Tam, Jade and Franky's European Adventure

[Langtoftlad]

Dogs don't generally approve of footwear- but they are funny:

 

[Shrimp]

Tam, put

Into google.
I got one for Gina (JRT) last winter, they are a fleece but they are waterproof. We were out on a cold wet walk for about 1.5 hours and she was still dry and toasty warm last winter.
The one I got has short 'sleeves' for front legs only and covers part of her undersides.
She hates it when you first put it on but after a while is quite happy-she hates a harness too, goes into a real sulk!

 

[Northernraider]

Dogs don't generally approve of footwear- but they are funny:

Hilarious

 

[Northernraider]

So we've had a nice walk around the pit/lake ( thanks for the heads up @icantremember )
And then a walk through the village and around the outside of the chateu ( no dogs allowed inside boo)
This is probably one of the quietest aires I've ever stayed on ...really quiet overnight not a bit of noise and had a great sleep. Was busy overnight bit lots have cleared out already this morning. I'm about to do the same still not decided where I'm going yet but think I'm gonna head towards caen and not bother with mont st Michael as I've seen it before and it was very very busy

 

[Anthea M]

So we've had a nice walk around the pit/lake ( thanks for the heads up @icantremember )
And then a walk through the village and around the outside of the chateu ( no dogs allowed inside boo)
This is probably one of the quietest aires I've ever stayed on ...really quiet overnight not a bit of noise and had a great sleep. Was busy overnight bit lots have cleared out already this morning. I'm about to do the same still not decided where I'm going yet but think I'm gonna head towards caen and not bother with mont st Michael as I've seen it before and it was very very busy View attachment 257353 View attachment 257354 View attachment 257355 View attachment 257356 View attachment 257357 View attachment 257358 View attachment 257359 View attachment 257360 View attachment 257361 View attachment 257362 View attachment 257363 View attachment 257364 View attachment 257365 View attachment 257366 View attachment 257367 View attachment 257368 View attachment 257369 View attachment 257370 View attachment 257371 View attachment 257372

Is that Fourges? Lovely aire ( there are 2 but we stay on the one under the castle.)
Safe travels home!
Fleeces and long trousers will be required!!

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[busby]

The sky has changed colour in your photos Tam,,,is something wrong with your camera,,,BUSBY

 

[Northernraider]

Is that Fourges? Lovely aire ( there are 2 but we stay on the one under the castle.)
Safe travels home!
Fleeces and long trousers will be required!!

Yes that's the one anthea and the same aire I was on..very beautiful village

 

[mitzimad]

Aires along the coast or majour routes are always busy the real gems are in tbe middle of france

 

[Northernraider]

Have stopped here in vire for lunch ...its windy now and peeing it down I've discovered why this region is called bretagne because the weather is like Britain.
If it stops raining I may venture round the village after lunch otherwise I'll be having a read of my book and a siesta before moving on
Stopped at a nice boulangerie I passed and got a lovely crusty loaf and a fruit and nut cake hmmmm
Big wedges of bread and peanut butter for lunch with caramel cappucino yum yum

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Watch the waistline Tam

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[Reallyretired]

Peanut butter, one of my pet hates yukk

Edit - don't really know why. I like peanuts.

 

[Northernraider]

Watch the waistline Tam

Too late there I'm afraid ....need to get cracking back at the gym once I'm home.
First time I've had jeans on in months ...some I can't even get fastened and the rest are hell of a tight lol which is nae bloody guid so it's diet and treadmill central when I'm home.

 

[Northernraider]

I'm seriously unimpressed with the cake !!!
Looks lovely on the outside but it was more like a fruit loaf than a cake ....pfft
Jade liked her bit

 

[Val 3 dogs]

That will teach you to have glutinous thoughts and you shouldn't be corrupting Jade with such things.
It would have been far better if you'd skipped the cake ad slathered your chunk of bread in peanut butter, raspberry jam and thick cream or Greek yoghurt. After all you say you'll be going on a diet anyway lol

 

[Northernraider]

Anyhoo I ended up in bayeux. ...now I came here back in 1992 when I done a whistle stop tour of France belgium luxembourg Germany and holland with 4 friends in my very first camper which was an old vw that I'd bought two weeks before for £675 .....it always stuck in my mind as I had always thought it was the bayeux that old Roy sang about in this song which I liked.



Of course i soon learned different cause it was anything but blue and I'm sure it rained that time too ...but I thought it was a memorable town.

I then visited it again back in 2014 with an ex girlfriend and I now remember being a little underwhelmed ( I obviously forgot )

Well it's still no that nice and it rained again while I was out but never mind the cathedral is still braw bit the guy who built it should have made it just a little bit smaller as it's a bugger to take photos of it .

But I tried so here they are as well as the wee narrow road I ended up on getting here ( satnav issues) the surprised pig I nearly ran over ..and a couple of nice old buildings in town.

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[Northernraider]

That will teach you to have glutinous thoughts and you shouldn't be corrupting Jade with such things.
It would have been far better if you'd skipped the cake ad slathered your chunk of bread in peanut butter, raspberry jam and thick cream or Greek yoghurt. After all you say you'll be going on a diet anyway lol

Yes mother

Sorry mother

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Cheeky young whelping!

 

[Jasz]

Have stopped here in vire for lunch ...its windy now and peeing it down I've discovered why this region is called bretagne because the weather is like Britain.
If it stops raining I may venture round the village after lunch otherwise I'll be having a read of my book and a siesta before moving on
Stopped at a nice boulangerie I passed and got a lovely crusty loaf and a fruit and nut cake hmmmm
Big wedges of bread and peanut butter for lunch with caramel cappucino yum yum

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You went North to quickly, it's been sunny and high 20s further South

 

[Northernraider]

You went North to quickly, it's been sunny and high 20s further South

Got to get used to it I suppose ...back in UK in a week

 

[Northernraider]

Bloody cold last night I had to give in and put the duvet quilt back in the cover ...havent had that on since May.

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[Northernraider]

So today's adventure was caen. ...no place to park in the centre so I'm a few km out in a place called herrouville-saint-claire I'm along a little lane near the canal which is nice and parked right opposite "le petit lourdes"
From there we had a cycle/run along the tow path of the canal in to caen ...its a 10km round trip on the bike so not too much.
But dissapointed with the castle as it's really a fortified carpark these days with a couple of random buildings museums inside ...but free to enter and bikes and dogs allowed.

Cathedral is having work done on it to sandblast the stonework ...mskes a loveky difference but the scaffolding ruins the photos.

So here's what I saw.

 

[Northernraider]

In honfleur today .....parked just along from the massive aire that looks like hell.

Cycled in to town but I'd have been better walking in this instance as the cobbles are a nightmare on skinny tyres.

 

[Northernraider]

In other news my sister messaged today and mum's back in hospital with possible kidney stones ....shes in for a scan at the minute so should no more later

 

[scousebird]

In other news my sister messaged today and mum's back in hospital with possible kidney stones ....shes in for a scan at the minute so should no more later

Hope she's ok. You're nearly home if you have to get there.

 

[Anthea M]

Hope she's ok. You're nearly home if you have to get there.

Ditto Tam safe travels.

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[Val 3 dogs]

Best wishes to your Mum, Tam, hope she is soon fully recovered. Take care and try to make the most of the last few days of this trip. Take care once you are back on the crowded British roads.

 

[Northernraider]

Well mum's still in the hospital , the scan came back showing no stones but she's in a lot of pain so my sister won't let them send her home until they have done more checks and tests ....at the minute none the wiser but they've been giving her morphine for the pain she's in.
Seems to be one thing after another with her just now ....its crap
I only spoke to her on phone yesterday and she was fine ..but sister got a text at 05.20 this morning from her in agony.

Will see if there's any news tomorrow

 

[DBK]

Well mum's still in the hospital , the scan came back showing no stones but she's in a lot of pain so my sister won't let them send her home until they have done more checks and tests ....at the minute none the wiser but they've been giving her morphine for the pain she's in.
Seems to be one thing after another with her just now ....its crap
I only spoke to her on phone yesterday and she was fine ..but sister got a text at 05.20 this morning from her in agony.

Will see if there's any news tomorrow

 

[Val 3 dogs]

Thinking of you all Tam,life doesn't get easier as we get older that's for sure.
Hope the morning brings better news for you all

 

[Northernraider]

Thinking of you all Tam,life doesn't get easier as we get older that's for sure.
Hope the morning brings better news for you all

It's a worry

Sister also thinks she's lonely but my mum is so stubborn she doesn't admit it ....but I've been thinking that for a while and more so since her wee dog died as that was often the only time she saw people was when out walking dog.

My mum was never one for having a lot of friends so it's mostly family she sees now and then apart from my brother and sister obviously who are in and out regularly ( sister stays in same street ) so I'm always worried something happens when she's on her own.

I'm hoping jade perks her up a bit ....but she's hyper so need to get her to calm down a bit lol

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