Seven Weeks In France

The long anticipated journey into France began on April 5th with a stop over in Oxfordshire. We had planned to travel down to Folkstone in one go and through the channel tunnel on the 6th, but we were ready, so why not make the journey easier and set off a day earlier. we had never used the tunnel before, but it was an easy, seamless and enjoyable experience, delivering us straight onto the French motorway system with ease. Within 45 minutes of our arrival in France, we were in the town of Montreuil Sur Mer, our chosen stop off point for the first night.

Les Ramparts, which incidentally, was also the name of the hotel we stayed in. The plan was to drive down to the Languedoc where we had booked a cottage for a month and then to spend another couple of weeks or so, before making our way back north. The whole stay would probably be seven or eight weeks, it was totally flexible, according to what we wanted to do. It was good to be back in France, we had stopped off in France a few times before, but many years ago. A walk around the town, or more specifically the ramparts reminded us of how long it had been as much of it was unfamiliar. However, we were looking forward to the next day, which would take us to the Loire valley.