04-09-2018, 08:17 AM
Our route from the Loire was directly north and very flat - views for the entire day were of fields, lots of fields.
The girls entertained themselves by recording a birthday song for their Uncle which took about 20 takes!
It was still very hot and by the time Vernon was reached we'd had enough and scouted for a campsite, this took a bit of finding but in the end we came across a small site up on the hill near to Monet's home. We spent the evening with a couple from London, one of which was returning to France after 30 years. They hoped to be in his home town of Grenoble the next night - I told them that the same journey had taken us three weeks! It was very pleasant to be with them and we have made plans to meet up in Scotland later this year.
Daisy was fascinated with their telescope and later Fabrice was able to show her several planets - this item is now on her ever growing "wish-list"!
Throughout the trip I had kept in touch with Nick Gifford (see: http://nickgiffordfilms.com), who lives near Le Touquet. Nick was the man my father bought his first Austin Seven from in 1964 ( a car we still own - see: http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/foru...ght=Beemee) - he is pivotal in the journey our family life has taken and I was delighted to have met him for the first time in Glasgow the previous year. He no longer makes films but has a business (along with his son) supplying jams to very well known Hotels around the world (see: http://teatogether.com and also http://www.le-tearoom.com/about_the_giffords.html).
Nick and Judy had invited us to stay, if we were passing, and today we would be doing exactly that - they reaffirmed their invite and in contrast to the plains of the previous day we were delighted by the Normandy Alps!
What turned out to be our last roadside picnic of the holiday...
Later that afternoon we arrived in the sleepy hamlet of St-Remy Au-Bois - followed signs for the Le Tearoom and eventually parked next to Nick's 1926 Citroen and stepped into the haven they call home!
The girls entertained themselves by recording a birthday song for their Uncle which took about 20 takes!
It was still very hot and by the time Vernon was reached we'd had enough and scouted for a campsite, this took a bit of finding but in the end we came across a small site up on the hill near to Monet's home. We spent the evening with a couple from London, one of which was returning to France after 30 years. They hoped to be in his home town of Grenoble the next night - I told them that the same journey had taken us three weeks! It was very pleasant to be with them and we have made plans to meet up in Scotland later this year.
Daisy was fascinated with their telescope and later Fabrice was able to show her several planets - this item is now on her ever growing "wish-list"!
Throughout the trip I had kept in touch with Nick Gifford (see: http://nickgiffordfilms.com), who lives near Le Touquet. Nick was the man my father bought his first Austin Seven from in 1964 ( a car we still own - see: http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/foru...ght=Beemee) - he is pivotal in the journey our family life has taken and I was delighted to have met him for the first time in Glasgow the previous year. He no longer makes films but has a business (along with his son) supplying jams to very well known Hotels around the world (see: http://teatogether.com and also http://www.le-tearoom.com/about_the_giffords.html).
Nick and Judy had invited us to stay, if we were passing, and today we would be doing exactly that - they reaffirmed their invite and in contrast to the plains of the previous day we were delighted by the Normandy Alps!
What turned out to be our last roadside picnic of the holiday...
Later that afternoon we arrived in the sleepy hamlet of St-Remy Au-Bois - followed signs for the Le Tearoom and eventually parked next to Nick's 1926 Citroen and stepped into the haven they call home!