We moved on from Mausanne-les-Alpilles to Florac. Francine found a pleasant sounding campsite, Camping le Vagabond, on the outskirts of Florac and beside Le Tarnon river, which flows on into the Tarn. We arrived on Sunday 22nd June. Camping le…

Our stay at Maussane-les-Alpilles was four nights, between 18th and 21st June. It is a worthwhile stop for those with a dragonfly fixation. My first interest, being a dragonfly anorak, was what we call a Norfolk Hawker which in France…

We’ve come back to Maussane-les-Alpilles again. Apart from being a jolly nice part of Provence, this is largely because, when there is an interesting subject being shown, Francine loves to visit the Carrières des Lumières. The carrière is a huge…

We have been camping in France, with occasional forays into Germany, Austria and Switzerland, for about 40 years. We used to travel with friends complete with school age children, so many of those trips were in the height of the…

We’ve returned to Millau, one of Francine’s personal favourites, for the first time in more years than I can remember. It’s been a four night stop. We used to stay at a quite wooded campsite beside the River Dourbie but…

On Sunday after leaving Le Temple sur Lot, we’ve made a very short hop for us, a mere 90kms, and pitched up at Cahors, also sur Lot. (I asked the nice young man on reception, which we just made in…

Thursday at Les Mathes  the weather had thrown irritating rain at us all day long, off and on. At times it felt mostly on. We really should have used it as a travelling day but we hadn’t yet paid the…

Les Mathes really is not our natural habitat. The area is packed with fun-fair establishments and campsites with water slides to attract Satan’s Little Disciples. Were it not for the excellent oyster fishery around La Tremblade, we probably would not…

Yesterday was getting a bit long – no, still 24hrs – so I’m taking a leaf out of the cricketing manual and resuming after tea break. There are quite a few privet hedges on site in full flower and Frodo’s…

We had spent our final evening in Arçais over a very convivial BBQ with our friend. Convivial it may have been but it also felt a little dangerous since one of the tripod legs of the BBQ was prone to…