Betty is parked up with about 20 other vans in the camping car aire at Amboise on an island on the Loire. We left our campsite on the riverside, it proved a good stop especially in the heat of the last couple of days. We had plotted the town of Amboise with its impressive Château cum Palace as our next stop, and an hour and twenty minutes later we were pulled up at the gate of the aire. It was busy but had spaces, we pulled in and had a cup of tea before starti...

Betty’s wheels haven’t moved an inch today as we’ve had a lazy day. We are at the halfway point of this trip and we celebrated by not doing much. After a breakfast of tea and bacon rolls, we gave Betty a good clean with Rena being the main cleaner and me doing the moving and shaking, and generally being in the way. We walked Missey along the river where we watched a couple of sailing barges I’d call them but I’m not an expert. We then walked to Lidl t...

Betty and crew has settled onto a campsite on the bank of the Loire, it hit 33deg today so shade and fluids was needed. We had a peaceful night in the end last night and we were joined by three other vans which made both of us feel better. We just had fruit and tea for breakfast this morning as it was 23 deg by 0900hrs so cooking bacon was out. We emptied and filled as appropriate and headed off. It was only an hour to get here so we were booked in by 1130he’...

Betty has finally stopped on a aire in Thouars after an earlier aborted stop at which we ate lunch looking at big bins. We left Bazouges-sur-le-Loir after a breakfast of bacon rolls and tea. The morning temperature was already 19 deg so it was shaping up to be another hot day. We set the sat-nag to take us to an aire in the town of Mouleon, we broke the journey up with a stop at a Super U for fuel and supplies. When we finally arrived (got a bit lost in the town...

Betty is sat a camping car park aire at Bazouges-sur-le-Loir. Our own pitch in which we can stretch out with chairs, table etc. This used to be the old municipal campsite but has been given a new lease of life by the Camping car-park. Not too bad€8.40 for the night all services free plus electric and WiFi. The village itself is nothing special, but the Chateau down the road on the river, the bridge we are next to and the river itself is it’s highlights. Ren...