Month: February 2019

Rufus was quite perky this morning when he had a walk around the parking spot, then he got his wobbly leg so went back to sleep. We walked up the hill to Frias …the air was really cold; could tell

Fabulous day today! Set off for Bilbao first thing and arrived around 11am. We parked overlooking the city and caught the funicular down …it was super steep. I think we were expecting a grotty port with a lot of industrial

Left early-ish this morning and made our way towards Biarritz on the coast. En route we had a pit stop at Intermarche for coffee followed by a Lidl shop to restock the fridge. The last time we came to Biarritz,

Rufus was taken to the vets this morning. He has an abscess on his neck 🙁…had an antibiotic injection and two more lots of tablets – I’ll have to make a chart soon so that we can remember what he’s

A late get up for us (again). Guy attempted a bit of rotovating but hard as he pushed, it didn’t seem to be going anywhere fast! We were treated to a beautiful lunch at Resto le pigeonneau in Riscle. Fabulous

Another sunny and warm day here in Magnan. Guy made a start on revamping the bathroom ceiling for his Mum and Dad. Unfortunately, they didn’t have the right clips to hold it in place and Mr Bricomarche had gone for

Warm and sunny today after a cool start. Took the A road through les Landes and remembered quite quickly why we normally use the motorway to get to Guy’s parents from Bordeaux. Mile after mile of narrow roads through the

Woke up to a very foggy morning – almost a pea souper! It made for difficult driving for Mr Bramley as we were trying to avoid tolls, so A roads rather than motorways. Gave up after an hour – it

Quiet night in the carpark. A bit cold though, until we turned the thermostat up. Big empty quiet roads to Rouen but quite windy. Stopped for lunch in a lorry park where we watched a driver get out of his

Well here we are again at Cite Europe in Calais. It’s been a long drag down from Nottingham. No real hold ups but just seems to have taken forever. The traffic on the motorways is just bonkers. Rufus has settled