Today was our penultimate travel day of the holiday. We had pain au raisins to get us going and then swiftly got packed ready to leave. Our destination was Caen so the next morning we can catch the morning ferry. On the way we reached a stretch of road we which quickly realised was, in fact, a race track! We zoomed round the banked turns and over the chicane and then back on to normal roads. Just after this we noticed the museum for the track. We had a picnic her...

Our last full day on the European adventure. It was great to finish on a high. Got up early (not 'work' early you understand) so as to beat the coaches that were going to be joining us at the Chateau de Chenoncaeu. This is one of Lonely Planets top 10 to see in France. A short cycle got us there for 9am. Stunning looking palace; opulent interiors, large perfect formal gardens, impressive vegetable/flower gardens, small maze and donkey paddock (not they could be ...

Another packing up of the tent, and goodbye to our very friendly German neighbours we set off North through Soulac sur mer, gathering a few provisions en route in the most crowded supermarchet I think I have ever been in with thousands of holidaying mums,dads children etc trying to find nappies, chocolate etc when they don't know the isle plan!! We arrived at the ferry port w/o hitch to cross the Gironde. I felt a very experienced campervaner being able to russ...

Today, we decided that we needed to buy some more inner tubes for Will's bike(considering its history this holiday!!) This meant cycling down to Soulac and paying the local bike shop a visit. After this, we decided to cycle around the town, looking at the shops and sussing out restaurants to eat out at that night. Then, we went to the kiosk by the beach to buy some things for lunch. After lunch, we went to the beach to surf, play patball(me and dad got to 97) and...

Today was our first beach day. We had a very relaxed morning with a breakfast of cereals and croissants with Nutella. We didn't actually get off to the beach until 12 because my bike tyre was punctured (again!). At the beach it wasn't too crowded to begin with but as the day went on the weather improved and more people arrived. A large JCB was hurtling backwards and forwards building another ramp down to the beach so we had to be quite careful when walking to the...