Leaving Saumur, watching carrit harvesting, and ending up by a canal drinking cemetery water!

How do you complain in French? That was today’s task! The 2 emmergency power backups (good for 3 charges), only charged up to 2/4 little lights, so not charging fully. Decided to ask ( icely) the Orange shop on the Rue Nationale to exchange them for another solar charger/combined battry pack, as the one I […]

On returning from an evening meal in Saumur with cyclists Rosemary & Gregoire, we bumped into a boy’s weekend party of Boguz and his football team. This is what they had to say …

Arriving at the campsite in Saumur, there was chilled Saumur chardonnay in a fridge at reception. It was time to abandon not drinking solo! Luckily 2 cyclists, Rosemary & Gregoire, came along to share it! This is their tale. Gregoire’s bit is in FRENCH!

Some days you are just lucky. This was one of them. After a disasterous day yesterday, this was planned as a shopping replacement day, and it all worked, and more. On the advice of the very capable young lady Geraldine on the camping reception (who will later star on the Audio Diary!), O caught the […]

The second Stow-on-the-Wold Rescue Mission to relieve Minty Tours arrives in Tours! Sarah and Alex collapse in a café on the Rue Nationale and this is their tale …

Arriving at the campsite in Tours after an exhsusting walk from the railway station, there was this most charming young french lady at reception, Marjorie, who managed to smile and talk at the same time! This is her tale (in English).

Having lost my solar charger and storage battery in Coulombé, a kindly face opened a shutter. It was Jack, who with his wife Elizabeth invited me in for lunch and then very generously, Jack drove me to Château-du-Loire for the train to Tours. This is their tale, in french.

Disaster!   Mon charger-solaire à disparu environ 8 heures du soir hier, près du Fontaine devant l’eglise à Colognė. Si vous le retrouve, je suis devant l’eglise. Peter Minty   My solar-charger has disapeared about 8PM yesterlday evening, near to the water fountain in front of the church at Cologné. If you find it, I […]

10 biscuits for a tenth birthday! (WELL, she did have to share them with Happy!). Out to the Spar supermarket to buy the food that we should have bought last night, but missed it by 5 mins, as the store closed at 7.30 and we had been paying our camping fres at 7.00 Realised late […]