Back in France, another hot week. Trying to keep cool in the Pyrenees at first, and then by the coast (Laruns → Lac de Fabrèges/Artouste → Peyragudes → Foix → Marseillan Plage → Camargue). Some interesting modes of transport including driving several mountain passes in the Pyrenees, a cable car and “petit train”, and an underground boat trip!
Mostly in Spain this week, though starting with a walk in the French Pyrenees. Then to Huesca → Arguedas/Bardenas Reales → Laguardia (La Rioja) → Zumaia/San Sebastian. It was hot!
Vendée (Noirmoutier and Marais Poitevin) → Dordogne → heading South towards the Pyrenees – next week on to Spain!
The visit to Sarlat and Groléjac was a trip down memory lane for me (Tom) – I worked for the summer after my second year of university (2005) at Camping les Granges in Groléjac, working for Canvas Holidays mostly cleaning tents and mobile homes. I used to cycle along the bike path to Sarlat once a week to check my email at the internet cafe! (Canvas Holidays is now defunct, the campsite no longer hosts tents, just mobile homes – and of course internet cafes are long gone – but Sarlat and the Dordogne are still as spectacular as ever).
Our first week on the road: Yorkshire → Kent → Hauts-de-France → Normandy → Brittany!