TOURS OF THE ROSES

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All Weathers en route to San Marino

SAN MARINO. We needn't have worried, the market is on the other side of the square. Well, so much for my map reading skills. We walk to...

It's not Fair!

FIRENZE. Free parking all night even though the book tells us we should pay up until 8pm, last night. The German opposite leaves just...

A Frustrating Farewell to France (and Monaco)

PORTO VENERE. Left the campsite at 9:30 with the advice of the gardener to try the coast road. We spent a good 30 minutes going round in...

Nada in Nice

ST LAURANT DU VAR. We leave the aire by 9:30 and what follows is an absolutely stunning journey through the Gorges de Verdun. The road is...

I spy Fred & Barney

QUINSON. P can't find his toothbrush this morning meaning that we turn the van upside down (not literally, of course). It turns out that...

Relaxing by the Rhone

AVIGNON. P managed to get up in time for a run before breakfast. The riverside was much quieter than Sunday afternoon. R does the laundry...

Where's the other half of the bridge?

AVIGNON. The clocks have gone forward in France just as they have in the UK. We wake up totally confused as to the correct time. To...

A Parkrun in Pierre de Bresse

BEAUSEMBLANT Awake early and head to the start of the parkrun. Meet a couple from Darwen Runners in the car park and direct them to the...

Signing off from Dole

PIERRE DE BRESSE. Our positivity continues this morning. The rain has ceased so we can walk to the shower block in our dressing gowns....

No Shades of Gray only White

DOLE (Unfotrunately, this is the outside pool, obviously closed until summer!) Much more positive today. We’re told that there is a...

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