As it’s been raining steadily since about one-thirty this morning we indulged in a late breakfast in the hotel. And as it was showing no sign of letting up we decided to go for a drive. We headed towards the town of Crozon which sits on a peninsula opposite the port of Brest and our…
It’s a gorgeous hot and sunny day so we’re off to discover some of the delights if southern Finisterre. After breakfast obviously which today was enjoyed in the sunshine if Cathedral Square. Our first port of call is just that, the port town of Concarneau which is the third most important fishing port in France.…
Mrs. Sixwheeler and I are on holiday. Some of you may recognise this classic sunset photograph of the Venice lagoon, but it is actually Portsmouth harbour as we sit on the Brittany Ferries ship Bretagne waiting for our overnight crossing to St Malo… …which went very well apart from my forgetting the hour difference between…
I am a self confessed news junkie, I always seem to have my nose pressed against the screen of my tablet and I follow a range of trusted correspondents and news organisations around the world. I am also a francophile. I was lucky enough to go to a private kindergarten run by an eccentric couple…
I started this WordPress malarkey last year on a solo walking trip in France, I’m off again in September. The flights are booked and I’m working hard on all the other preparation. 6 June 2014
NEW BOOTS! Some of you may have followed my blog last September when I spent ten days walking on the Arles Way in the south of France. This year I am returning to France to do another walk and the preparation has now begun. First priority is a new pair of walking boots so today…
On our recent trip to France we revisited the wonderful Pont du Gard. This aqueduct was built by the Romans to carry a supply of water to the city of Nîmes; for many years a road ran along it above the lower layer of arches and it is now a protected UN Cultural Heritage Site.…
Just realised that I haven’t given you ‘Ghost Sign’ for a while (Day 107) so here is rather a good one I found at Uzès in France. 23 May 2014
Iron stud: detail from church door in Avallon, France. 19 May 2014
Sorry, this post appeared to go astray in the ether so I’m reposting it. Detail of the mosaic floor in the Opera Comédie, Montpellier. 11 May 2014
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