La Mairie – Saints En Puisaye

Thinking about summer, we stayed in small French town on our way to Switzerland. Somewhere on the east side of France. We arrived very late as struggled to find the campsite but did find a lovely place to eat and very unsuccessful putting up our tent on rock hard ground. There was some cussing and […]

Beware sleeping gas gang in France on roadside rest areas known as Aires de Service

We travelled to France for a few days recently and not being able to find somewhere to sleep one night, pulled over on a roadside layby in northern France called an ‘Aire de Service’ where truckers also hold up before they make the crossing home on the A16 (Calais-Dunkirk) motorway. Very late and soon asleep […]

Notra Dame

Like everyone was shocked and horrified seeing Notra Dame alight but am sure stonemasons and artists will come forwards to help restore this magnificant landmark of Paris.. Perhaps this disastor will have averted a bigger one. Destiny the building closed early this day. But it must say something how this building has touched the whole […]

Evening – Wissant

Launch

Launch by maria joy

Shiny black Citroen

This shiny black Citroen appeared in front of us on the road, cruising by the small towns in French countryside. wondered where it was going, where it had been

Avoir du pain sur la planche

Althou we are across the water, am happy Mr Macron is France’s new President and hope he will get good guidance and support to run his beautiful country. Vive la France! A little worried about new speeding fines for British drivers in France – no more speeding to catch the ferry. Clueless what the speed […]

Le 20 Decembre 1430

Looked up and saw this on a tower in the old town of St Valery-sur-Somme, history that will never be forgotten

Sand Castles and Cherrys

Unexpected lovely weekend, day trip to France thru the tunnel, although delays – not too bad – then croissants, visit to very small chocolate factory, crepes, beautiful french countryside and medieval towns on hill tops and always somehow find our way back to the sandy beach at Wissant where there always seems to be low […]

Étretat

Last weekend we made a long drive to Étretat along small roads of Picardy and Normandy following the coastline past Wissant, Dieppe and small port of Fécamp. From the tunnel we drove along some of the toll roads across large viaducts but enjoyed best driving along the smaller roads, watching tractors busy in the fields with the sea in the […]