What a ridiculous and epic journey. Failed to get into two campsites and then went random and found a campsite really not optimised for bigger motorhomes. Finally manouvered into pitch with much help from some Dutch and another Brit.
Travelled to Avignon on Sunday. Madness. Every motorway services rammed, even the small Aires. Got to Camping du Pont d’Avignon shortly after 4.00pm to find chaos – staff run ragged, constant arrivals, nowhere to park. Eventually got a non-electric pitch for the night with two more days on electric:
Weather better and spent a couple of days wandering aimlessly. Avignon has great public transport links and much to see, so we really must spend a week here sometime armed with a plan.
The usual tourist pics:
Palais des Papes
Le Pont d’Avignon
Back in France at last, courtesy of short stops in Birmingham, Folkestone, and once in France, Guines, Guignicourt and a couple of days in Chagny:
Chagny is an unassuming place, with only Netto selling wine at reasonable prices (although there is an Intermarché on the outskirt of town. The mini-mart in town wantedf 40 Euros for a bottle of red. The town has a gaint metal chicken:
Giant chicken laying an Audi – rather have an egg
Not much to write about in 2023. We got to a few places in the UK though. Here are a few highlights:
Art at Weston
Motorhome parking at Girvan – how forward looking
Some boats at Garlieston
Garlieston was the best trip of the year, a place we had never heard of up intil that point and an area worthy of further investigation.