Cunit on the Costa Dorada

Tuesday 7th November 2017 A lovely day, so we decided to take a drive down to one of the local beaches nearest to our campsite, Cunit on the Costa Dorada. The short drive took us to the coastal town in the province of Tarragona. Our approach in didn’t offer many views of the town itself, … Read more

Our last day in Languedoc-Roussillon (Occitanie)

Sunday 5th November 2017 The weather was definitely beginning to show signs of change and the swallows around us too were becoming restless. The daylight hours had got shorter and the temperature was beginning to fall, rather more rapidly than we had hoped. Time to move on and follow that late summer warmth further south. … Read more

City of Carcassonne

Thursday 2nd November 2017 On our list of places to visit had always been Carcassonne. Yet again another UNESCO World Heritage site. We had read that it had taken over 1000 years to complete! In 1849 the city of Carcassonne was nearly demolished.  It was struck off the roster of official fortifications under Napoleon and … Read more