Annie’s big European adventure

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Fab spot for the night the wier is quite noisy but it makes a change from the toads ??

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Oh, it's got one of those small slipways for the alligators to get in and out

 

[Campervanannie]

Sunrise in our little corner of France

 

[Campervanannie]

And it just gets better.

 

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I really enjoyed watching a couple of egrets seeking breakfast along the weir this morning:





Colin ???

 

[snapster]

Just found this thread, looks like you are having a great time and some lovely weather.
I’ve taken a few notes for our next trip down the Eastern side of France.

 

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Lots of feathered friends for The Yorkshire Wanderer today.
Egrets and herons first thing on the Cher.
Now we've stopped for a second breakfast on the Loire and stumbled upon something that reminds our lass of Yorkshire. She went over for a chat in pidgin French:



.......and wished them a safe and swift journey down to their home in the Dordogne region:



Did you see what I did there?

Colin ???

 

[Campervanannie]

This mornings breakfast stop on the way to Angers.

 

[trixie88]

wow...i love that old boat....just imagine what that would look like ...all done up.......oh yes.

 

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We found an artisan boulangerie soon after leaving our wild camp by the Loire this morning.
Here's Annie working out if she has sufficient change for her usual breakfast of trois pain au chocolat, deux croissant et une ficelle:



........then to Angers to view the amazing Chateau d'Angers overhanging the river Maine:



......but first a steep and cobbled climb to the old town:



........though parking had thoughtfully been provided in a tiny Annie-sized triangular corner between two old building:



The fortress chateau is a beauty with ornate flower beds in the former moat:



And so to this evening's wild camp on the right bank of the Sarthe at Roézé-Sur-Sarthe:



Colin ???

 

[Campervanannie]

Stunning view from our vans tonight

 

[Campervanannie]

I got another new friend

 

[Wully]

Tell you what you have visited some lovely places. Colin could make a good living from guided motorhome tours

 

[Trotter]

Tell you what you have visited some lovely places. Colin could make a good living from guided motorhome tours

If he ever stopped swanning around. ?

 

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The day before yesterday we watched a couple of egrets and a grey heron fishing on a weir on the Cher where we wild camped.

Yesterday we encountered pigeons being released by the Loire for their race back to the Dordogne.

This morning a woodpecker woke me by hammering on the tree adjacent to the Moho at our wild camp on the Loire.

This evening we had a stroll around the village adjacent to our wild camp on the Sarthe and then wandered back to the mohos:



.......and a swan joined us soon after we'd finished dinner. It ate quite a lot of a plant growing amongst the grass by the table:



Then came closer:



..........and finally accepted a morsel from Annie:



I'm not sure which of them was more apprehensive!

Colin ???

 

[trevskoda]

Lots of feathered friends for The Yorkshire Wanderer today.
Egrets and herons first thing on the Cher.
Now we've stopped for a second breakfast on the Loire and stumbled upon something that reminds our lass of Yorkshire. She went over for a chat in pidgin French:

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.......and wished them a safe and swift journey down to their home in the Dordogne region:

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Did you see what I did there?

Colin ???

Showed them you wacy slippers and scared the cr-p out of them as they thought it was the local cat.

 

[Campervanannie]

What a fabulous misty sunrise.

 

[Clunegapyears]

Some new friends of ours. Annie, we’re loving the Harz Mountains so much we won’t make it to Czech. Your next trip?

 

[Campervanannie]

Some new friends of ours. Annie, we’re loving the Harz Mountains so much we won’t make it to Czech. Your next trip?View attachment 45087

I told you they are a spooky lot up in the mountains. ??

 

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Oo-la-la:



Colin ???

 

[mariesnowgoose]

Oo-la-la:

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Colin ???

Oh dear, who's van?