Author Archives: Tim & Sarah

Unlike Luchon Cauterets was definitely all open and had a bit of a holiday buzz about the place. We thought we would take advantage of the access to the top of the mountain being open and took the gondala up on our second day. While we were up there we thought we would have aContinue reading “Cauterets Hike Soum de Mauloc to Ilheou lake”

The next morning the sun came out and the sky was perfectly blue so off we went on our first hike. While there were plenty of hikes leaving from the town some others were a short drive away leaving from a spot called the Pont d’Espagne. It doesn’t take long for us to pack upContinue reading “Cauterets Hike Pont d’Espagne to Refuge Wallon”

Our next stop was Bagnères-de-Luchon situated in the Pyrenees and selected due to its abundant hiking and mountain biking tracks. We decided to jump back onto the motorway to get there just because we thought our little van would appreciate it more rather than going up and down steep mountains. Plus the time difference inContinue reading “Bagnères-de-Luchon”

Our meandering around France was really quite fantastic but we did have a goal of enjoying the Pyrenees and after getting a little taste of the mountains we decided to jump on the péage motorway and make a bee line for the southern border and continue our meandering down there. This was going against ourContinue reading “Cahors”

We knew after completing the hike we were going to be pretty exhausted and as our previous nights campsite wasn’t ideal we decided on a different spot just under an hour away. It was still in the same region and known for its hiking through the mountains. Unfortunately we couldn’t stay in Mont Dore whichContinue reading “La Bourboule”

Our time in the Loire valley was coming to an end and we thought we should head towards our vague destination of the Pyrenees, so south. This was going to take us through Auvergne and one of the highlights of the area is the Parc des Volcans an area of dormant volcanoes. The plan wasContinue reading “Puy de Dôme”

We decided to continue our Loire Valley explorations with one last stop being Sancerre which we picked because Tim is a big fan of the wine produced there. We were armed with a few wine recommendations from Ben’s (brother-in-law) brother Thom who is a sommelier and we thought we would do our usual and rideContinue reading “Sancerre”

Next stop on our travels was to be a campsite in between Blois and Château de Chambord further up the Loire. Our drive up was along the banks of the river and while it’s not the most beautiful river itself the towns dotted along it most certainly are. The farmland too spreads as far asContinue reading “Blois and Chateau de Chambord”

I am writing this post sitting back looking at the Loire River with a glass of wine reflecting on an awesome four days…. We left Ingrandes sur Loire with the plan of hitting the Angers market for some fresh produce and we were not disappointed. We even managed to sneak in a rotisserie chicken withContinue reading “Montsoreau”