Wonderful Rome!

Sunday 20th to Thursday 24th July. Ok, so we are back home in Wineham now, and it’s a very tolerable 19 degrees. It was a SENSATIONAL journey. Am I overdoing it?…:) I hope the following does it justice. Where to begin? For my 80th birthday, Jen said she would take…

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UK Summer Events.

It is turning out to be a warm and dry summer here. We have already experienced three heatwaves. A heatwave seems to be defined as being when temperatures hit 30 degrees. Many sunny afternoons were spent watching Wimbledon tennis. Playing on the Centre Court in such high temperatures must have…

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Tuesday, 10th and Friday, 11th June. From Dornes via Apremont-sur-Allier and Nevers to La Charite – sur-Loire. Then via Sancerre and Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire to St-Sauveur-en-Puisaye.

Apremont-sur-Allier Leaving the small, but well equipped Municipal camp at Dornes, we set off, via the Allier river, a tributary of the Loire, to the small village of Apremont. It is named as one of the prettiest villages in France. Many villages are so called, though. It is truly lovely.…

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