Blogs from Vaux-sur-Mer, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

We had rain in the night but when we got up it was totally clear and still. A gorgeous autumnal morning with a shimmer on the lake. Away before 9.30 as another long drive especially as we were not taking the easy and fast option of the motorway but using the smaller country roads instead. Found a few interesting small towns along the way. One was not expecting a 3.5 ton motorhome to pass through and had a street market all set up. Just squeezed through. Tandy didn’t particularly like a couple of towns which had used massive speed bumps to slow the traffic down. Good thing Tandy is well constructed is all we could say as we rattled and shook up and over the humps. We drove past fields and fields full of sunflowers. Some ... read more