This morning we found that it had been raining again during the night. After checking out of the hotel and reloading the car we had a walk down into Perpignan City Centre. At first we looked for a cafe or bakery to get a little breakfast, but were shocked to find Kabab take aways still open and they seemed to be busy. Don't know if they stayed open 24 hours??? It kept spitting with rain at times but we managed to have a good look around and grabbed breakfast and...

Couldn't have wished for a warmer welcome at the Hotel Balladins in Marsanny-La-Cote, Dijon. On arrival the receptionist jumped up and ran around the desk to fuss the dogs. She also had Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, 3 of them! Two identical to Dinky and Toy plus a Ruby coloured dog. The weather had brightened up and the wind had calmed a lot but the temperature was only 16 degrees, a massive decrease from the previous weeks, around 33 degrees! The room was cl...

After a smooth but wet crossing on DFDS Seaways we arrived in Dunkirk at 1pm (French Time). The dogs were fine in the car during the 2 hour crossing and seemed very happy to see us returning to the car. The problems started upon disembarking the ferry! Firstly I was unable to get internet connection on my phone! Resulting in my Waze App ( Sat Nav ) not working! Even the back up TomTom was unable to locate are location due to no satellites in range! We played fol...