Wednesday 13th November.
We've been a little tardy updating this blog for a number of reasons. Firstly I've been frustrated with not being able to post pictures. I've drafted posts, included pictures and then when I've attempted to upload them the pictures have disappeared. Whether this this is a problem with my net book or a Google problem or my stupidity I'm not sure. I suspect the latter.
Secondly we don't have as much wifi access as I hoped we would have.
Thirdly, driving around searching for boulangeries is pretty exhausting and by the time we've bought bread, found somewhere to stay for the night and cooked an evening meal we're too tired to do much else. I know, it's a hard life.
However here's an update on the last week which we'll post as soon as we have some internet access. Sorry, no photos.
We spent the last weekend in St Etienne with our daughter and her family which was great. We don't get to see her too often although now we are footloose and fancy free we have promised to remedy that. Yesterday we left there with the intention of stopping the night at Millau. We arrived at the motorhome parking area only to find that it was €9.60 for the night. There was a queue of vehicles waiting to get in so I consulted the sat nav, found a place 20k away and set off. On arrival this camping area was owned by the same company and was also €9.60! We were both too tired to drive any further so coughed up and spent the night at La Cavalerie.
At first we thought the gunshot sounds were bird scarers however the noise of automatic rifle, machine guns, mortars and god knows what else soon dispelled that idea. This morning we discovered that we were parked next to a Camp militaire. The racket went on all night!
Today we drove to Carcassonne and toured the fortress dating back to Roman times. It was enlarged between the 12th and 17th centuries and has undergone restoration since the 19th century. It was very impressive and visiting at this time of the year we just about had the place to ourselves although looking at the size of the car parks surrounding it I would imagine there would be some very long queues in the summer months.
We are now parked up in yet another vineyard just outside St-Hilaire. It was dusk when we arrived and apart from a woman who told us to "park round the back, goodnight", we haven't seen a soul apart from a massive white retriever type dog who wants nothing more than his tummy scratched.
Tomorrow we're headed for Port-Vendres, Collioure and the Med. And looking for wi fi of course.
We've been a little tardy updating this blog for a number of reasons. Firstly I've been frustrated with not being able to post pictures. I've drafted posts, included pictures and then when I've attempted to upload them the pictures have disappeared. Whether this this is a problem with my net book or a Google problem or my stupidity I'm not sure. I suspect the latter.
Secondly we don't have as much wifi access as I hoped we would have.
Thirdly, driving around searching for boulangeries is pretty exhausting and by the time we've bought bread, found somewhere to stay for the night and cooked an evening meal we're too tired to do much else. I know, it's a hard life.
However here's an update on the last week which we'll post as soon as we have some internet access. Sorry, no photos.
We spent the last weekend in St Etienne with our daughter and her family which was great. We don't get to see her too often although now we are footloose and fancy free we have promised to remedy that. Yesterday we left there with the intention of stopping the night at Millau. We arrived at the motorhome parking area only to find that it was €9.60 for the night. There was a queue of vehicles waiting to get in so I consulted the sat nav, found a place 20k away and set off. On arrival this camping area was owned by the same company and was also €9.60! We were both too tired to drive any further so coughed up and spent the night at La Cavalerie.
At first we thought the gunshot sounds were bird scarers however the noise of automatic rifle, machine guns, mortars and god knows what else soon dispelled that idea. This morning we discovered that we were parked next to a Camp militaire. The racket went on all night!
Today we drove to Carcassonne and toured the fortress dating back to Roman times. It was enlarged between the 12th and 17th centuries and has undergone restoration since the 19th century. It was very impressive and visiting at this time of the year we just about had the place to ourselves although looking at the size of the car parks surrounding it I would imagine there would be some very long queues in the summer months.
We are now parked up in yet another vineyard just outside St-Hilaire. It was dusk when we arrived and apart from a woman who told us to "park round the back, goodnight", we haven't seen a soul apart from a massive white retriever type dog who wants nothing more than his tummy scratched.
Tomorrow we're headed for Port-Vendres, Collioure and the Med. And looking for wi fi of course.
No comments:
Post a Comment