I went to visit Georgina in Canada in May, which involved a flight from Paris to Calgary and then on to Kelowna. I thought I would take the opportunity to spend a few days in Paris before the trip and invited my siblings to join. My brother Chris agreed to join but sister Sara wasn’t …
Category archives: La Vie
Alvor 2025
I left my home in France in early November 2024, with no plan to return until mid-March 2025, hopefully avoiding all of the cold and wet weather. This is becoming a regular trip, with this being my fourth year of spending months at a time away from home. I load the van up with all …
Maroc 2024
My winter migration South followed the usual pattern this year – leaving France as soon as the weather turned cold and wet to head for the sun ! It was early November when I loaded the van with the KTM, Sirrus and Trek, plus the usual selection of tools and accessories (and a few clothes), …
Vince 2024
As regular readers will know September is the month of our annual pilgrimage to the Spanish Pyrenees to take part in the VINCE navigation event. But there were a few big changes this year. Firstly, we had decided not to compete and to enter “tourist class” which meant we avoided the days of preparation during …
Canada 2024
I flew in to Paris after my UK trip and met up with Alexander, who had come up by train from Limoges. It wasn’t far from the airport to the place we were staying but neither of us fancied the walk with our travel bags, so we looked at other options. It seemed there was …