Author Archives: Geoff

Sunday 14th August, continued …………….. Arriving as planned around lunchtime, we manoeuvred Rosie onto a patch of wasteland opposite Andrew’s house on the outskirts of Frejus, took out the essentials and was greeted by a very cheeky, smiling Elton which … Continue reading →

Friday 12th August After a rather disturbing family ‘phone call we packed up Rosie and headed off; destination U.K.   our normal route is to head north through Spain and catch a ferry from Bilbao, Santander or occasionally, Gijon, but … Continue reading →

Saturday 18th June contd. …………………. After an uneventful drive we arrived and as usual we were greeted like long-lost-relatives;  covid again got in the way, as we usually have their two boys over for a Spanish treat in their school … Continue reading →

Tuesday 21 st June …………………Our drive from Orleans to Beaune took about 3-hours using Peage; expensive but the thought of extra couple of hours or more in the car wasn’t very appealing.     We arrived in Beaune just after … Continue reading →

Thursday 16th June  The crossing was so smooth it was hard to know we were heading across the channel.    After a good nights kip we had breakfast in our cabin, two hot cross buns and a tub of prepared … Continue reading →