It had always been the case that either the children were too young, or the car was too old for me and my family to embark on the 1,221 mile road trip, which would take us from our home in southern Portugal to our wooden chalet in France’s Jura mountains.
We had long wanted to do it, so that our yellow labrador, Baloo, could come on holiday with us, but sadly at the grand old age of 17, she left us for greener pastures. Perhaps that was what pushed us, now empty nesters, to bundle Bellini, our 3 year old yellow labrador into our (newer) car and take to the road.
