after a peaceful night. We were somewhat sceptical that the van would still be in one piece when we got back from the restaurant last night but were pleasantly surprised that all was in order. I've included a few more pics of the fishing nets so you get a better idea of what they are like. Sadly none of them were being used this morning. With a 4-5 hour trip ahead of us we headed up towards Roscoff, mainly on the

Kelly
Oct 15, 20202 min read


Day 7 Puyravault (La Vendée) to St Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique)
Lovey sunny day which we have spent wandering through the back roads hugging the coast north towards Brittany. Thought we would aim for a...

Kelly
Oct 14, 20204 min read


Day 6 Blaye to Puyravault
Rained mostly through the night but stopped by the time we emerged from the van. Great little stop with about 6 other vans overnight and...

Kelly
Oct 13, 20202 min read
Day 5 San Sebastian to Blaye
It must have rained for 3 hours solid this morning from 7am! Now we know why there are big gratings at the side of some of the roads and...

Kelly
Oct 12, 20203 min read


Day 4 Donastia San Sebastian
After a lovely sleep and a quiet night we have decided to stay here again today, we're not sure we have seen enough of this beautiful...

Kelly
Oct 11, 20203 min read


Day 3 Belin Beliet to Donastia San Sebastian
Another great night's sleep, only one other van on our site which turned up at about 10.30pm. We took our time getting ready to leave,...

Kelly
Oct 10, 20203 min read


Day 2 Auray towards Spain
We had a lovely night's sleep in the free car park area in Auray. Even though we weren't really supposed to empty the toilet there we...

Kelly
Oct 10, 20202 min read


Day 1 Roscoff
The trip to Plymouth was wet! And sadly a bit deary, we will come back when the sun is shining to see it in a better light. The highlight...

Kelly
Oct 10, 20205 min read


VE Day Celebrations in Lockdown
Well, after a few days preparing the day had arrived. I was up early to bake another loaf of bread and a Victoria sponge, then we were...

Kelly
May 8, 20203 min read


A walk in the woods
Yesterday we took a walk in the woods looking for wild garlic to put into my cheese and garlic scones for Friday which is VE Day.

Kelly
May 7, 20201 min read
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