Trip Log Day Five 19.03.05 Woke up in La Fraudiere, the sun was streaming through the velux window and it was about 9.30, too late for a run. James did a big sigh of relief. Friends of ours Gordon and Neil have kindly lent us the key to their French property in the Vendee between Chantonnay and La Chataigneraie and we are taking full advantage of this fabulous location. They are meeting us here for Easter. Had porridge for breakfast which set us up ...

Day Four 17.03.05 William persuaded James to go for a run this morning, James complained that he did not bring any running shoes and that it would be difficult to run in a pair of casual trainers but as James had promised to get healthy and do more exercise he felt obliged to don his shorts and impracticable shoes and join William in a run. Two hundred yards up the road and William was ready for a walk. This surprised James and made him realise he wa...

Day Three 17.03.05 Got up rather late this morning, I guess we are both beginning to feel more relaxed. James went and had a shower as it was less effort than a separate toilet visit. On his return found the van empty and William and his jogging trainers were nowhere to be found! James decided to put all the bedding away and tidy up the wendy house. It is a bit like playing in a wendy house, its certainly small enough! Had a lovely breakfast, ...

16/03/2005 Hi guys second day . james cook a brill breakfast eggs ham and toast. try to sort out this sight for an hour seems very slow or are we used to broadband at home , anyway left the campsite at 12ish and headed straight for bayeaux via a couple villages and james using the euromap on the laptop.cool bit of kit . see you later W&J

Day Two 16th March 2005. We got up about 9.30 am and James cooked breakfast which consisted of fried eggs, ham and toast. Then we tried to sort out the Off Exploring Web site which took about an hour We also tried to upload some images which we had taken the previous day. So I have sent an email to site admin to try and get uploaded quicker if it is possible because it might be problem with the modem via the blue tooth phone? It took about hour to ge...