Mum’s house in Courry
This has been my first visit since June 2019, before Mum’s cancer returned and finally overcame her. I have not experienced grief and sadness like this even at her death last March, and since the ending of my marriage.
The house has had 2 short visits last year, and now this September,.. →
Two wheel ascent to the Causse
For yesterday’s activity, from across the valley I could see the road ascending to the top above Florac, so I decided that this would be a good test of new trusty. We managed to do it – about 4.5km of ascent of approx 500m upto around 1000m – using mostly the 2nd level of power.. →
On Robert Louis Stevenson’s Chemin but with bike not donkey
The limestone upland (causse) can be seen rising up above FloracIdyllic setting for a fish farm, water eventually surfacing from the plateau abovePart of the ‘chemin’
Have spent the last two nights on a lovely 2-star campsite in Bedoues-Cocures, a village a couple of kms or so outside.. →
Pandemic & Brexit – Travel in France
Current French Covid requirements for entry
Proof of vaccination or recent recovery from covid
I used the French ‘Tousanticovid’ app (from Google Playstore) which is like our NHS App. This will scan the NHS Vacc or Test QR code and load the details into the app. I scanned the.. →
Thelma & Louise go Place in the Sun
LOOKING FOR A NEEDLE …….. FRANCE IS BIG
It didn’t take long for my sister Sandie & I to be reminded of the above! She had decided also to come to France in her van (we like to think of ourselves as T & L, but I’m never quite sure which one I am) and join me.. →
Something new & French shores once more
Twinwood Festival
A first for me and van attending a music festival which more than exceeded my hopes. It didn’t pour down for the whole time, so the van was never at risk of getting mud-bound. It was all the better to be able to share the enjoyment with my daughter and son-in-law,.. →
Here’s hoping – resumption of life & travels beyond the UK
Since finishing work at the end of March ’21 I have enjoyed travels in England including to favourite haunts within 2 hours of here – the Lake District and Silverdale/Arnside – as well as down in June to Salcombe & Brixham in South Devon, onto a few days in the New Forest, and.. →
Pipe & Slipper Beckoning?
Today is the first day of my life outside of permanent employment, which I describe as semi-retirement. The past 6 months of work has been ‘something else’. I want to record here, that I was part of the NHS Digital and multiple other org team which built the Covid Vaccination National.. →
2020 Roundup
Goodbye says it all
.. →