Le Garangeoire 19-26 May

We went on to Le Garangeoire near Saint-Julien-des-Landes in the Vendee region. We stayed in a very big site which was thankfully very quiet at this time of year. There were lots of cycle paths along the Atlantic coast. The weather was great. Here is Ian coming back with the croissants and baguettes for breakfast!!



The beaches on the coast were amazing- very big and sandy but the sea was very cold. Harry loved it. She came out with us in her bike trailer.

As you can see the weather was good. We had all our meals outside. The wine was also very good!!
The beaches were very quiet and beautiful. This is us stopping on our bike ride to have our lunch at Bretignolles-sur-mer.
21.05.08 The gardens around here are fantastic. Everybody has a vegetable plot and the plants are well ahead of Britain.

And now to France

We left Britain on 13th May. First stop was Le Chateau du Martragny, a beautiful chateau near Bayeux in Normandy. We visited the Bayeux tapestry which was very interesting. We had a ride in a little train around Baueux. Harry loved the train. We had some amazing hail and rain storms.
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We went to Port-en=Bessin, one of the huge Normandy beaches that were used for the D-Day landings in June 1944.





This is Le Mont Saint Michel, an amazing abbey built on a 80 metre granite rock in the south of Normandy.
Unfortunately it was not a very good day and we did not see it at it's best, but it was still a wonderful sight.
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Visiting Emily's Grandparents

While we were in the New Forest we visited Noel and John in Barton on Sea. We had a lovely meal with them on 9th May.We also visited Derek Stubbs ( formally of Arran) in his new house in Stubbington. He has settled in very well and seems happy to be near his family.

Leaving Glendevon

We left Glendevon on 10th April with a little snow and frost on the ground. We were very excited with great plans. First stop is Durham. We have booked to see Dancing on Ice in Newcastle. I love ice skating and I am looking forward to see the show.

The New Forest.

May 5-13 We had a lovely time in the New Forest. Weather was great Harry really enjoyed travelling in the bike trailer. we saw lots of ponies with their foals.

Longleat.

We stayed in Longleat for a week. This was near to Jamie and family. They came out to the site. Here is Hamish and Aoife sitting at the door to Cicely.



Here is Hamish washing the dishes at Longleat. He was great at it!!!!
We had fish and chips at Longleat. We all enjoyed it

Robbie's 30th birthday

We stayed in Bury for a week, very near to Manchester. Robbie was 30 on 26th April and we had a barbeque at his house. Here is Robbie cutting the cake and Arran eating the cake.