We would be in Cannes for less than 48 hours, so headed off to the beach on the only full day we had. Thankfully, the weather was glorious! Fabulous blue skies stretched out over us. It was early yet the sunshine persevered in shooing away the clouds, resolutely attempting to warm the air… Read More
We left the Midi-Pyrenees early on Thursday morning, setting off for the opposite end of the South of France – the French Riviera, no less. We set off looking forward to yet another location different from the two already visited. We had already gone from farms to mountains, and were now headed… Read More
We were only staying with Jax, Oliver and their family for two days. Well, less than that if you take into account that we didn’t arrive until about 7pm on the Tuesday, and were aiming to leave by 8am on the Thursday. We started Wednesday trying unsuccessfully to keep the children quiet early… Read More
Four days after arriving in Lasson, Burgundy, it was time to take to the road again. We headed in a slightly south westerly direction towards the Midi-Pyrenees where sunnier, warmer weather was promised and my never-met-in-real-life-before friend Jax and her family live. We quickly realised that whatever journey time the sat nav estimated,… Read More
Internet connection has been limited so I have not been unable to update the site at all. Now that we have settled in a different place we have working Mifi and internet (thanks to an unlimited data sim card provided to us by Holiday Phone), so we are able to update you on our… Read More
It is 5am here – 4 am GMT – and I am awake with Isobel who decided, quite frankly, that she had enough of sleeping for one night. This suits me fine as today we are moving on. With the weather averaging about 4°C here, our visit has been a little bit of… Read More