Index to the Maxted Travels European weblog

The details given for each posting are:

A running number
The first day covered
The title of the posting (which is a hotlink)
The main places included.

Each posting was also individually archived as it was posted onto the blog site. These are listed in the right-hand column of each page under "Earlier postings".

Map

Introduction Setting the Scene

2005
1. 19 Aug Champagne-sur-Loue at Last!
Caen, Frazé, Châteaudun, Saint Saulge, Châtillon-en-Bazois, Champagne-sur-Loue, Arc-et-Senans

2. 22 Aug Bees, Bisous and La Montagne de Modestine
Quingey, Arbois, Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne, Salins-les-Bains, Mouchard, Foncine-le-Haut

3. 26 Aug Poligny and elsewhere
Poligny, Salin-les-Bains, Besançon, Cascades du Hérisson, Lons-le-Saunier

4. 30 Aug Swiss Roll
Port-Lesney, Mont d'Or, Les Rousses, Vallorbe, Lac de Joux, Chissey, Dôle, Mont Poupet, Villers Robert

5. 4 Sep Besancon and around
Pagnoz, Besançon, Amancey, Grotte d’Osselle

6. 11 Sep From France to Germany
Colmar, Biesheim, Tubingen, Leipheim, Rohrbach, Regensberg, Munich

7. 14 Sep Weimar
Solnhofen, Bamberg, Weimar, Stolberg, Jena

8. 22 Sep Munich
Bayreuth, Pottenstein, Bielngries, Munich

9. 24 Sep Hans knees and bumps a daisy
Taubenstein, Urschalling, Wasserberg, Herrsching, Andechs, Munich

10. 28 Sep Wilhelm Tell and Switzerland
Oberammergau, Neuschwanstein, Austria, Allgäu, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Klausen Pass, Furka Pass, Rhône Valley, Agarn, Chillon, Vevey, Lausanne

11. 2 Oct Back in the Jura
Dôle, Orchamps, Source du Lison, Besançon, Ornans, Buffard

12. 8 Oct Absinthe makes the carp grow stronger
Lons-Le-Saunier, Source de la Loue, Mouthiers-Haute-Pierre, Arc-et-Senans

13. 12 Oct The sunshine continues
Château-Chalon, Baume-les-Messieurs, Gray, Arbois, Reculée des Planches, Salins-les-Bains, Fraisans

14. 19 Oct Toodle-oo to the Loue
Montigny-lès-Arsures, Dijon

15. 21 Oct Cevennes up
Brou, Pérouges, Vienne, Le Puy-en-Velay, Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille

16. 25 Oct In the hoofprints of Modestine
St. Martin-de-Fugères, Goudet, Lac du Bouchet, Langogne, Cheylard l’Evêque, Luc, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Mende, Chasseradès, Sommet de Finiels, Pont de Montvert, Florac, Cassagnas, St. Germain-de-Calberte, St. Jean-du-Gard, Corniche des Cevennes, Gorges du Tarn, Sainte-Enimie, Causse de Larzac, Caylar

17. 30 Oct Into the Languedoc
Ambre-les-Espagnolettes, Saint-Chinian, Saint-Pons, Béziers, Cap d’Agde

18. 4 Nov Cathar country
Minerve, Aigne, Olargues, Boubals, Bédarieux, Le Moulin de la Roque, Fontcaude, Pezenas

19. 10 Nov Storms and floods
Roquebrun, Canal du Midi, Ecluses de Fonseranes, Narbonne

20. 15 Nov Pigs, paintings and poubelles
Agde, Oppidum d'Ensérune, Carcasonne, Castres

21. 19 Nov Saint Chinian and around
St Chinian, Cessenon, Berlou

22. 21 Nov Wholly snug on the holy trail
Rennes-le-Château, Montségur, Foix, Lourdes, Orthez, Salies-de-Béarn, Sauveterre, Cambo-les-Bains, Urrugne

23. 27 Nov The round of the Basque villes
St. Jean de Luz , Biarritz, San Sebastian, Capbreton, Soustons

24. 30 Nov Rose red cities
Nogaro, Auch, Toulouse, Cordes, Albi

25. 3 Dec Look back in Ambre
Lacaune, La Salvetat, Saint Chinian, Béziers

26. 12 Dec Starting to feel like Christmas at last
Capestang, Narbonne, Cruzy, Fontcaude, Sète, Saint-Chinian

27. 18 Dec The ups and downs of Languedoc
Gorge d’Héric, Vieussan, Lodève, Cirque de Navacelles, St.Guilhem-le-Désert, Lac du Salagou

28. 22 Dec Baubles at Boubals
Boubals, Montpellier, Bédarieux, Marseillan, St. Gervais-sur-Mare, Lamalou

29. 27 Dec Nîmes and Avignon
St.Gilles, Nîmes, Avignon

30. 30 Dec Farewell to 2005 in Avignon
Avignon, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

2006

31. 1 Jan Happy new ear from Van Gogh and us
Pont du Gard, Beaucaire, Tarascon, Arles

32. 3 Jan Around the Camargue
Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Aigues-Mortes, la Grande Motte, Mèze

33. 6 Jan Catalonia
Collioure, Perpignan, Quéribus

34. 16 Jan ¡Viva Espana!
Estartit, Figueres, Cadaques

35. 20 Jan Girona and Barcelona
Estartit, Toroella de Montgri, Girona, Barcelona, Blanes

36. 23 Jan Home and dry
Blanes, Cullera, Almerimar

37. 30 Jan Ronda - a welcome in the hillside
Roquetas de Mar, Torremolinos, Marbella, Ronda

38. 4 Feb Gibraltar and Trafalgar
Parque Natural de los Alcornocales, La Línea, Gibraltar, Tarifa, Baelo Claudia, Cape Trafalgar

39. 7 Feb Return to Cadiz
Chiclana de la Frontera, Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz

40. 11 Feb The Wild West and beyond
Puerto de Santa Maria, El Rocio, Olhão, Tavira

41. 13 Feb The ends of the world
Cape St Vincent, Sagres, Lagos, Monchique, Evora

42. 16 Feb Evora and Coimbra
Evora, Coimbra, Viano do Castelo

43. 20 Feb All the Way to Santiago
Viana do Castelo, Caminha, Santiago de Compostela, Cabo Finisterre, Carnota, Puerto de Vega

44. 26 Feb A peek at the Picos
Candas, Gijon, Cangas de Onis, San Vicente de la Barquera, Nuestra Señora de Lebeña, Potes, San Toribio des Liebana, Picos de Europa

45. 28 Feb Cantabria to Gascony
Comillas, Santillana del Mar, Ainhoa, Salies de Béarn, Lelin-Lapujolle, Condom, Fourcés, Pujol

46. 5 Mar How far has mankind progressed?
Tournon d’Agenais, Monpazier, Lalinde, Molières, Cadouin, Beynac et Cazenac, La Roque Gageac, Domme, Font-de-Gaume, Oradour sur Glane

47. 8 Mar Homeward bound
Loches, Pocé, Lavardine, Caen, Ouistreham

48. 29 Mar Maxted travels part 2
England (Didcot and Exeter), Caen

49. 3 Apr Manifestly Paris

50. 5 Apr Encore Paris

51. 9 Apr Caen again
Caen, St Pierre-sur-Dives

52. 11 Apr Guissény

53. 15 Apr Around the coast of Brittany
Pointe du Penhir, Pointe du Van, Pont-Croix, Point l'Abbe, Quimper, Carnac etc

54. 18 Apr From Quimper to Vannes in a camper van
Quiberon, Morbihan, St Goustan, Vannes, La Roche Bernard

55. 20 Apr Villandry, vegetables, volcanoes and Volvic
Loire Valley, Villandry, Néris-les-Bains, Châtelguyon, Gour de Tazenat, Auvergne, Volvic

56. 25 Apr Clermont-Ferrand and the Auvergne
Royat, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy de Dome, Mont-d'Or, Puy de Sancy

57. 27 Apr From the Auvergne into Provence
St. Nectaire, Issoire, Montelimar, Orange, Luberon, Aix-en-Provence, Le Tholonet

58. 1 May Marcel Pagnol country and the Cote d'Azur
Allauch, La Treille, St Tropez, St. Maxime, Cannes

59. 5 May Menton – Not taking it on the chin!
Vallauris, Antibes, Monaco, Menton

60. 8 May Pisa and Lucca
Diano Marina, Pisa, Lucca

61. 11 May Fiesole and Florence

62. 15 May Faenza, Ravenna and Comacchio
Apennines, Faenza, Ravenna, Comacchio

63. 17 May Venice and Padua

64. 21 May Into Austria
Gemona del Friuli, Laghi di Fusine, Podkoren, Slovenia, Klagenfurt

65. 24 May Graz

66. 28 May Keszthely and Lake Balaton
Sümeg, Keszthely, Heviz

67. 1 Jun Pécs and library friends

68. 4 Jun On to Debrecen
Nagynarad, Mohács, Kiskunfélegyháza, Hortobágy region, Debrecen

69. 7 Jun The horsemen of the Puszta
Hortobagy

70. 10 Jun Tokaj, Eger, Visegrad and Esztergom

71. 14 Jun Szentendre and Budapest

72. 19 Jun With friends in Györ and Gyömöre
Gyömöre, Tét, Györ, Bakonygyirót, Pápa

73. 22 Jun Around Lake Fertö and Sopron
Fertöd, Hegykö, Esterházy, Nagycenk, Lake Fertö, Sopron

74. 26 Jun Tales from the Vienna Woods
Vienna

75. 28 Jun Salzburg and Mondsee
Nussdorf am Attersee, Mondsee, Salzburg

76. 1 Jul Berchtesgaden and Königssee

77. 3 Jul Rohrbach Landshut and Ingolstadt
Landshut, Rohrbach, Wolnzach, Ingolstadt

78. 6 Jul Furth im Wald and an encounter with dragons
Furth im Wald

79. 9 Jul This year in Marienbad
Schönsee, Bärnau, Marienbad

80. 11 Jul Meissen and Dresden
Freiberg, Meissen, Dresden

81. 14 Jul Saxon Alps and Oberlausitz
Moritzburg, Königstein, Jetrichovice, Seifhennersdorf, Lausche, Waltersdorf

82. 17 Jul Oi bin to Oybin
Zittau, Oybin, Zgorzelec, Görlitz, Niesky

83. 21 Jul From Prussia with love
Lübben, Potsdam, Berlin

84. 24 Jul Schleswig Holstein and Lübeck
Römnitz, Lübeck, Ratzeburg, Tremsbüttel, Büsum, Sankt Peter Ording,Friedrichstadt

85. 28 Jul North Friesland
Husum, Dagebüll, Niebüll, Föhr

86. 31 Jul Sylt and Flensburg
Sylt, Niebüll, Seebüll, Flensburg

87. 4 Aug Denmark - fairytales runes and Lego
Aabenraa, Vejen, Odense, Jelling, Silkeborg

88. 8 Aug North Jutland
Randers, Ertebølle, Naesby Dale, Vitskøl, Løgstør, Hirtshals, Skagen

89. 12 Aug From Danish Blue to Jarlsberg
Skagen, Frederikshavn, Strandby, Bangsbo, Sæby, Hjørring, Hirtshals

90. 16 Aug Kristiansand to Stavanger
Kristiansand, Mandal, Farsund, Flekkefjord, Egersund

91. 19 AugStavanger to Haugesund
Nærbo, Sandnes, Stavanger, Haugesund

92. 22 Aug Haugesund to Bergen
Haugesund, Lofthus, Odda, Sørfjorden,Kinsarvik

93. 25 Aug Bergen and the islands
Bergen, Holsnøy, Hundvin, Sævrøy

94. 29 Aug The end of a journey
Bergen, ferry to Newcastle

95. 15 Oct Postscript

96. 21 Oct A few facts and figures