We made our way to Camping El Garrofer on the outskirts of Sitges to visit Shirley’s brother Chris for a few days. Since he retired he has lived there almost full time and we haven’t seen him for far too long. The campsite is a half hour walk into the town, a lot of it onRead more
We stayed at Camping Aquarius for a week. That’s the longest we’ve been in one place in months, other than our month at home in August, which says a lot about the quality of the place. Of course there were things that irritated us – we wouldn’t be normal (“normal?”) if we weren’t grumpy sometimes. SoRead more
After the very shaky start to our week at Camping Aquarius we now love the place – it’s fabulous. Just as well we didn’t pack up and leave after a couple of days. At the start we were convinced that a huge site full of families roaring around on bikes would drive us stir crazy. Our friendly neighbour ofRead more
…. here we are in Camp Aquaria If you don’t know the song here it is. This was a our theme tune after sitting through three days of ferocious rain fall, howling gales and black skies. To be fair, it did look better briefly yesterday morning as we squelched off the camper van site we’dRead more
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We ended up staying three nights at LaBastide D’Armagnac, although to be honest the third night was more by accident than design. When we arrived on Friday we were greeted by two lovely British couples, Sally & Paul and Mo & Ken. They made us very welcome and we relaxed immediately, chatting and laughing asRead more
Our favourite Cave is Chateau Langlois, just outside Saumur. Two years ago we went there for a tour and it was fantastic – interesting, informative, friendly and humorous and the wine was excellent. We returned this time to buy some more bubbly – we have a couple of special occasions to celebrate when we get back toRead more
Two years ago we cycled along the banks of the Loire in the Tours area and came across the town of Vouvray. We are big fans of the sparkling wine of the Loire and we’ve visited two caves in Saumur, one of them famous for their classic Vouvray wines – we had no idea thatRead more