May 29th

On Eurotunnel at the moment heading home after yet another great trip. Spent last night on the free aire at Wissant, afternoon stroll on the beach where Jonesy was allowed to run off the lead. The great weather continued and we had a final meal in the nearby restaurant. Wissant is fab.

May 28th

"My father always promised us that we would live in France We'd go boating on The Seine and I would learn to Dance". Judy Collins (1968) LES ANDELYS ON THE SEINE. Yet another stunning part of France

May 27th

Disappointing result but congrats to Real. However the real story of the night was the site bar manager who had signs up advertising the match. I also spoke to him and he reassured me that he would stay open for the entire match....he locked the bar up at 7pm went home and never returned! We had to leg it to town, none of the first few bars had tv so I asked one barman where I would find a bar with a tv for the footy. He asked me who was with me and then said that he could get two more into his "special place". He took us down some steps to a cellar where I could hear music playing . I was half expecting to find John, Paul, George and Ringo in 60's leather gear but there on the wall in this tiny cellar was a tv and a handful of French guys. Good on the barman he kept coming back down to fill our glasses all through the match.

May 26th

Saturday 26th May. Arrived at Saumur especially for champions league final. Two big tellys awaiting us on the campsite. Been a glorious day with temps in high 20's . Unfortunately around 6pm a real gusty storm blew up, Barb was at showers and awning began to take off. Managed to hold it down but couldn't wind it in. Kept tight hold of it for 15 minutes until she came back. Could have caused a few thousand pounds of damage if it had blown over top of motorhome. Getting ready for the big storm...."off t'match , up for cup"

May 26th

Saturday 26th May. Arrived at Saumur especially for champions league final. Two big tellys awaiting us on the campsite. Been a glorious day with temps in high 20's . Unfortunately around 6pm a real gusty storm blew up, Barb was at showers and awning began to take off. Managed to hold it down but couldn't wind it in. Kept tight hold of it for 15 minutes until she came back. Could have caused a few thousand pounds of damage if it had blown over top of motorhome. Getting ready for the big storm...."off t'match , up for cup"

May 26th

Spent Friday night (25th May) on the campsite at Condac (Le Rejallant) south of Poitiers. A good site that only cost 13e. Me and Jonesy got up early and had a walk by the river that was about 200 metres away.

May 25th

Stopped at Biscarrosse in SW France for one night. Lovely day on lake with Jonesy. He won't go out of his depth but gets frustrated at wanting to step out to swim but still not sure. So I took him about 5 feet out of his depth, he swam back to the bank grabbed my shoes and dropped them in the water. " That'll teach you to mess with me". Got back to site (Camping Bimbo) and had a nice cooling swim in the pool. Friday morning visited vets to have his passport documentation done and then went down to the beach for a walk. packed up and moved on. Hoping to get to Saumur for match. "Up for cup".