Very cold this morning, only 9C in the cabin and frost and fog all around outside. With heating on full it is soon OK to crawl out of bed. We have a leisurely morning waiting for the fog to lift before setting off at 11:30 taking a quick trip to E.Leclerc for some milk. While Ail is in the shop a Dutch couple carry an empty bottle to the shack beside which Nick has parked. Coins ratttle, there is synthetic moo-ing and they depart with a bottle full of milk. E...

The only sound this morning is that of water drops and leaves falling on the roof from the trees behind us. Despite the early sun it's only 7C and porridge seems a good idea for breakfast. We leave around 11:00 and have an easy drive on dual carriageway alongside mostly flat landscape lit beautifully by the sunshine. Coloured trees, bright grass and dark earth stretch for miles. The aire at Nozay didn't seem to have services so we divert into Mauleon where th...

The sky is much brighter when we finally wake up and the early morning sun picks out the colours of the trees around the square. When the time comes to leave it starts raining again and there a some showers for the first 40 minutes towards Rennes but after that the road dries out and se have an easy ride along the dual carriageway. The fields are dark wet earth but a lot have the green 'five o'clock shadow' of stubbly winter crops just starting to grow. In all...

We say goodbye to Clive and Theresa and leave home at 15:10 Traffic is not too busy although there are showers and drizzle but for which Glyn Valley might have been pretty in its autumn colours. We get to Saltash services before dark and loiter for a couple of hours, then visit Waitrose before driving the last few miles to Plymouth ferryport. As we arrive the last vehicle for the overnight ferry is checking in, meaning we can park at the back of the embarkatio...

A bright and sunny morning greets us for our last full day in France for this trip. The bay is full of water and the drains beside the van do their own impression of the Zadar sea organ as the ripples slosh in and out. There is a small altercation between the French owner of the van next to us and the German who has parked too close to him while he waits for the service point. Frau Grumpy moans and shouts but they move anyway. Late morning we slop out for the...