Two Travelling Dogs.

Well what an interesting time we have had here in Lourdes. After trekking all the way down the mountain from our site to the town, we get in to the grounds of the sanctuary, only to be pounced upon by grandad security & thrown out..

I don't wish to offend anyone on here who may be of the RC faith, but .. Really .. Just because we have dogs... I mean come on.. Also no smoking or using of mobile phones or even eating ice creams.. Guess I know where I'm going for the afterlife...:wink:

Instead we went and wandered around the town centre, to which ever shop is a souvenir shop.. In fact one Irish chap we were talking to said it's like Las Vegas with Religion, mind you it was 11 o'clock & he was drinking wine..

So for you agnostics, atheists & heathens out there, this is what it's all about..
The basilica of our Lady of Lourdes..
 

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This is Nettie looking in from the outside... Are the bars there to keep us out or them in??..:001_tongue:
 

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All Nettie wanted was to go in & have look around...

Guess you could say she starting to get angry... Oh dear... Time to get her away from there before she creates a scene ..
 

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Well after our experience of Lourdes we decided to leave there & potter up the road for a couple of hours.. We headed for the the south west & found a lovely little municipal site on the banks of the river Dordoigne in a smashing little town called Bourge. Can't go wrong with a site like this, all amenities for a few quid a night..
 

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After a lovely day & night there we have again moved on up into the interior to a town called Loches. We are on a site called camping de Citidal where we have stayed before, but it is a great little town with a good vets & a splendid market on Saturdays.

We have booked in the vets this-afternoon for there passports to be stamped ready for the return crossing in few days, & have the market tomorrow to do all of our shopping for pressies for us...( bugger the kids)..

Will wander out & takes some pics later to post...

For anyone in an RV this is a great site to stay as they can accommodate any size rig, we actually stayed here in our Monaco, so some of the pitches are huge..
 

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Looks like your all having a great time, thanks for sharing photos, although my neck is now twisted but getting better. :thumbup:
 
iPad is working ok now... If I rotate the pics then save, then do it again, then they come out the right way.. Stupid bloody machine...:001_rolleyes:
 
Well, had a trip up the road to the local vets this afternoon & had the dogs wormed ready for their trip back across the water & reality..:thumbup:
 
stunette said:
After a lovely day & night there we have again moved on up into the interior to a town called Loches. We are on a site called camping de Citidal where we have stayed before, but it is a great little town with a good vets & a splendid market on Saturdays.

We have booked in the vets this-afternoon for there passports to be stamped ready for the return crossing in few days, & have the market tomorrow to do all of our shopping for pressies for us...( bugger the kids)..

Will wander out & takes some pics later to post...

For anyone in an RV this is a great site to stay as they can accommodate any size rig, we actually stayed here in our Monaco, so some of the pitches are huge..
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I looked at that site and tried to book....online wanted an 18€ booking fee....so changed my mind!! Did you just turn up??
 
Frank550 said:
I looked at that site and tried to book....online wanted an 18€ booking fee....so changed my mind!! Did you just turn up??
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Yes just turn up as it's now low season & always have loads of spaces..

We have an ACSI card which most sites give you a discount so it works out a lot cheaper.. One place we went too was 28 euros for the van 2 people 2 dogs & EHU.. Gave us a discount of 14 euros as we had the card... Can't go wrong really..:thumbup:
 
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Interesting journey - disappointing about Lourdes though - did they have signs up about no dogs ??
 
From the site we were on we came down the mountain & into the park area which then runs into the 'sacred ground'. We were well into the grounds when we were pounced upon & ejected.. Every other entrance has a board telling you no dogs ,ice cream mobiles bikes & so on, with security guards on the gates..:crying:
 
Have moved on from Loches & have landed up in Fort Mahon . Will stay here for the night & see if we can get some grub, then off in the morning for a coast road bimble to Calais to get a ferry sometime in the next day or so..

Need to get home now as we are missing work..:thumbup:
 
Off on the road again this morning.. Had a great afternoon & evening yesterday here at Fort Mahon.. Nice little town it is, but today is the day to head home..

Can't wait... Get me on that ferry...:thumbup:
 
We left France yesterday from Calais & arrived home late afternoon after a good run. It was over all a very good road trip, but now is time to settle back into normal life for a while with lots to sort out, even a new business venture.

I hope some of you have enjoyed reading the little posts I have put up on here & will put lots more pictures on the gallery when I get time to upload them from the cameras & phones.. Cheers...:thumbup:
 
Been great reading your travels Stu - glad your back safe and sound. When a member posts about their travels it allows others to enjoy the travels and plan for their own. Nice sometimes to be able to Google the place or look at it on Google earth.

Thanks - look forward to catching up soon
 
Glad you had a good trip and enjoyed yourselves, not so glad for you to have to go through the back to reality blues though :sad:

I always hate coming home from hols and having to get back into work mode :biggrin:

Get them photo's up!!

Steve
 
gulfbluersr said:
Glad you had a good trip and enjoyed yourselves, not so glad for you to have to go through the back to reality blues though :sad:

I always hate coming home from hols and having to get back into work mode :biggrin:

Get them photo's up!!

Steve
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Thanks, but I don't suffer reality blues... I love work.. Always said if I didn't like doing something I wouldn't do it.. Life's too short..:thumbup:
 

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