![]() ![]() The B2 flew across the Atlantic from its base in Missouri, flew through, turned and flew past again, then returned to its American base. Highlights for me were seeing some American aircraft I hadn’t seen before, including the U2 spy plane, the B1 (Bone) bomber and the star was the B2 Stealth Bomber. Plenty of time to see the arrivals and departures as well as all of the flying, most of it right over our heads. We drove down on the Tuesday before the show and stayed until the following Tuesday. Like the last couple of years we stayed on the C&MC rally field just outside the airfield. Where did summer go?įollowing my last blog entry we haven’t been entirely static.Īfter arriving back from France in early July and spending a few days at home we went to Gloucestershire for the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford. It is September and already the leaves on the trees are starting to change colour and drop. The weather was lovely so we spent three days enjoying the sun and moving under a shady tree when it got too hot. ![]() This is another ACSI site and there is always a warm welcome from Christine who runs the site with her husband. This pleasant site is set beside a lake with a short walk round the lake to the village for morning croissants from the excellent boulangerie by the bridge. Across country to join the A20 motorway, past Limoges and Chateauroux and then onto the D2020 to Salbris and Camping de Sologne. OK if you just want to visit the village but I would rather pay a few more euros and enjoy the site which takes ACSI cards and so isn’t too expensive out of high season.Īfter three nights at Beaulieu we only had a week of our trip left so we continued north. It looked pretty basic with a pay machine and not much in the way of views. (GPS 44.97738º 1.84196º) That gives you a back way in to the site.Īs I mentioned before, there is an Aire de Camping-Car just outside the site and along side the ‘back road’. That entrance is off the D12 and past the Aire de Camping-Car under the high road bridge that crosses the river. There is another side entrance, which we later found, with has no restrictions. We just scrapped through, literally, as the satellite dish was just touching the wood work. The approach needs some care if you are in a high vehicle as not only do you need to negotiate the narrow street from the village centre but there is a 3m high footbridge at the site entrance. GPS 44.97957º 1.84196º) is on an island in the Dordogne and right beside the lovely old village of Beaulieu. Ĭampground Huttopia at Beaulieu sur Dordogne (ex Camping des îles. Our next stop was at a site recommended a couple of years ago by our caravanning friends Jenny & John. With thunder storms all around we were lucky to miss them all but after four lovely days the forecast started to look a bit dodgy so we continued our way north. Lac de Pareloup is about 2500ft high in the hills and so the weather can be changeable to say the least. With the weekend approaching and good weather we expected the aire to be really busy but there was loads of room with only about 15 out of 70 plus pitches taken. We have been there several times and it is now firmly on our ‘favourites’ list. Just short of the Millau Viaduct we turned west and through the hills to Lac de Pareloup (GPS 44.20027º 2.77601º) and its lovely aire on the steep banks of the lac. Leaving Homp we drove through the extensive Minervois vines heading for Beziers and the A75 towards Millau. We were now starting to slowly head north and home. Regular readers, if there are any left, might recall that we had got as far as the Canal du Midi at Homp after our drive south through the Ardeche and spending some time by the Med. Meeting an old mate and fellow Vulcan Volunteer, ‘Shackers’, at RIAT I was forcibly reminded to get on and complete the blog. Once we got home the garden had reverted to a poor imitation of jungle and sorting that out plus the other necessities of life seemed to take over. Ok, OK, I know the blog hasn’t been updated for ages but once again an acute attack of laziness overtook me. ![]()
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