Up early to get to Le Mans. Well we had a diversion of what must have been at least 20 miles as the A28 where we needed to get on was closed. To be honest this was quite good for me as it gave me a break from being buffeted on the motorway - I know I will need a back and shoulder massage when we get back to the UK as cor blimey my right shoulder has so many aches due to having to hold the motorhome in the wind. We have to stop at a toll and there are swarms of gendarmeries on the other side so I am thinking get me out of here bleeding quick before I get stopped even though I have done nothing wrong. However when I see a policeman ... read more

Well I am back after a few days away from blogging. As we had a couple of days not doing activities apart from we hired electric bikes to go on a cycle ride with the rest of the group. We picked the bikes up and decided just to take them for a spin before the ride with the group. This was a great idea as going up a hill with a camber I fell off - so that put paid to me going out with the group - I was not going to make a fool of myself especially as we would have been going on roads. Mike went with the group though and thoroughly enjoyed it. I stayed and was reading my book and the bike was staring at me so I thought this is ... read more

Well Goose really reverted to type again and used the SatNav and this time he really got me into a few pickles including single track roads a cliff that overhung and we only just got under it (with him stood in front of the van directing me - at that moment the accelerator pedal seemed very inviting!!) - so as you can all imagine I was not a happy camper and that is putting it mildly especially as the Motorhome needed AdBlue again. All I can say is the air in the Motorhome was Blue with me shouting what have you got me into again. Anyway I think our motorhome is an AdBlue alcoholic if there can be such a thing. At a garage Mike is asking for Ad Blue in French. He says Ad Blue, ... read more

Saint Emilion Well yesterday was a quiet one we just walked to the lake etc and took it easy so decided to give you all a day off from reading my blog. So next day we set off to Saint Emilion and Goose was back on form using the map and also his trusty Sat Nav but to be honest until the last bit we were on not bad roads. We stop for diesel and Goose gives me 20 euros to get a coffee - I think if I need 20 euros for a coffee they can go and take a run and jump. Anyway the coffee is from a machine and you needed to use a card so I decided that this was a no no. So I give the money back to Goose who ... read more

A Day in Chinon So the day starts with a visit to the boulangerie in town. Surprisingly, the campsite doesn’t offer a bread/croissant service. Wouldn’t happen on my marketing/business opportunity watch I can assure you. Well couldn’t beat the taste of the croissants first thing. Then we decided to have a day in Chinon as it is a lovely town and go up to the castle. We get to the castle and guess what it is not a castle at all it is a fortress. The fortress is absolutely amazing and in really good condition. The views were stunning. My only one down side was although you could go into the fortress there was not a lot inside apart from film memorabilia for films such as Game of Thrones, Zena the warrior, the Hobbit, Malificiant etc ... read more