All packed and ready to go!

Yet another change of location for a week or so -  I'm always on holiday, so that's really all that happens. And there's nothing wrong with that.

This time it's off to Avignon, with Ron and Jim, on motorbikes. Early-ish start, 6.30, Folkestone for the Euroshuttle, then Mieux for the evening. Hopefully the weather, currently stormy, windy and rainy in the UK, will not be quite so fierce!

Unlike the last trip to Greece and back, this is more like to be a relaxed jaunt with more holiday-like characteristics. We are staying in Avignon for five nights (yes really!) in an apartment in the middle of town, so lots of opportunities for sightseeing and kulcha. I'm hoping to get in a trip to La Baux de Provence, to see the amazing son et lumiere in the old sandstone quarry caves - it's only 45 minutes or so away.

So, here's to an amusing week!

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