An early start was called for again. We had a long drive ahead of us but were determined to look round the “old” village of Oradour-sur-Glane. I say the “old” village, because we had spent the night in the “new”…

It has been a travelling day today and so little to report I’m afraid. We are putting in some long days in the saddle in order to get down to Spain fairly quickly, since Spain is the main aim of…

After Sarah had taken the dogs for a walk this morning, I nipped out to one of the numerous bakers in Pont-sur-l’Arche to enable us to feast on croissant and pain au raisin for our breakfast. What a treat. We…

Our intention to spend our last night, for a few weeks, in England in a pub was thwarted by the nearby Black Horse which had the effrontery to be fully booked! So pasta in Basil it was. We were up…