We visited both of these French towns on day excursions on the scooter, returning each night to the Balcon de la Baie, using these trips to ascertain the sort of…
Sounds so much more romantic than Bay Balcony doesn’t it? This is where we finished up the day we left Villedieu-les-Poeles, having taken the off-motorway route which was apparently also…
Villedieu-les-Poeles is a typical pretty little northern French town, selected for being in about the right place at the right time, and certainly not for ease of pronunciation or memorability…
Words of the Day: panic, adrenaline, elation June 2011. Full of confidence we booked a ferry crossing from Portsmouth to Le Havre, having negotiated several websites’ questions about length, height…
April 2011. We took delivery at the beginning of April, and immediately booked our first stay. Two weeks later we drove 100 yards from the barn into the neighbouring field –…
