One of the potential problems of travelling without a solo car (towing a caravan) is going shopping when you get where you’re going. Parking a camping car like Frodo isn’t necessarily the easiest of tasks. Mercifully, in France at least,…

The French for free range chicken is poulet élevé en plein air. We have some on our Arçais campsite. When we last stayed here eight years ago, the gardien was a chap called Francois. He, we are told, is now…

After a 12-hour overnight crossing from Portsmouth, Frodo disembarked in St. Malo at 08:00 on Sunday 11th. We’d chosen the route because we wanted to catch up with friends who live at Arçais in the Marais Poitevin, which is just…