Month: April 2019

Well, the ‘proper travellers’ that turned up last night with their huge caravans were exactly that! Several loud children and pets fell out, closely followed by a woman with a huge bunsen burner thing and a big cooking pan. Generators

Very quiet night in the woods with just the sound of the owl hooting and distant motorbikes doing circuits (must be a thing in France!). We’ve never really had a problem getting through Paris on the Périphérique, but for some

Thankfully, it all quietened down about 11:30pm last night. Up until then there seemed to be motorbikes and cars with big exhausts doing circuits around the big square we were parked in. We were really lucky to be able to

A bit warmer today. Coffee in Gill and Karl’s lovely garden, then suddenly it was lunchtime. We went to El Bar Minervois (one last time!) and had the set menu. Three courses for €13 including wine and coffee – fab!

As the sun started to rise over Siran we knew we had to make sure Rufus made his 2.30pm appointment with the vet in Olonzac. So lots to do before that starting with a strong black coffee with the Scrofties

Here we are again in Siran, doesn’t seem like over a year since we were last here. The vin rouge and rose tastes the same but quiz night down at el Baro is a new addition to the social week.

We’ve been to all these places today with the name ‘Minervois’ in and now I’m so confused I don’t know where I am! (No change there I hear you say!) Firstly we decided to drive further up into the town

Quiet night in Elne. The plan was to stay here for a couple of days, but once we’d had a walk around the town this morning, we decided it wasn’t that great – certainly didn’t warrant hanging around for two

Well, it turns out some cyclists from Nottingham were staying in Girona so Mr Bramley thought he might do one last ride while he’s here! They met in the famous ‘La Fabrica’ then did 5318feet of climbing in 60 miles.

Paid what felt like a massive bill this morning for our 12 nights at Camping Moby Dick. It wasn’t really expensive considering where we were, it’s just that it’s unusual for us to stay in one place for so long.