Yesterday we cycled 45 km (in total – not too bad for these 60 somethingers) to the village of Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice sur Loire, two towns joined together. The Saint Maurice territory has been...

After the cheese tasting we drive to the beautiful medieval village of St Haon Le Chatel, some of the ramparts still visible but crumbling into ruins. The village once completely protected by being en...

16 bargees head to the little village of Ambierle and walk along a lush path until we come to the Mons Fromager – The Mons family, now run by two brothers, age and refine 20 varieties of cheese....

Tout homme a deux pays, le sien et puis la France! Henri de Bornier (1825–1901) Every man has two countries, his own and France! Rob and I have been in France a month and I never ever expected to agre...

We are Still waiting for papers to come from SA so Pam’s visa can be extended. Still moored in Roanne. It’s Spring, changeable, and beautiful. The skies go from to overcast skies. Despite ...

J.B Clair is the Cave we drive to about 25 minutes from Roanne with Peter and Jeanette. J B Clair The Cave is one of about 30 in this area who use the Gambay grapes which grow in the Loire valley up t...

First things first, we get the SA flag up, proudly recognizable as South African! Then cleaning the deck, its full of sand after 6 months waiting for us…we are constantly astonished by the effic...

Shopping for food, shopping for clothes, shopping generally is a feast for my eyes. The colours of the Spring flowers and the vegetables seem brighter, the designs of the clothes seem more interesting...

We catch a taxi from Lyon with the most talkative Algerian taxi driver in the world and arrive in Roanne, its an exciting moment looking to find Sojourn. There she is, black and red paint gleaming in ...