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Before visiting Poitiers we took the opportunity to cycle round the nearby Lac de Saint Cyr and out to the nearby village of Dissay, stopping for luncheon on the banks of the lake as we went. We were pleasantly surprised by the charming village and its surroundings. The main attraction
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Nantes is a great modern city that is full of history, culture and art or you can marvel at the Machines of the Isle of Nantes, a collection of giant mechanical animals inspired by Jules Verne, where a giant mechanical elephant that walks around the former shipyards. It was like
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We had a break in Plussulien to visit a neighbour who move to France several years ago now. The commune is small with a population of around 500, and it has a church, a friendly bakery and a cosy pub. The local expat community was very welcoming and always ready
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We stopped over at Dinan and walked into the city down the river La Rance and was amazed by its medieval charm. Dinan is a town that overlooks the Rance river and has a 14th-century castle and ramparts. It also has many half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets that
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Heading south west tracking the cost of northern France we decided for a quick one night stopover in the picturesque town of Honfleur, with its old harbour and colourful houses, like something out of a painting by Monet. Honfleur is a lovely port town in France rich in history dating
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Le Treport is a small fishing port with a lot of charm and history, with a great beach and surrounded by towering chalk cliffs, very much like the coastal area around Dover. Unlike Dover though these have the remnants of the Gun emplacements from WWII. Le Treport was once called
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For our first day in France, we had decided to drive to Le Touquet to spend the day and night to acclimatise. One of our aims was to try out the French Aires that we had read so much about. We also needed to purchase a few essentials for the
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Today is the day, the day we have been waiting for, the start of our tour of France in 2023. As we had already positioned ourselves relatively close to the port of Dover, we opted for the more scenic route to drive to the port as this offered great views