We are now back on our own and on the road again heading west from Port Grimaud. We passed through Arles on the banks of the Rhone and on to the sprawling wetlands of the Camargue which provided an excellent overnight camping spot right on the beach (check out the photo of Pammy enjoying her Kir Royal!). Next stop was Carcassonne and from there we moved into the Pyrenees which provided a number of fantastic days driving and cycling through the mountains. I thi...

We arrived in Port Grimaud meeting up with the Nickolls and Hennessey families in bright sunny weather that would last the whole 11 days of our stay. Lenka and Matthew had not been so lucky, prior to our arrival the whole campsite was flooded with the precious M3 getting submerged to its wheel arches, several days of sponging and drying made the car road worthy once again for cruising the streets of St Tropez. After a day or so of lounging around and flopping on...

Catch up time on the blog, the first instalment brings us south from Belgium back into France and a detour to Strasbourg for a spot of sightseeing, we then drove south through beautiful countryside in the alpine foothills finding a variety of small towns to camp in along the way. Mount Ventoux was a major highlight with a spectacular drive up to the top of the mountain which is a regular stage in the Tour de France, perhaps we'll come back next year and have a...

We set off for Dover in a typical mad dash but got there in time to catch the 2am Ferry to Dunkirk, once on the other side we roughed it in the lorry park for what was left of the night, apart from the noise of trucks coming and going it turned out to be a good spot although as you can see from the photo we were the odd ones out! We've taken our time trundling through Northern France (currently in Sedan) continuing the wild camping practice, although, we treat...