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”

Holy Fools – Île de Noirmoutier

              In Search of The World’s Most Expensive Potato, The Longest Submersible Road in Europe & The Perfect Storm. 14th September – We wondered if we had made a mistake leaving Oléron. As we departed the Charente Maritime for the Vendée, we drove through a featureless coastal plain toContinue reading “Holy Fools – Île de Noirmoutier”