Vacances en France 2014 – day 8

Last night’s excellent dinner was followed by a very good breakfast before we headed off to enjoy whatever Avignon has to offer. The very helpful people at the Hotel La Ferme pointed out good car parking and off we went. About ten minutes later we emerged from the car park right under the city walls…

365 Project – Day 128

Something a little different today. We are at Marvejols in the Lozère department and today the whole of France is shut for a day’s holiday. But we found a nice church to look at and I particularly liked the fact that there is a boot scraper set into the wall by the main entrance. Clean…

365 Project – Day 126

We’re in France and today has taken us across some of the World War 1battlefields; many names so familiar to anyone who knows a bit of history. We always try to visit some of the wartime cemeteries as they are now beautiful and peaceful places; immaculately cared for on behalf of the Commonwealth War Graves…