Our drive to La Grave is glorious. Endless mountains, the bluest of lakes, ski chalets, snow! I’ll take a view with the lot thanks. As beautiful as it is, there’s no denying it’s a long […]
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2024 Day 62 – Colmars les Alpes
Time seems elastic here. Whilst 10 days in clutch repair lockdown can stretch endlessly, 62 days meanwhile, can pass in the blink of an eye. But here we are, 62 days in to this journey, […]
2024 Day 60 – Castellane
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 […]
2024 Days 57 & 58 – Lac Sainte Croix
The call of Lac Sainte Croix’s blue proves impossible to resist. Mountains and water are an unbeatable combination in my book. What I didn’t count on, is Himself’s preference to aim for the lake’s northern […]
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 […]
2024 Day 54 – Lavender, so much lavender
Bouyed by yesterday’s glimpse of lavender, I’m on a mission. Lavender in full bloom, I’ll settle for no less. Himself dutifully plots a path and we’re off. Well almost off. First there’s wine to be […]
2024 Day 52 – Abbaye Notre Dame de Senanque and Roussillon
The weather gods like to have their little laugh. I thought we had the upper hand this time – surely visiting Provence in spring would spare us its usual ferocious summer heat? But alas no, […]
2024 Day 51 – Menerbes
So here we are under the Provincial sun and despite being Spring’s last gasp, it’s hot, hot, hot. The sun’s splitting the stones as the Irish would say. 33 degrees to be precise. Menerbes is […]
2019 Days 32 to 34 – Heatwave
I don’t know if it’s made international news, but Europe is having the mother of heat waves. Apparently a large air mass, straight off the Sahara desert, pushed by a high pressure cell, has descended […]
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 […]
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