Just the one night at Charmes, and the storks were at the top of the tree again, but this time, a colony of rooks were noisily occupying the neighbouring tree.…

Langres is one of my favourite places, a hilltop town with great views from the ramparts. There were 3 or 4 travelling community set to one side, and it’s a…

At Chalon sur Saone we were parked in a massive car park next to a park containing a mini aviary with many species of birds. Yet another market consisting of,…

There were some interesting view coming out of Le Puy. The aire at Villerest is alongside a lake caused by a hydroelectric dam on the river Loire. The noise of…

A couple of rest days a Le Puy en Velay, took a walk into town and had a coffee and people watched.

The drive from Nant to Mende was spectacular, with fantastic views. The road passes through the Parc National de Cevennes and rose up to a height of over 1500 metres…

The drive from Canet-de-Salars to Nant took us through Millau, from where we could see the viaduct high up in the sky. Fantastic views descending into Millau and up the…

The drive from Peyrusse le Roc to Canet-de- Salars was reasonably easy, and we were the only occupants at the aire. We took a short walk into the town to…

Our intention was to stop at the aire at Naussac, but we were unable to locate it, so we moved on to Peyrusse le Roc which was about 10 miles…

I visited Les Eyzies about 20 years ago, and it hasn’t changed. The aire is very close to the centre of town, and is well shaded. Unfortunately more thunderstorms! With…