Yesterday’s efforts pay off without the pressing urge to leap out of bed* to clean and pack like a woman possessed. (*Never happens – I have to be coaxed out with the scent of coffee […]
Yesterday’s efforts pay off without the pressing urge to leap out of bed* to clean and pack like a woman possessed. (*Never happens – I have to be coaxed out with the scent of coffee […]
It’s a bit strange to wake in England this morning. After a quick adjustment to driving on the left, we commence the trek to Cornwall. It’s a very different England to our usual summer foray. […]
It’s our last day in France. So many things I’m going to miss! For the moment though, there are a few errands to run. Having put my Christmas thinking hat on, I might as well […]
With Cherbourg in our sights, it’s another pre dawn start to beat the protesters. Success! We roll into town without issue, still in the dark well before they’re even up. This time we’re a bit […]
If you’ve read yesterday’s blog post, you’ll know my views on the fuel protestors in France. And understand that chaos they’ve caused. Given that we failed to arrive in Honfleur yesterday, a sixty kilometre journey, […]
Now I respect the right to peaceful protest, and I’d agree that nobody enjoys high fuel prices. But quite frankly, three days in to this French fuel tax protest, there are things that need to […]
Oscar Wilde once famously said: “Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess”. He may well have been speaking about Versailles. In a world where one only had to dream of something to bring […]
Oh thank goodness. The fog has finally lifted: we have blue skies again. It’s still cold mind, but it’s so much nicer with the sun on your face. My morning buddies agree, wholeheartedly. But then […]
The morning sees us drive through open farmland, bare as far as the eye can see. Not that it can see far mind – fog still blankets the land, possibly even heavier than it was […]
Don’t ask me where the day went, it’s clear I haven’t a clue. It started normally enough, if a little later than usual. But by the time I’d inhaled my coffee and rebooted my brain, […]