Blogs from Le Crotoy, Picardy, France, Europe

Off we go to France in search of lots of late summery sun to charge us up ready for the winter months. The 2 months since our last Tandy trip seem to have flown. Goodness knows where but there’s been gardening, visits to Gloucestershire, glass making, Bob’s birthday, family visits, days out with the younger grandchildren (mine) and the wedding of Matt, one of Bob’s. 9 weeks gone in a flash with lots of lovely sunshine mixed in with some not very summery grey. The wedding was only last Friday so after that we had 2 days to shop, pack Tandy and get everything tidied up and ready. Garden watered (as still have some lovely dahlias in full bloom, a glut of tomatoes in the greenhouse, sunflowers just waiting for a bit more sun and generally ... read more

After all it’s now more than 2months since we got back from our Vietnam / Bangkok trip and tans are starting to fade. We seem to have been very busy between then and now. When I’m not making glass, I’m whizzing down the motorway to visit my Baddeley family and Bob has been doing more development of his railway in the loft. Travelwise we’ve had a 4 day trip in the Tandy to Dorset, just after Easter, when we stayed near Charmouth and scootered into Lyme Regis and Beer. Not forgetting the weekend camp in Alton with Liz and Graham. We have a new scooter which we tried out on the Dorset trip. A bright white Kisbee. The Diesis was lovely and loyal but it was getting older, we are heavier and the poor thing was ... read more

Forgot to name our very nice campsite : ** L’Aubepines at St Firmin ** Excellent start to our trip. Despite rain on and off all night, when we woke we could see pretty blue sky through the bedroom roof light and it stayed remarkably good and warm all day. Scooter out of the garage and off we went to Le Crotoy. This is just a couple of miles from the campsite and on the northern edge of the Baie de Somme. We parked by the harbour and went for a walk round, along the beach, admiring the lovely, very Norman, architecture. Some very pretty buildings and also a very pretty walk as the sky was blue, the clouds puffy and white and the sun warm. We found our way to the station for the Chemin de ... read more