2500 miles and 18 campsites later . . . . .

 On the last leg of our Spanish/French road trip we stayed at Vendome for 2 nights. A nice relaxed riverside campsite a short walk to the town centre. 

Vendome is a lovely town and is one of the main towns along the river Loire. The river divides itself at the entrance of Vendôme, intersecting it into numerous different arms. The town has a rich medieval history and many historical monuments.

We were very impressed with the beautiful spring flower beds we saw in the parks.

Next stop was Camping du Chateau at Falaise in Normandy. A small well kept municipal campsite overlooked by the Château where William the Conqueror was born. Falaise is a good place to stop en route to Caen, a cheap campsite at £13.50 per night including electricity good Wi-Fi and very clean modern facilities.  Easy walk into the interesting town with quite a few bars and restaurants.

We felt quite at home with both the above campsites as we had stayed at both 3 years ago.

And so on Thursday, 7 weeks after we started our road trip we made our way to Caen to catch our ferry to Portsmouth. We had one final lunch in Ouistreham at one of portside restaurants. 

During our 7 weeks we have slept at 18 different campsites and driven 2500 miles. We diverted from our original itinerary and unfortunately didn’t get to Zaragoza or Palermo - maybe next time. . . .







Comments

  1. SammyApril 21, 2022 at 3:41 PM

    Loved hearing all about your travels!
    Can’t wait to see you! Xxx

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  2. UnknownApril 22, 2022 at 12:43 AM

    What an adventure! Look forward to hearing all about it x

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