Archive

Year 1998

25 July 1998 Fruit picking and playing cricket with the girls
24 July 1998 Winston Churchill's Chartwell
23 July 1998 Dartford Bridge
22 July 1998 Windy day and grumpy Bill
21 July 1998 Meal at the "Huntsman" in Hertford

Year 1997

14 September 1997 Train from Sheringham to Holt, and wine in West Runton
13 September 1997 Sutton Windmill and museum
12 September 1997 Blickling Hall with extraordinary hedges
11 September 1997 104 year old lady in Methodist chapel cafe
10 September 1997 Bus to Cromer for shopping & Thanking St Anthony
09 September 1997 Getting lost in the woods
08 September 1997 Supermarket in Cromer & picking up the wrong rubbish
07 September 1997 Felbrigg Hall, fish and chips at Cromer, writing cards
06 September 1997 Di's funeral and Sheringham's steam railway
05 September 1997 Princess Di's funeral and Death of Mother Teresa
04 September 1997 Blue sky breaking through rain clouds & buying mugs
03 September 1997 Cromer, East Runton & 'Windy Outlook' after meal
02 September 1997 Arrived at campsite and had meal at Sheringham
05 August 1997 Knebworth House
04 August 1997 Broken down car and Waltham Abbey
03 August 1997 Audley End & Toad of Toad Hill & the Proms
02 August 1997 Hertford meal with Chris, Maxine & the kids
06 May 1997 Lincoln and the cathedral
05 May 1997 Rainy day, Bolingbroke Castle, EVERITT tomb!
04 May 1997 Boston Endeavour, 'Stump' & Turkey baguette for the cat
03 May 1997 Trainers and Clarice Cliff in Horncastle
02 May 1997 Horncastle and Labour victory!
01 May 1997 Shopping in Woodland Spa
30 April 1997 Quiet wooded site, surrounded by pigs and birds

Year 1989

04 August 1989 Meal with Chris & Maxine & Zoë for anniversary
03 August 1989 Last minute beach at Caen before uneventful ferry crossing
02 August 1989 Moving back to Falaise via Alençon
01 August 1989 Another circuit touristique in St Cyr-la-Rosière
31 July 1989 Montmirail château
30 July 1989 Journey to Nogent and a rainy new campsite
29 July 1989 Abbaye and Meillant Château
28 July 1989 Visiting Bourges Cathedrale and Roman crypt
27 July 1989 Moulins Cathedrale and new campsite in Bourges
26 July 1989 Wheel is back & Traffic controller's strike
25 July 1989 Vichy centre & repairing broken wheel
24 July 1989 Visiting Paul & Yvette in St.Germain in their beautiful 100 year old house
23 July 1989 Tennis, petanque & St.Germain
22 July 1989 Journey to Vichy
21 July 1989 Brenne & Boules with Sammy Davis Jnr look-a-like
20 July 1989 Villegongis and Tallyrand's Valençay
19 July 1989 Communal shower, cheap dresses on market, and cheap wine
18 July 1989 Shopping in Cholet, Bill fishing, calling Maxine & Zoë
17 July 1989 Étel, Kerhillio, and Port Louis
16 July 1989 Nice meal in Carnac with Wendy and Trevor
15 July 1989 Late morning, bank, shopping for wine glass and nice meal
14 July 1989 Re-enactment of French Revolution with Bagad players and fireworks
13 July 1989 Grotte de Apothicairie on Belle-Île off Quiberon peninsula
12 July 1989 Doing the washing at a laundrette
11 July 1989 Market at Trinité-sur-Mer with Wendy and Trevor
10 July 1989 Route to Carnac
09 July 1989 Cliff-walk in Val André & Listening to tennis
08 July 1989 A 4 hour walk with our Dutch friends in Erquy
07 July 1989 Château de la Hunaudaye
06 July 1989 Our Dutch friends' story of 1944 Germany
05 July 1989 Forte-la-Latte & Cap-Fréhel & St. Cast
04 July 1989 A swim and a drink/welcome by local mayor
03 July 1989 Château Bienassis & Church St Jacques Majeur & Port Morvan
02 July 1989 First swim. Still no keys.
01 July 1989 Wine at lunchtime, sleep, walk around the Dahouët port, cards
30 June 1989 Lost spare keys and "where the 'ell are we?!"
29 June 1989 Rain in Caen and the tomb of William the Conqueror
27 June 1989 Crossing the Channel on the 'Reine Matilde'

Year 1988

04 August 1988 Lunch with Chris and Maxine and then home!
03 August 1988 Manoir de Coupesarte & Château de Vendeuvre
02 August 1988 Chilly weather and mist in Falaise
01 August 1988 Basilica of Evron & a joust at the Château of St.Suzanne
30 July 1988 Local cattle show with large bull creating havoc
29 July 1988 On the road again - campsite in St.Suzanne
28 July 1988 Château d'Ussé and Château d'Azay-le-Rideau
27 July 1988 Getting car back & Château de Chinon
26 July 1988 Walked to Market in Bourgueil
25 July 1988 Broken exhaust & Bill's bad foot
24 July 1988 Calmer weather - campsite at Bourgueil
23 July 1988 Camping at Cheverny and massive rainstorm
22 July 1988 Discovered a dolmen & Learning swearwords
21 July 1988 Lake Vassivière and the Tour de France
20 July 1988 Getting lost on the way to new campsite in Faux-la-Montagne
19 July 1988 Jean Lurçat exhibition
18 July 1988 Castle of St.Laurent & The incomparable Gouffre de Padirac
17 July 1988 New campsite at St.Céré & lovely town with fish feeder
15 July 1988 Picnic in the Old Port of Bergerac
14 July 1988 From Monpazier to the Abbey at Cadouin
13 July 1988 Two enormous castles: Gavaudun and Bonaguil
12 July 1988 Moved site again; ran into friend
11 July 1988 Losing Bill at Biron; Moving to Monpazier
10 July 1988 Villeréal - a bastide town
09 July 1988 Boggy sites but good meals and pool
08 July 1988 Cold shower and Moulin De Fleurac
07 July 1988 From Bougé to Angoulême
06 July 1988 Tour from Falaise to Putanges
03 July 1988 Zoë growing up; arriving in Falaise

Year 1987

20 August 1987 Ashmolean Museum and Oxford Stroll
19 August 1987 Didcot Railway Museum & Uffington Castle and Dragon's Hill
18 August 1987 Oxford Tourism
17 August 1987 Travel to Lincoln Farm Park, Oxfordshire
05 August 1987 Arriving back home
03 August 1987 Last round of tennis in Falaise
02 August 1987 West of Durtal, a toad, and a féte
01 August 1987 La Flèche and St.Germain du Val
31 July 1987 Château de Durtal
30 July 1987 Leaving Airvault for Durtal
29 July 1987 Hunting for Fossils
28 July 1987 Road to Saumur & Ancient Town of Airvault
27 July 1987 Naval Museum in Rochefort
26 July 1987 La Rochelle & Tour des Quatre Sergents
25 July 1987 Hot lazy day looking at boats at the port
24 July 1987 Rochefort and camping on pavement
23 July 1987 Boozy day in Hennessy cave and playing cards
22 July 1987 Lots of rain at Cognac
21 July 1987 Trilobite in Sarlat
20 July 1987 Rocamadour and Moulin de Cougnaguet
19 July 1987 Castelnaud at Beynac
18 July 1987 Bill's Lumbago and phone calls
17 July 1987 The grotto to end all grottos at Domme
16 July 1987 Expensive meal at Montignac near Lascaux Caves
15 July 1987 Limoges and Ladignac-le-Long
14 July 1987 Flea market and Feu D'Artifice
13 July 1987 Getting lost in Medieval towns
12 July 1987 La Vallee de Creuse and le Château de la Prune au Pot
11 July 1987 Buying new chair for Bill
10 July 1987 Meeting Dutch people in the heat
09 July 1987 Grottos and Château at Châteaudun
08 July 1987 Brou, Nogent, and Fishing
07 July 1987 Optician and Chartres
05 July 1987 Tennis and Journey to France
20 April 1987 Hengistbury Head and Wimborne Minster
19 April 1987 Ornamental Tree Drive and some Abbeys
18 April 1987 Hulse Family's Breamore House
17 April 1987 Rockbourne Roman Villa & Salisbury King's House
16 April 1987 Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst
15 April 1987 Piggy's Bottom

Year 1986

29 July 1986 Lazy day and return to Caen
27 July 1986 Bagnoles-de-l'Orne and Domfront
26 July 1986 Toad and Shopping
25 July 1986 Journey from Dinan to St.Sever
24 July 1986 Manoir de Gautro
23 July 1986 Concoret and Sacred Forest
22 July 1986 Surfing at St.Columban
21 July 1986 Shopping at Auray, Games with Friends
20 July 1986 Planche et voiles at St.Columban
19 July 1986 Auray and Cards with Friends
18 July 1986 Auray and writing cards
17 July 1986 Funeral and journey to Carnac
16 July 1986 Shopping, lunch, Douananez
15 July 1986 Sunburn, church, food
14 July 1986 Food and Swimming
13 July 1986 Quimper army spectacle & Museums
12 July 1986 Douarnenez and Groupe Folklorique
11 July 1986 Locronan and Douarnenez
10 July 1986 Abbaye De Daoulas & Gundestrup Cauldron
09 July 1986 Family & Friends at Audierne
08 July 1986 Rough sea at Kerval
07 July 1986 Locronan
06 July 1986 Moving to Châteaulin
05 July 1986 La Fontaine d'Arlette
04 July 1986 Pont-D'Ouilly & St. Christophe
03 July 1986 Falaise autrefois exposition
02 July 1986 Suisse Normande
01 July 1986 Orne Valley & La Roche d’Oëtre
29 June 1986 Travel to Falaise
27 March 1986 Leaving Sudbury
26 March 1986 Cavendish, Finchingfield & Thaxted
25 March 1986 Flatford Mill
24 March 1986 Rainy Colchester
23 March 1986 Long Melford and Lavenham
22 March 1986 Sudbury

Year 1985

26 August 1985 Tamworth
25 August 1985 Battle Re-Enactment
24 August 1985 The York Waits
23 August 1985 Civil War Battle
22 August 1985 Bosworth Field
12 May 1985 Holdenby House
11 May 1985 Guilsborough Grange
10 May 1985 North Kilworth
06 May 1985 Cheltenham
05 May 1985 Tewkesbury and Winchcombe
04 May 1985 Gloucester Cathedral
03 May 1985 Beggars Roost
29 April 1985 Gas Fire
28 April 1985 Porta Potti
27 April 1985 New Caravan