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ST EMILION
25th & 26th November. ST. EMILION – MORE THAN SUPERB WINE We took a lovely country route to St Emilion, less than an hour and a half away if using the main road. Instead, we chose a country route through some ancient villages. The land was flat. We felt we were travelling […]
AZAY-LE-RIDEAU – THERE’S A SMALL HOTEL…
27th November ON THE ROAD AGAIN Azay-le-Rideau was where we had booked at a very small hotel for our next nights stay ; in itself a very modest town off the main road to Tours. Leaving St Emilion we took the D674 road to Angouleme EN-ROUTE – LA ROCHE CHALAIS En […]
Rouen & French Aires
LAST DAY: WE TREASURE WONDERFUL FRENCH ‘AIRES’ – & ROUEN. 28th November: We planned stopping at Rouen only for lunch. We had a long trip ahead – nearly 6 hours to reach Calais; even on the Toll road A28. Depending on good weather and no hitches, that is. Let me mention here how […]
FAREWELL – LA BELLE FRANCE
28TH November: LAST NIGHT ABROAD – A SPOILER – RUDE STAFF After our lunch we charged on for Coquelles, to find our Kyriad – cheap, and only 10 minutes from the Channel tunnel. We arrived in a snowstorm at minus 2 degrees Celsius. The ‘lady’ receptionist was indifferent to the point of rudeness. […]
