I may be one of the only people in the world who does not have a particularly high opinion of French cooking. This is born of my very limited personal experience. I have had a few good meals in Paris…

You will be relieved to know that my wild mushroom risotto did not poison anyone in Team Basil, if fact it went down rather well. The morning was spent trawling through AirBnB to try to find an apartment in Berlin…

Camping Municipal de Romains is pretty much full, which is good going for mid September. There is a reason for that: it is a decent (not brilliant) campsite, very well located next to a village full of restaurants and shops…

I don’t know whether this mad dash south for a bit of sun will prove to be worthwhile or not but after 270 milesn today (430 km) we are finally going to relax for a few days. This morning dawned…