Sunny Friday afternoon at the beach

Beautiful evening on the south coast, Hayling island beach, smell of fish and chips, paddle boards and swimmers out balmy breeze..... I'm saying 

summer is here.

French Eurostar holiday - at the beach

Afternoon out to the beach, cassis is 20 min drive from Aubagne very nice upmarket port town, it was heaving today as it was a holiday, managed to find a free car park at a tiny beach just past the stunning magdalene vineyard (might go back for a visit) snorkelled swam and found a nudist beach... no pics... Trust me you can thank me for that! 

French holiday - morning trek Garlaban

6.30 Early morning start for Oscar and I, we set off to climb the mountain? at the end of the road. Think it is in the Garlaban range.  Fantastic view at the top 2 hour round trip from the car park, deserve a pain au chocolate now!

Check out our hike video here.

French family holiday, our villa

The villa we are staying at, 3 mins out of Aubagne, lovely quiet spot under a mountain, massive fully fenced garden comes with pool two cats and kora (superglue) the dog. Set back from the road it is a massive older style Provence home. Great outdoor eating area and loads of spots to sit under the trees and read your books.... I managed 4 pages before I fell asleep. 

French holiday- posh cheese toasties

Lunch today sitting on the deck in Provance, posh cheese toasties, Brie, jamon and sun dried tomatoes from the local market mmmmmm. (That's Apple juice in the glass, honest) 

French Eurostar holiday - ille de frioul

Made it to Marseille, few hiccups, missed the connecting train, by minutes! If you do this trip Make sure you allow at least two hours to transfer from Paris stations especially if you have kids. Ended up having to buy 4 new tickets...,384 euros! 

Here now beautiful weather, off to the island of ille de frioul (20min ferry ride) to explore and stay on a yacht for a night.

Made it to the Eurostar - Trip to Marseille

Bus on time London traffic wasn't to bad. On board loo was!  Now after a dash across London and some serious queuing to get passports checked. We are all aboard, the sandwich suitcase has already been attacked, now only weighs 10kgs. Oscars revision backpack on the other hand feels like it has the entire school library inside. Paris next!