Blighted Back in Blighty

The Course of Caravanning Never Did Run Smooth… but today, Mr Cock Up taught us a very important lesson! We arrived back in Portsmouth at 18:30 on a golden October evening and were first off the ferry! Marvellous. All we had to do was drive for an hour or so to Verwood, get pitched andContinue reading “Blighted Back in Blighty”

Le Cock-Up on the Côte d’Émeraude

On the Maladroit Mastery of Multiple Moves, the Perilous Pitfalls of Polarity & the Liabilities of Loss & Levelling! Our final stop, St Coulomb is on a peninsula; we have a Left Beach and a Right Beach to choose from. We took our first evening stroll on Right Beach. It is unbelievably beautiful! It wasContinue reading “Le Cock-Up on the Côte d’Émeraude”

St Coulomb – Back Home to Mr Cock Up!

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm” – Winston Churchill It was a long-ish drive from Noirmoutier to St Coulomb, near St Malo – the last stop of our French Odyessy. It appears that we have been getting a bit cocky with our caravan skills and it was time forContinue reading “St Coulomb – Back Home to Mr Cock Up!”

Island Life – Île de Noirmoutier

Moulins, Malodorous Mongrels & Mission Mussel! Saturday – We had planned to visit the town of Noirmoutier, but as I walked the dogs on the beach, there was an emergency. A chap and his son were just launching their windsurfers. The son was a beginner, but the chap planed into the distance on his firstContinue reading “Island Life – Île de Noirmoutier”