En Vacances

Our first picture, showing moi (Gilbert) - look closely at the basket - with some of my compatriots, should leave you in no doubt where we went for our latest adventure.

My emigration from France to Norfolk last year, to join Bears Unlimited, meant that an annual jaunt to 'la belle France' is an absolute necessity to stop me becoming too homesick. My fellow members of the Norfolk branch didn't need too much persuading to join me on our latest adventure. They said that most years they would pop across the Channel for a couple of days, to replenish the wine cellar, and agreed that an extended visit would provide a great opportunity to travel a little further afield and see more of France than the shops.


As last year, we travelled across via Eurotunnel. Thanks to me being so eager to set paw in France, we arrived at the Terminal really early and caught a much earlier train than the one we'd booked.

On arriving at Coquelles we had a drive of about 70 miles to reach our camp site just outside the lovely Somme Bay town of St Valery. This time there was no camp to set up as we had booked a Eurocamp pre-erected tent and, even more luxury, there was no meal to cook as we were able to pop across to the chalet that members of the Midlands branch had been renting for the past week, and enjoy a meal and a glass of wine with them.

First though, there was a very important task to be completed: the raising of the bear flag outside our camp area.


See what we got up to in France next time.

Lots of love Gilbert xxx