Buccaneer and Advantura

In April 1983 we crossed the Channel in our Bedford Buccaneer motorhome to drive from Normandy to Paris, and back. This holiday was recorded by way of alternating reports as homework my Mum and Dad set me and my sister. A year later, with my secondary school I was back in Paris, and whilst this coach and hotel holiday does not ideally fit into this narrative, it was important in my personal experience of France. In late 1985 we bought a second motorhome, a Bedford Advantura, a high-roofed one for me and my sister’s growing bodies, and in the long Summer of 1986 we journeyed to France and Andorra. In this holiday, Dad had his dictaphone and would create an article from his spoken notes upon our return. My diaries of this holiday form a second record of events, along with an article that Dad wrote.