Off to France for a three week trip heading initially to Bordeaux for their wine festival (no surprise there!) and then heading roughly in the Dordogne direction – we’ll see how the weather turns out.

After a midday Eurotunnel crossing we’ve driven around to the west side of Rouen to a delightful Aire at La Mailleraye sur Seine.  We had seen good reviews online and we were not disappointed. The clue was in the name of the town – the Aire is right on the banks of the Seine and we have been watching plenty of commercial traffic on the river, presumably heading somewhere between La Havre and Paris.

Tomorrow the plan is to head for the west coast – maybe La Rochelle and Ile de Re.