The Barts Go Adventuring - The Barts Go Adventuring http://bartsgoadventuring.com A family gap year with a campervan and on a budget! Will you join us? Fri, 10 May 2013 11:00:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 TheBartsGoAdventuringhttp://feedburner.google.com Highlights from Trundling around Toulouse http://bartsgoadventuring.com/highlights-from-trundling-around-toulouse/ http://bartsgoadventuring.com/highlights-from-trundling-around-toulouse/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 11:00:26 +0000 Kirsty http://bartsgoadventuring.com/?p=1112 Gosh, it got a bit quiet in here huh?  Sorry about that!  I can’t even blame having no internet! So we’ve been in Toulouse lately doing a house sit and looking after two lovely dogs and two cats.  It’s hardly been a chore and we’ve really enjoyed our time here. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://bartsgoadventuring.com/highlights-from-trundling-around-toulouse/feed/ 3 How useful is high school french in France? http://bartsgoadventuring.com/how-useful-is-high-school-french-in-france/ http://bartsgoadventuring.com/how-useful-is-high-school-french-in-france/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 16:19:50 +0000 Kirsty http://bartsgoadventuring.com/?p=1121 I think I did ok with the one language that I took at high school.  I actually wanted to learn German but there wasn’t enough interest in it, so French it was.  I took it until I was 16, passing my Standard Grade exam well (GCSE level – I was … Continue reading →

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]]> http://bartsgoadventuring.com/how-useful-is-high-school-french-in-france/feed/ 3 Fast forwarding spring http://bartsgoadventuring.com/fast-forwarding-spring/ http://bartsgoadventuring.com/fast-forwarding-spring/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:27:46 +0000 Kirsty http://bartsgoadventuring.com/?p=1110 I expected to see Spring before we left the UK but apart from an odd day of sunshine it was pretty much solid cold, snow, rain and cold again.  I began to dream of hot places, sunshine and just days where we could walk and not be soaked to the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://bartsgoadventuring.com/fast-forwarding-spring/feed/ 1 Montignac – caves and calamities http://bartsgoadventuring.com/montignac-caves-and-calamities/ http://bartsgoadventuring.com/montignac-caves-and-calamities/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:07:09 +0000 Kirsty http://bartsgoadventuring.com/?p=1107 When Gloria decided she wasn’t well enough to do our planned itinery, we had to decide on an alternative and when it ended up being close to the Lascaux cave I figured it was worth visiting.  Montignac is the nearest village and where you buy the tickets and since there … Continue reading →

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]]> http://bartsgoadventuring.com/montignac-caves-and-calamities/feed/ 9 Pictures from our first week in France http://bartsgoadventuring.com/pictures-from-our-first-week-in-france/ http://bartsgoadventuring.com/pictures-from-our-first-week-in-france/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:24:56 +0000 Kirsty http://bartsgoadventuring.com/?p=1105 (because I can’t seem to work out how to stick them in the last post) Just a few snippets Bye bye England! Our first stop in Wissant – enjoying the beach.   Day two and we are in Normandy briefly.  We love finding these shops and sampling wares from them … Continue reading →

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]]> http://bartsgoadventuring.com/pictures-from-our-first-week-in-france/feed/ 0 A week in France–reflections from our time on the road. http://bartsgoadventuring.com/a-week-in-francereflections-from-our-time-on-the-road/ http://bartsgoadventuring.com/a-week-in-francereflections-from-our-time-on-the-road/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:25:02 +0000 Kirsty http://bartsgoadventuring.com/?p=1097 Thursday afternoon between about 2 and 3pm is social dancing time it seems.  We’re parked up in an unusually busy car park watching the locals in their finery descend on the adjacent community centre and music is blaring out of it.  Interesting!  James is ill and is sleeping in an … Continue reading →

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]]> http://bartsgoadventuring.com/a-week-in-francereflections-from-our-time-on-the-road/feed/ 5 5 things to do before I am 40… http://bartsgoadventuring.com/5-things-to-do-before-i-am-40/ http://bartsgoadventuring.com/5-things-to-do-before-i-am-40/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:25:00 +0000 Kirsty http://bartsgoadventuring.com/?p=1096 I turned 34 last week.  I’m no longer wincing as the years go by, I think I’m happy with who I am.  James keeps telling me I’m too young to have grey hair, but then I tell him he’s too young to be going bald But these milestones make you … Continue reading →

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]]> http://bartsgoadventuring.com/5-things-to-do-before-i-am-40/feed/ 3 Europe in a camper – our pre trip costs http://bartsgoadventuring.com/europe-in-a-camper-our-pre-trip-costs/ http://bartsgoadventuring.com/europe-in-a-camper-our-pre-trip-costs/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:49:06 +0000 Kirsty http://bartsgoadventuring.com/?p=926 Travel budgets are bandied about quite a lot and I’ve said before that we intend this trip to be at the very budget end of the scale.  We’ll try to detail our costs as the trip progresses so anyone else wanting to try to do this kind of trip has … Continue reading →

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