We were surprised how the rules for mask wearing varied from one European country to the next. When we crossed a country border we…
Category: France
Northern Europe
Children playing in the evening sunshine at Magdeburg By June 2021 we were legally allowed to leave the country. The continuation of Covid restrictions,…
Calais and Home
Le Crotoy at Low Tide We arrived at Calais the following morning and parked the truck in our usual spot at the Cité d’Europe…
Bazouges-sur-le-Loir
Bazouges-sur-le-Loir We travelled northwards along the west coast, taking the car ferry across the Gironde from Le Verdun to Royan, a voyage of thirty…
Montalivet-Les-Bains
Our camp site was on the edge of the pine forest We were blue dot Main Street We drove north-west past Bordeaux, travelling through…
Beware the Soy Sauce!
The harbour at Mèze, near Montpellier Camping-Car Park at Mèze We were blue dot, 4 km from Mèze We had been using a chain…
Spring in the South of France
The coast road from Genoa through the Alpes Maritimes was just miles and miles of dingy tunnels so when we eventually emerged into continuous…
Time To Leave
We almost lost the will to live when in October 2020 PM Boris announced a second lockdown affecting the whole of England. That meant…