Annecy – Beyond Expectations
The lake, the town, the tourism infrastructure including for lake swimming and fantastic safe cycling most of the way round the lake, and the campsite I’m on
could not be better for me.
Definitely a place for families, and this 4-star Camping Europa, which I had understood would.. →
Carcassonne, Les Trois Sorcieres and Heading North
I am now 200 miles north in Puy-En-Velay, having left Crones (term coined – affectionately? – by my ex-hubs) 2 & 3 at the airport for their return flight. The days have of course passed so quickly, but everything ‘worked’ as we hoped and the happy times have continued,.. →
Cycling Between The Cevennes & The Ardeche
Over the last few days the weather has been becoming more Mediterranean-like with beautiful blue/high-cloud skies and lots of sunshine illuminating this area in which sits my brother’s house in the village of Courry. It’s just as beautiful as when I last visited some 4 or 5 years ago… →
Dune du Pilat, Pyla & Arcachon
This is such a beautiful area by the sea and I am sorry to be departing from Camping de Versalle tomorrow as I take this look back at the last two days.
The cycling here is great to get up and down the coast, flat, wide separated routes which I took advantage of particularly yesterday to do.. →
Bassin d’Arcachon
A long time on my visit list, the Arcachon area on the Atlantic coast is about 200 miles from Le Dorat, once again via empty ‘D’ roads through historic villages to the fantastic dual carriage N141 which didn’t appear on my lorry satnav so built in the last few years, and then free.. →
From Paris to the South West
I decided to revisit the Camping Sandaya in the town of Maisons-Lafitte on the banks of the Seine to the west of Paris from which a 5-minute walk/cycle to the station will bring you + bike to the Arc de Trimphe station. Everything worked – it’s a lovely campsite offering an out of season.. →
2026 France, Germany, Netherlands
The 2026 trip was officially put into operation a month or so ago with the booking of the ferry to France. The plans were considered in the shadow of the Trump & Netanyahu and their governments’-induced needless loss of hundreds if not thousands of innocent lives from illegal bombings &.. →
Paris à Velo
Cycling the 5km to our Aparthotel Home & Break in the Porte de Choisy, Place d’Italie area south east from our arrival at Notre Dame, was a slightly uphill affair but continued our initial journey on different types of the Paris cycling infrastructure. Our room was on the 6th floor with.. →
Bikepacking – who’d have thought
Almost 2 weeks ago a friend Nicola and I cycled our bikes onto a ferry to the continent for the first time, the actual culmination of July travel musings about bikepacking with my brompton – including camping, wanting to see what Paris had done with its cycling infrastructure, and spend more.. →
Last Stop Cologne
My third stay in Cologne was this time at the Campingplatz Stadt Koln, about 5k from the city centre, in a beautiful setting right on the Rhine river. The only downside was the constant background noise from the bridge adjacent carrying motorway traffic, but this was a minor niggle compared to everything.. →