France here we come

Bonjour dear family and friends, the Cainfenton Trundle Bus is on the move again. On the 3^rd September we leave for Calais and a 2 month sojourn through France. We are aiming to spend a good deal of time in the Dordogne, but as always the plans are fluid and we will go where the wind takes us, or where Fang decides we are going, which is much the same thing since the doc put her on this new medication.

Since last we blogged, during our Spanish/Portuguese virgin outing, we have been on a 2 month trundle through Italy. The trip took in the Northern Lakes, Venice, through stunning Tuscany to Florence, Pisa and then onto Pompei. On the way we happened upon a natural spring where the Italians have been taking the waters since Roman times. We joined the locals languishing in the hot sulphur waterfalls, and emerged a couple of hours later chilled out to our core but stinking of rotten eggs! In fact I can still clear the fresh produce aisle in Sainsbury’s six months later. After a three day visit in magnificent Pompei, we drove on south along the beautiful Amalfi coast. 

We then turned north again and followed the western coast up through Italy, the Italian Riviera, Monaco, the French Riviera and then turned inland. To complete our trip we stopped off again to visit Fang’s cousin Denise and husband Mick, who if you remember from our last blog (April 2011 ‘And on We Go’), live in a chateaux somewhere in France.

So there we are dear family and friends, you are now up to date with the Cainfenton Trundle Bus adventures. We didn’t blog in Italy but will be doing so during the next couple of months in France. Stand by for the usual diet of photos, fun, fantasy and even perhaps, some real life adventures.

We now consider ourselves experienced motorhomers and set off into the French sunset with less trepidation than last year......for now, au revoir mes amis.