En Route Again – Challes les Eaux

Vulcanicity, the Debut Ding, Avoiding the Pains of Aix – plus Perceptions of Proper Peaks! “12-Across. What is the highest point in England (8,4)?” Our last morning in Digoin, we chatted to an American chap over a coffee as he wrestled with his crossword. “Scafell Pike (7,4)” we replied. So it appears that both we andContinue reading “En Route Again – Challes les Eaux”

Argenton sur Creuse – A Hold Up with a Hairpin!

How to Maintain a Successful Relationship when you Drive Each Other Round the Bend. 

Avanton, Poitiers – Pays du Futuroscope

Well, I have earned my Yorkie bar! I have driven The Big Rig in France for the first time, including a successful reverse and a few incipient snakes when overtaking lorries. As we left Penthievre, the plan was to go down the coast of Brittany to the Atlantic islands; Iles de Ré, Noirmoutier and Oleron.Continue reading “Avanton, Poitiers – Pays du Futuroscope”