Finally arrived home.

Spent the last 6 nights parked outside Tim's house in Caversham, Reading. Most of the time was spent entertaining Flossie and Elliot as well as picking them up from school. However yesterday the sun came out and we went to Henley on Thames and enjoyed a delightful walk along the river a nice lunch and coffees.

Last day.

Last day of a really good trip. Discovered some new places and revisited some old ones and here we are back at where we made our first stop... Arras. Nice beer in the square not too cold with the sun trying to peek through. Ferry tomorrow.

Bar Sur Aube

What a pleasant little town Bar Sur Aube is. Quite a few old majestic buildings. Some decent looking bars and cafes. All within a 5 minute walk of the Camping Car Parks aire. The aire is relatively small but quiet and about 600 metres from a Carrefour (with fuel) and an ALDI. Good stopover.

Villefranche sur saone. Fire! Fire!

Yesterday was a reminder of how relaxing jaunts can spin out of control. The campsite aire was 2 minutes off the motorway in Villefranche but as we approached the city we could see thick black clouds of smoke pouring over the city. A plastics factory had gone up in flames and with the risk of toxic fumes the mayor and police decided to shut off most of the major routes around the city. Campsite 2 minutes away but all roads blocked. Every road I took I was blocked by officers telling me to go back. Spotted a retail park shot into it and wormed my way through another exit. Eventually got to site. Few hours later it looked like the fire was under control and all the "Pughs and Barney Mcgrews" were off home. So off to the vets we went to get Jonesys passport stamped. Vet found a severe ear infection and supplied us with two treatments, annual booster completed, wormed and physical examination 105 euros. Quite good. Back outside and the fire had reignited. This time "Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub" made a better job of it but not after all the police had shut the roads again, quick return to the retail park,into the campsite and bottle of wine opened.

Monday 13th October. Codolet

Set up on The camping Car Parks Aire at Codolet. Pleasant little village and aire in a nice lakeside location. Single toilet and electric etc for around 14 euros.

Pool on site.

Each of the 4 days we've spent in Sanary, the temperature has been 24c.

Plage de Portisol

Everyday I try to swim a third of a mile and so far I've nearly always reached that target. First 3 days in Sanary I've swam in the town beach... Fabulous. But today Sunday 12th we took a walk to the beautiful beach at Portisol. The rocks and ledges about 75 yds from the shoreline attract the fish and although I only had goggles I could clearly see the marine life and vegetation. It was an excellent swim / experience. Nice but expensive coffee at the nearby cafe. Brisk walk back to the site for lunch and afternoon swim in the pool which Barbara occupied for herself. It really has been a tremendous first visit to Sanary. On the road tomorrow, heading north of avignon.