There are places you travel to with meticulous planning and others you randomly alight to with infinite delight. The latter is the case with Castellane, a small alpine village set along the Verdon river at […]
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2024 Day 59 Gorges du Verdon
Having ending up at the dam end Lac de Sainte Croix I had thought our opportunity to cruise the Gorges du Verdon lost. But no, in a rare display of willingness to backtrack, Himself sets […]
2024 Days 55 & 56 – Moustiers Sainte-Marie
We’ve quite inadvertently landed in the spectacular mountain setting of Moustiers Sainte-Marie. The village sits at a 640 metre elevation, impossibly perched between two vertical rises. Being Provence, the only way to it is up a […]
2019 Day 43 – Seckauer Alpen
After yesterday’s trauma, it’s a sober start to the day. It’s taking a bit of courage to move past the safe haven of having a hospital nearby. Himself has a trip planned into the Austrian […]
2019 Day 35 – Parc National des Ecrins
Oh thank goodness, we’re finally back on road – the heat has broken. It’s still in the early thirties, but that’s much better than it’s been. And besides, we have a secret weapon… mountains! Always […]
2019 Day 31 – Valensole
Another day, another scorcher. But on the plus side, the morning light is excellent. It’s off to the lavender fields we go! They’re stunning in the morning light, so much better than I’d dared wish […]
2018 Day 59 – Endless Mountains
Oh my goodness, have I mentioned how cold it gets overnight in the mountains? The temperature doesn’t drop, it plummets. Just as well the days are so gorgeously balmy – I really need encouragement to […]
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