Mid-January Zsuzsi went back to Hungary for a long week for
a surprise visit to see her Mum, family and friends. While she was having a
lovely time in Hungary, I have been left to arrange various works done on the
van. Fridge and oven now work, fan belt and clutch replaced.
Back from Hungary, I picked Zsuzsi up on a Wednesday night, having
circled around Gatwick a few times cos no convenient parking for a motorhome
and headed off to Emily’s for a spot of family time.
Then we took a deep breath
and with credit card in hand, went to have the solar sorted. The work was
planned for 3 days. It took 5. Still, we now have electricity, so can charge
the phones, kindle, tablet, PC, etc.…. a new level of comfort!
We wished Bobby a Happy birthday on the 26th of
January and then headed down to Portsmouth to finalize the arrangements for our
new house.
Back to the van and having changed a leaking tap, we now have
hot water 😀
On the 28th January 2020 on choppy waters, we left
England and early on 29th January entered France at Dieppe. Finally we are on our travels!
Rushing south for the sun we made it to our first stop at
Villveque, very tired. Already it is 12℃ and sunny. Such a nice change. Next day we had another long drive to Brantome,
the town where we almost bought a house last year. We were still very tired,
but went to town anyway. Even in winter Brantome is a lovely place. We did
think to spend a second night there but it had turned a little wet so decided
to travel 100km further south to Saint Foy le Grande. It’s still a little drizzly
here, but a balmy 15℃.
Tomorrow we are heading
onwards south to warmth.
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| Suprise visit |
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| Beachy head - it was cold |
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| To jump or not to jump? There is no quesrion... |
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| A lot of hard work, this motorhome life |
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| Missing Zsuzsi - obviously |
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| Mechanic at work |
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| The Long Man of Wilmington |
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| Seaford |
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| Seaford - On the edge (not really) |
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| Saltdean - while the solar is getting sorted |
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| New solar panels |
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| Enaugh already, let's go! |
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| Last morning in the UK for awhile |
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| Choppy waters |
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| Rest stop |
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| Villeveque |
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| Brantome |
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| Brantome |
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| Brantome |
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Brantome - work under way(?) - this would make a superb restaurant by the river
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| It was market day |
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| Saint Foy la Grande |
