Betty and crew are finally resting on an aire in Dreux, which was our second stop of the day. We left Amboise this morning with the clouds heavy in the sky really dull and overcast. I managed to work the ticket machine to lift the barrier and we hit the road heading for Meung-sur-Loire a stop that looked good in our book. An hour into the journey and we had a pit stop at a Super U for fuel and supplies and more wine comparing. We then pushed on and arrived at M...

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...