Colourful enamel signs on L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue market Provence France
My fifth book about our twenty five years of French travel is due out in the summer of 2022, early July. It is mainly new writing and sets out to tour France from Calais to the south and tour back round to the starting point. To accompany the text I have had to delve into some pre- digital photography. Perhaps not as sharp as the newer digital photos but I found them quite atmospheric and pleased with the results. I hope you enjoy them also. I will post more later.
The photos can be view in a lightbox by clicking on them
Vaison la Romaine Peaceful Trelly in the Manche region of NormandyAscending Mont Ventoux – we never made the summitSt Malo Brittany with the perfectly restored granite buildings damaged in WW2St Amour – a beautiful place in the Beaujolais region of FranceSt Mere Eglise Normandy and the famous effigy of US Paratrooper John Steele hanging from the churchPoppy field in Provence South of FranceMont St Michel from our lunch tableRainy day in the historical port of Honfleur Normandy For a change we have the view from the Palais des Papes across the squarechateau of Chenonceaux Loire Valley France
My passion is writing about travel and particularly French travel. I have traveled extensively in France and wine and food has always featured on my travels and now in my books. My friends always await our return from France with the latest new finds from the vineyards and I was more than happy to keep sampling. I am from Lancashire in the north of England but have now relocated to Somerset (nearer to France) and able to enjoy devoting my time to writing and new discoveries.
France came late to me as a destination, in fact so conservative was my travel upbringing that it was a long time before I even ventured to Cornwall. I have more than made up for the slow start and have enjoyed helping many others with their travel plans to France and especially to Paris and Provence.
I have written a series of four books on France - Three are now on Amazon:THE FIRST TIME WE SAW PARIS about our first steps in French Travel, THYME FOR PROVENCE our discovery of that glorious region and the people and places we met and discovered, A DREAM OF PARIS a personal memoir of our times in Paris with friends.
France has been fun, we have been burgled on our very first arrival, we discovered the best cafe that changed our travel lives on the very next day, we learnt about French wine, we escaped from the most horrendous gite, we found the best of gites, B & B's and people, we laughed and cried with dear friends in Paris, I was hosed down by a crazy owner to cool me down in Provence, our breakfast in a remote village was served by the French army, we stepped totally out of our comfort zone and discovered the best of French culture. The experiences are varied and many and please come with me as I retell the stories and my footsteps are there to follow.
I am also writing about ancestry and genealogy and my first book about our incredible family story themed around war and the military is now on Amazon - A BULLET FOR LIFE.
I love the English game of cricket, golf, soccer, photography, walking and cooking. Oh, and travel of course.
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