The Dolans escape Tory Britain

We are setting off to France next Sunday 9th May for a six week trip and we are going to try and do the travel blog again for family and friends. We are heading for Brittany in our new van (see photo above) and we are really looking forward to getting away.

The old Swift Sundance was a great van, but after five years we thought it was time to trade it in. The new Swift Bolero is very similar but a bit posher. It will be interesting to to see how it goes.

We have a tunnel crossing at 18.20 next Sunday evening and will spend the night near Calais. Then we set off for Brittany, but en route we are going to spend some time in Carteret on the Cotentin peninsula, south of Cherbourg. It is a small fishing port where Peter worked a number of years ago. He worked there in the bar while he was polishing up his french for university and now he returns every summer. It sounds like a great place and so we intend to spend a few days there.

We will have another couple of stops before reaching the north west coast in Finistere where we hope to stay for awhile. After that, we will follow the coast south and end up - I don't know where. Brittany is beautiful, but it can rain and if the weather is really bad we have a plan B - drive south until we find sunshine.

We will try to keep in touch with texts, facebook and this blog. It really depends on how much free wi-fi we can find.

Take care.