Author: Franco

Bilbao and the Guggenheim

I was on familiar territory as our group set off once again to walk down into Bilbao. We descended the first three lifts that I’d found then were on traditional steps to get most of the rest of the way

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Off to Bilbao

We were heading to our first motor-vans-only “caravan park” overlooking Bilbao. I dislike driving around Bilbao, which we’ve done several times on our way in and out of Spain during the halcyon days of having Casa Libelula down in Jalon.

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San Sebastién

Camping Igara provides a 9-seat shuttle bus down onto the edge of San Sebastién and back, at appointed times. We piled in to the shuttle at 10:00, with a few of our more energetic travellers choosing to walk down. We

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Joining the Tour

It was about a 45-minute run from our campsite in Saint-Jean-de-Luz to our next campsite, in Spain, at San Sebastién [San Sébastian if you’re French]. We didn’t have to be there until midday so we left shortly before 11:00 to

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Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Francine had originally ear-marked a campsite near Saint-Jean-de-Luz but, as it transpired, our friends from the UK had also been working their way down the west of France and were now on another campsite near Saint-Jean-de-Luz. It would seem churlish

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Going Down France

We’ve been making our way down the western side of France using, for us, slightly unconventional stops. We’ve used a couple of CCPs [Camping Car Parks] as opposed to more conventional campsites. After our somewhat tiring day #1 drive of

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A New Type of Adventure

This was the start of something new for us. We are heading for a 3-week escorted motorhome tour of the northern coast of Spain, beginning at the east end in San Sebastián near the French border and ending at the

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Goodbye Cheverny

I’m tempted to add “and good riddance” to that, in the time honoured fashion. Putting up with the noise of camping on what amounts to a construction site, really was the limit. Don’t do such extensive, disruptive and noisy work

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Construction Site

We’re not on a campsite, we’re on a construction site. Yesterday we were subjected to a small JCB-like digger excavating what we think is destined to become part of a water park. The field where the digger is working has

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Orange Orage

Our original plan today was to travel from Florac to Hérisson, which has to be my absolute favourite little camping municipal site. Hérisson itself has little but it does have the essential of a bar, together with a small food

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