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    FRANCE HOLIDAY 2016: PICTURES

Tuesday 7th June – Tuesday 12th July. 
Liz + Chris + Hugh

Ferry Portsmouth to Caen (Ouistraham). Just Chris and Liz. Picked up Hugh at Perpignan airport on Saturday18th June and delivered him back Saturday 2nd July. So chris and Liz had 10 days before Hugh, 14 days with him and 10 days after.
Total: 2,050miles; 3,300km

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Click here: For full Itinery   For Camping Guide (with details of campsites pictured below)   For all France pictures

Click on place names on the itinerary below to go direct to the pictures
[in same sequence as the itinerary]
 

Ouistraham, Mayenne, Bauge, Les Rosiers sur Loire*; Saumur, Chinon, Descartes, Preuilly-s-Claise,  Rosnay in Brenne; Le Blanc, Bellac, Rochechouart, St Yrie-la-Perche, Le Bugue; Villefranche du Perigord, Cahors, St Antonin Noble Val*; Gaillac, Lavaur, Revel, Les Cammazes*; Saissac, Carcassone, Nr Beziers, Valras Plage, Serignan-Plages*;  Beziers, Narbonne, Durban-Corbieres, Tuchan; (Perpignan airport) Tuchan; Estagel, Quillan, Puivert*;Tarascon-s-Ariege, Col de Puy Morens, Mont-Louis, Matamale; Font-Romeu*; Prades, Thuir, Elne, Argeles Plages; Le Bacares, by Rivesaltes, Estagel, Tuchan; Perpignan airport, Estael, Durban, St-Pons-de-Thomieres*; Baderieux, Lodeve, St-Maurice-Navacelles, [wrongly taken Diversion around cirque de Navacelles] Le Vigan; Mont Aigual, Florac, Mende, Chateuneuf-de-Randon, Col de la Croix de Bor; Grandrieu, Landos, Fay-sur-Lignon*; Tence, Yssingeax, Craponne-sur-Arzon, Ambert, Noirtable, Chatel-Montagne*;  Lapalisse, Dompierre, Beaulon, Decize, Premery, Pouilly-sur-Loire*; Sancerre, Aubigny, Lamotte-Beuvron, Meung-s-Loire, Patay, Bonneval; Brou, Belleme, Montagne-au-Perche, Gace, Livarot, St Pierre –s-Dives, Troarn, Ranville, Merville-Franceville-Plage; Ouistraham, Portsmouth, Home.
*New campsite.



TOP    Les Rosiers sur Loire* Our experimental alternative to Saumur
A happy welcome from one of my favourite wines
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TOP     Rosnay
TOP Not our usual sunny time in La Brenne
TOP     Le Bugue
With Max and Marguerite, comparing knee scars
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TOP     St Antonin Noble Val*
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TOP     Les Cammazes
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TOP      Serignan-Plages*
A favourite visitor to our pitch. There are more pictures of the birds at Serignan in a separate Birds section
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TOP     Tuchan
Our local spotted flycatcher
Flycatcher turned Dragonfly catcher
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TOP     Puivert*
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TOP      Col de Puy Morens
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 TOP    Matamale
Our lively neighbours from a special school. They caught the gift of trout provided for our dinner (below)
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TOP     Font-Romeu
Our neighbour during thunderstorm
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TOP     Argeles-Plages
 
My birthday party in Le Soleil restaurant
Unidentified warber Bee-eater
Very special Zitting cisticola (India name) or Fantail warbler in its characteristic 2-twig perch.       Sardinian warbler
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TOP      Tuchan (2nd visit - for the night before delivering Hugh to airport)
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TOP     St-Pons-de-Thomieres*    
 
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 TOP    The Cirque de Navacelles         We were diverted by this route by mistake "steep narrow dangeroous"       
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TOP      Val de L'Arre at Le Vigan
Our friends from past years, John and Mafanwy
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TOP     Le Col de la Croix de Bor our favourite wild campsite in Les Margerides
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Long lens view of our next region near Fay sur Lignon (in Parc Naturel des Monts d’Ardèche)
TOP     Fay sur Lignon An important village on the Plateau Vivarais-Lignon where the many farms and villages hid Jewish children and others from the Nazis
Farewell view
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TOP      Chatel-Montagne Retro Passion campsite.
Isabelle Launay and retro-passionate husband and excellent chef.
View from our pitch
The church in the nearby village on the hill
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TOP     Beautiful village on journey (Beaulon)
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TOP     Pouilly sur Loire
Very informal site on bank of Loire near Pouilly, famous for its white wine
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 TOP     Sancerre on journey
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TOP      Bonneval Site run by new owner who is falconer so has afternoon shows.
Our host feeding the young barn owl during our dinner
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TOP      Merville-Franceville-Plages   near Ouistraham
Last swim. It does not look as much fun as Liz claims
location of our final French dinner
Nearly home
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