There is comfort in the kind faces and words of strangers Monday 27th June 2022 Around 7:30am, after another fitful night, I lost the plot and phoned the RAC. Rodney had to take over the call because I was going round in circles with yet another operator. He had to go through the whole story
Movement is important, especially when it’s not happening Sunday 26th June 2022 We’re still in the hotel, we still have no rental car and we’ve not had a single message, phone call, or response to our emails from the RAC. I guess we were foolish to expect anything more. Needing to get out of the
Full-blown discombobulation is never good for the soul. Friday 24th June 2022 Mr and Mrs Thoroughly Glum had a very sleepless night. It wasn’t just our worries about our tricky position, but there was an awful bad-egg style smell that woke us both up at 3am. It was still lingering when we got up in
Sometimes it’s hard not to think about home. Thursday 23rd June 2022 We overslept until 8am, but at least we woke up to a blue-sky morning. At 9:45am we drove round to the bicycle repair shop and were very pleased to find our bikes were finally ready. We strapped them on to Reggie, paid, thanked
Sometimes the more you ponder, the more there is no real answer Tuesday 21st June 2022 Today we had more cunning plans that didn’t happen. We farewelled our nice pitch under the trees, after we had hit one of said oak trees. There are many things in life worth avoiding and one of them is
Don’t get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny Sunday 19th June 2022 Leaving Avignon was tricky. All roads led to low bridges. Bridges too low for Reggie to get under. We ended up travelling around the city walls and then south. A quick fuel stop calmed
Try not to make the same mistakes twice or you’ll never get around to all of them Friday 17th June 2022 In an attempt to sleep without air-conditioning, we left all of the windows and hatches wide open and I laid my wet scarf across my shoulders. I woke up early to the sounds of
Why does the sight of flowers in full bloom sooth the soul? Tuesday 14th June 2022 Awning in, washing lines down, tarpaulin up, quick breakfast, lock-down, etc., etc., etc. Then we drove along to pick up Lindy who was having problems checking out of her apartment. We finally got her on board and headed out
Where does inspiration live when you’re in a hurry? Saturday 11th June 2022 After leaving the boat, Lindy Rodney and I headed straight to a large supermarket near Agde to refill Reggie’s now depleted fridge and cupboards and also to get out of the heat and into somewhere air-conditioned for a while. Then we drove
Enjoy the space between where you are and where you are going Sunday 5th June 2022 All seven of us woke up and started moving around the boat at various times on our first morning. Some were still sleepy, and others had been up for hours. I was one of the former, but we did
It is best to know what you are looking for before you look for it. Wednesday 1st June 2022 I started the day doing something small that I have never done before and probably never will again. I made a paper crane and flew it out of our bedroom window. It didn’t exactly fly away
Time that you enjoyed wasting was not wasted at all Monday 30th May 2022 Tomorrow arrived as expected, so now it is Monday, the last one of the month and important things happened on this day. Later this week we’ll be in France, but for now we’ve got the last bit of Spain to conquer.