List: France 2023 | Curated by Kev Neylon

Oct 5, 2023
18 stories
France 2023Musings, travels, and other random notes from our time in France.
Kev Neylon
Time To Go HomeBoo in a lot of ways, but quite glad in others. The final few days fly by. Working Monday to Wednesday all day makes it less like the…
Oct 5, 2023
1
Oct 5, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Caen CannedSunday morning was an early start and a full carload as Julie, Janet, and Geoff were with us as we set off to Caen. We were so early that…
Oct 5, 2023
1
Oct 5, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Cathedral Chateau And CarousingAfter a couple of days of relative inactivity just sitting around at the gite, completing the jigsaw as new arrivals turned up for the last…
Oct 5, 2023
1
Oct 5, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Roaming Around RouenI wake up with lots of itchy bites. Which is strange as I’ve never been bitten by insects before, but I have eleven of them. I’m not saying…
Oct 4, 2023
1
Oct 4, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Etretat Forty Years OnWe wake up in Le Havre. Today will be a bit busy. The holiday within a holiday was born out of the idea in my head to return to Etretat…
Oct 4, 2023
1
Oct 4, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Lisieux and Le HavreThe nasty spectre of work raised its ugly head again on Monday morning. An agreed half day interruption to the holiday, which as ever…
Sep 27, 2023
2
Sep 27, 2023
2
Kev Neylon
From Genets to GranvilleThere only being four of us at the gite means a day out is only one carload. And we went out for a little drive. First stop was Genets, a…
Sep 27, 2023
2
Sep 27, 2023
2
Kev Neylon
A Brace Of BreceyThe hot weather is sapping, and I’m well known for being anti heat. But even so, you have to venture out at some point. Thursday, I managed…
Sep 27, 2023
1
Sep 27, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Mont St Michel And MoreBeing anywhere in Normandy or Brittany, nowhere gets as many mentions as Mont St Michel. It is heavily featured in the Michelin guidebook…
Sep 25, 2023
1
Sep 25, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
The CascadesFor some reason, all I could picture when it was said we were going to the cascades for the day was that we were going to some concert…
Sep 25, 2023
1
Sep 25, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
GranvilleWhich sounds like a town full of grans. We took a cross country route to get there, which was ‘interesting’ with narrow roads and speeding…
Sep 25, 2023
1
Sep 25, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Markets and BrocantesDespite the poor internet, Helen and I were working on Friday for part of the day, and the weather kind of put paid to any real desire to…
Sep 16, 2023
1
Sep 16, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
A Rich TapestryUp nice and early and ready to go, but for some reason it is still after ten before we get going. The weather forecast is for it to rain…
Sep 16, 2023
1
Sep 16, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Fabulous Fougeres.It was due to be reasonable weather wise today, and as others decided what to do, Helen and I were ready and out and, on the way, to…
Sep 16, 2023
1
Sep 16, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Little Local VillagesA lazy day, to a point. I did some writing and started a jigsaw and so it was nearly 6pm when others were going out to one of the local…
Sep 10, 2023
1
Sep 10, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Dinan, Dinard, Dinner.How do you know when you are really on holiday?
Sep 10, 2023
1
Sep 10, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
AvranchesWe didn’t get out until the afternoon. There was lots of umming and aahing about what to do and who is going to go out. Four of us get in…
Sep 7, 2023
1
Sep 7, 2023
1
Kev Neylon
Lost In FranceWell, we weren’t lost, and fortunately, we were nowhere near Bonnie Tyler either. But we were on our way to France. Typically, that last…
Sep 7, 2023
1
Sep 7, 2023
1