Sadly the crossing of the border at Hendaye did not miraculously produce the longed-for Spanish […]
Month: June 2013
The Atlantic coast: Bayonne & Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Hidden in the sprawling conurbation of holiday homes, campsites and beach communities surrounding Biarritz is […]
Biarritz
We drove the 120 miles west along the fast A64 toll road from a free […]
The Midi Pyrenees: Vals, Foix & Saint Lizier
Leaving Mirepoix, we stopped at Vals, a small hamlet on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage […]
The Midi-Pyrenees & Mirepoix
After cycling more than 90 miles across four days it was time to slow down […]
Canal du Midi: Capestang, Carcassonne & Castelnaudary
Day two in the Occitanie started with a hearty breakfast as we were keen to […]
Canal du Midi: Béziers
Trip miles 3,125 The Languedoc-Roussillon vineyards cover more than 120,000 acres from Narbonne to Nimes […]
The heart of Languedoc-Roussillon, to Pézenas
It was a heavy night at Didier and Robert’s annual local wine festival in Uzès. A […]
Uzès and Pont du Gard
Heading north and west from the Rhone in Languedoc-Roussillon, we found with unexpected trip luck […]
The Knights Templar town of Les Arcs
From San Remo, it was a wonderful Sunday morning journey along the French coast, but we hadn’t counted on the lateness of the French Mothers’ Day. The unexpected and comparatively expensive toll roads were very busy.