{"id":1436,"date":"2012-05-25T16:14:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T15:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=1436"},"modified":"2020-06-18T16:08:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T15:08:19","slug":"1997-france","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=1436","title":{"rendered":"1997 France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We persuaded the children to go to France camping with us (using my free investor&#8217;s Eurotunnel passage) by offering to take them to Eurodisney.\u00a0 Our treat was a day in Paris.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1437\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1437\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1437\" title=\"IMG_0001\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00012-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00012-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00012-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00012.jpg 1774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jo and Nicola at our first camp<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1438\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1438\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1438\" title=\"IMG_0002\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00022-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00022-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00022-1024x928.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00022.jpg 1325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alisa and Carla buying postcards in Paris<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1439\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1439\" title=\"IMG_0003\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00031-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00031-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00031-1024x866.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00031.jpg 1429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carla and Jo enjoy a treat<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1440\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1440\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1440\" title=\"IMG_0004\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00041-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00041-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00041-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_00041.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 5 girls in Paris<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1441\" style=\"width: 139px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1441\" title=\"IMG_0005\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0005-129x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0005-129x300.jpg 129w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0005-441x1024.jpg 441w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0005.jpg 721w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicola smiling for once<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1442\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1442\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1442\" title=\"IMG_0006\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0006-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0006-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0006-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0006.jpg 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our campsite by the river &#8211; Nic &amp; Carla, Jo &amp; Alisa, Sue and me<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3544\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-300x205.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-1024x698.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-768x524.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-1536x1048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-2048x1397.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3545\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-1-300x203.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-1-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-1-1024x694.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-1-768x520.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-1-1536x1040.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-1-2048x1387.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3546\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-2-300x218.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-2-300x218.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-2-1024x743.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-2-768x558.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-2-1536x1115.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-2-2048x1487.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3547\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-3-300x214.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-3-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-3-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-3-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-3-1536x1095.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Scan-6-3-2048x1460.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1443\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1443\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1443\" title=\"IMG_0007\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0007-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0007-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0007-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0007.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shortly before it started to sink<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we arrived back in England we called on Les and Alex in Reading<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1444\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1444\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1444\" title=\"IMG_0008\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0008-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0008-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0008-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0008.jpg 1663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A noisy party<\/p><\/div>\n<p>and my mother in Oxford.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1445\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1445\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1445\" title=\"IMG_0009\" src=\"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0009-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0009-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0009-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG_0009.jpg 1677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mum, the girls and Uncle Rob<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This was the first of an annual jaunt to France with the girls who fortunately look back on them with affection. For us they were quite hard going but well worth the effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We persuaded the children to go to France camping with us (using my free investor&#8217;s Eurotunnel passage) by offering to take them to Eurodisney.\u00a0 Our treat was a day in Paris. 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