We left our beautiful lakeside stay and started to make our way west towards Monaco. This part of France is beautiful. Huge mountain ranges, endless vineyards and lovely rolling bush areas and pastures. We drove through countless numbers of beautiful old villages where the streets were not much wider than Betsy. We finally came to rest in a little town called Sommieres. In the morning we walked through the market area where there would be 30 odd stalls sellin...

France again. We finally made it back to France where we sorted our gas problem out (sounds like a fairly serious medical problem doesn't it ) and off we went to Andorra. Absolutely beautiful scenery and I got my fair share of the Pyrenees which was one of the places I personally wanted to see. We had heard that the shopping was pretty good in Andorra ( they say that there is over 2000 shops). Sue was in heaven. She managed to buy some new shoes that she ha...

Spain After leaving our beloved France we headed along the coast of Spain to San Sebastion. Once again the traffic in these places is horrendous and trying to find a park even more so. After a lunch there we headed off to Bilbao. As I mentioned in the last blog the Spanish are not in the same league as France when it comes to camping. For example we probably saw 20 campgrounds coming into Biarritz but there was only one listed for Bibao and that was 14kms out...

As we made our way down the coast of France we noticed a dramatic increase in the number of campervans on the move. We stopped overnight in a supermarket car park which allows overnight stays. In the morning I counted 58 vans parked there. The next night was the same. We stopped out this beautiful town called Blaye. It was once a very important shipping port and the old fortifications that remain showed how important. We parked in the designated campervan park ...

Then on to the Loir River Valley. This region is one that all visitors to France come to. The river is huge and winds its way to the Atlantic, west. It is full of chateau. We drove past many but did visit two of the most famous ones. Chombord was the first. They are museums and are filled with beautiful art, tapestries and furnishings. The grounds are immaculate and at Chombord we were just in time to see an equestrian event. Six riders riding Spanis...