Leaving Baden. Rain rain and more rain. Drive from near Neuchatel (good white wine tried and tested). Still managed to spill a cupful. Yes I forgot to bring glasses for the 3rd time. Excellent campsite at Le Landeron -clean friendly and helpful. This seems to make the other people more relaxed and talkative. Not many views on the journey with low cloud and rain but also an awful lot of it was inside tunnels - at least it wasn't raining then. Then to near Grenob...

Took Sach for an early walk - it was only 6am. I bravely removed another van's electric lead so that I could plug mine in to boil a kettle for coffee. No one was awake to ask and, after all, it is etiquette at the aires not to remain plugged in for more than a couple of hours. Weather sunny again. Set off but after 3 miles took a wrong turn and turned back but Sat Nav took me back to where I had camped. After telling it off I set off again. Undulating hills at ...

The photo is of Blenheim near Oxford as i don't have any France pictures. I had left my table and chair under a tree and had visualised having breakfast with coffee and baguette but the weather had changed to a very damp mist which got into everything. With Sat Nav settings at scenic route and avoiding expressways, the journey is slower but so much more interesting. Some of the roads are good asphalt but only single track. The route today took me through fields...

After 2 glorious weeks gallivanting around beautiful England, visiting old friends and family, I have managed to tear myself away to go to France. Took the Folkestone to Calais channel tunnel again. Good old IPhone Sat nav helped me to negotiate the express ways out of Calais. I had set it togo to Trento on Lake Garda so it took me on a toll road which I found boring after 90 miles and drove off. That section cost £10. The minor roads are much rmore interesting...

The picture is of wild camping on the last night in France - well at least for this trip. In the morning took Sach for her final walk on the beach at Perhariday which she loved. Left at Midday and temporarily parked at the Aires on the way to Roscoff. Considered stopping there as it is just across the road from a beach but decided against it as it seemed quite crowded. Went to do a little walk and found myself in a little botanical garden with an interesting se...