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…

So, after a fairly hectic few weeks at home Basil is on the road once again. The idea is to travel through France and spend a few weeks in Spain before returning home at the end of October. As usual we…

Today Team Basil found out why we’ve been wanting to visit Durham for so long – it’s a great little city! The day started well for Sarah. Nearly every day we were in Scotland we would scan the shoreline of…