Next Journeys….10/09/2014,Thursday

08.30 appointment at the Anti-Coagulant Clinic, today.
Taking Warfarin means regular visits until the blood count stabilises, in my case between 2.00. – 3.00.
A month,today, on I hit a stable 2.00 – significant enough to be given a fortnight off attendance at the clinic to take a fortnight’s break.More later.

In the meantime, attendance tomorrow at a wedding in Stoke Newington.
Daughter of close friends to be wed.
I did make a contribution to the celebrations already , by collecting rose petals from far and near – organic confetti! Long since delivered to the bride’s mum.
So, wedding and overnight stay in local hotel; the weather forecast ,
( more about those in a minute ) , looks really good and bearing mind some of the arrangements ,eg Canapés and drinks in nearby park, that bodes well for a great day.
The fortnight break begins Sunday AM, driving down to Folkestone for Eurotunnel 7.20 am crossing.

Weather forecasts ……Well I despair!

If you imagine Paris as the centre of a Geographic clock….come on it’s easy!
Then you could place Luxembourg at Midday.
North Eastern France at 14.00
Lyon at 16.00
Montpellier at 18.00
Toulouse at 20.00
San Sebastián ( N W Spain) at 01.00

These are all on the radar, not to mention Bavaria and Lake Garda.

Still with me?

Well, I spent hours researching weather forecast sites, for short and long term weather prospects …there was little in the way of concordat.
For example, BBC and Weather Accururist, both of which are highly placed on Google, contradict each other with the only kind of consistency I could find!

So, as I write this up at 21 .00, Thursday evening, no final decision but for a possible drop down to Amboise , in the Loire Valley, for starters.

Out of desperation I researched a weather forecast App.
Best recommended was, I am not joking, “Dark Sky”!

Given my mood earlier , it was a must buy.

So many roads, which one to choose?

“Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” –Henry David Thoreau

For ” legs” read Motorhome….

A bientot.

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