Blogs from Guerande, Pays-de-la-Loire, France, Europe

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Europe » France » Pays-de-la-Loire » Guerande April 21st 2018

The weather has so far turned out exceptional. Wall to wall sunshine every day. It is a pleasure to be on the road again. It feels as hot as it would be back home in the middle of Summer. Before leaving our campsite I picked up my early morning croissants and pane , waved goodbye to the ocean and decided to ask the young receptionists if they spoke Breton. I only wondered because back home Welsh had been oppressed by the English in the 19th century. English was only to be spoken at school and the Welsh Not had been introduced. Woe betide the last youngster who uttered the last word of Welsh in school as as they would be sent home wearing the wooden Welsh Not (a wooden board with the words written on them) ... read more
ramparts at Guerande
Geurande church

Europe » France » Pays-de-la-Loire » Guerande May 7th 2013

Woken by the lark, the sparrow, the cuckoo and every other bird on the site, we had time for a couple of brews before packing up and heading off. We have got into our routines now for striking camp and can usually manage to do everything with Oliver loaded and showers done within an hour. The comparison to Georgie is great with this as not only were we sound asleep until the birds had had their brunch we would linger over the brews and usually manage to get going by mid-morning. With only a kilometre to go to our destination it proved incredibly easy to find, follow everyone else. Woolly says – there did seem to be a lot of traffic on the road, parking wasn’t a problem although several motorhomes seemed to have spent the ... read more
Overlooking the stones at Carnac
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