Mishaps and Moods on the Road to Passo Tonale
10/04/19 – 11/04/19 Our journey to Passo Tonale started with the sort of afternoon I’d rather forget. Thinking to save ourselves a bit of driving we decided to leave Gressoney-Saint-Jean… Read more »
Category: Lifestyle
Rainy Days and Sundays
07/04/19 We’re pretty poor at keeping track of the days of the week. Back in our working lives a Sunday was an opportunity to relax and recharge the batteries. Maybe… Read more »
Not Going to (La) Plagne
11/03/19 We were more than ready to move on from Camping Huttopia; not that we hadn’t enjoyed our stay, but 11 nights in one place is rather a long time… Read more »
Motorhome Skiing on a Budget
When we think to hard about it we are slightly bemused by our decision to spend a lot of time skiing. Skiing is not a budget activity and we are… Read more »
Spending Money – How We Pay for Stuff
When spending in a foreign country there are lots of different factors to consider, exchange rates might vary widely depending on where you change your money, banks might charge fees… Read more »
Making Thermal Screens. Is it worth it?
Before you read the rest of this post, the answer is ‘probably not’. But if you are into masochistic stitching, enjoy finding yourself tangled in swathes of fabric and don’t… Read more »
Which Way Now?
22/01/19 After our ferry crossing we had made our way to a farm based aire just outside Wissant. Ferme de l’Horloge provides motorhome parking in three locations, and we parked… Read more »
Unprepared for Brexit
22/01/19 As we made our way to Dover for the ferry I was mentally going through a checklist. Making sure that I hadn’t forgotten something important. We’re not exactly seasoned… Read more »
Taking Shelter
27/10/18 – 28/10/18 When the forecast says heavy rain and snow then we start looking for electricity. Neither of us are particularly keen on hot hot weather, so we find… Read more »
Chiefs! Chiefs! Chiefs!
17/10/18 -20/10/18 It was late summer when Paul’s friend Mark (aka Ted, aka Welshy) mentioned that the draw for the Rugby Union European Cup had taken place. Chiefs would be… Read more »
Clubbing in the UK
When we first got Bertie we joined both of the main clubs in the UK – The Caravan and Motorhome Club (CMC) and the Camping and Caravanning Club (CCC). We… Read more »
Bertie’s Broken Brakes
21/05/18 Today was spent nursing Bertie back to health. A few days previously we had noticed Bertie’s brake warning light flickering intermittently on the dashboard. Today, as we drove back… Read more »
Beating the Blood Suckers
I’m not sure why I haven’t mentioned the blood sucking monsters yet, but that’s all going to change in this blog post. With rising heat and falling wind speeds it… Read more »
Seahorses and Sunshine
28/03/18 It’s was a first for us. We had completely forgotten what we did on this day. Normally we keep a diary of the events of each day. Nothing over… Read more »
All Hands to the Dumps
20/03/18 – 22/03/18 It had been some time since we last did any washing. Our washing bag was filled to bursting and we hadn’t come across any convenient self service… Read more »
Frozen on the Inside
24/02/18 – 01/02/18 We enjoyed our time in Livigno skiing, it’s a resort that is mostly wide red runs which suits us down to the ground as we don’t like… Read more »
Cycling in Cabo de Gata
28/12/17 – 29/12/17 We were looking forward to visiting the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata, somewhere that we had seen on blogs and forums and imagined we would enjoy…. Read more »
Thank you 2017. Come On 2018
So 2017 is now over and we are in the south of Spain basking in the sunshine on the first day of the new year. Last night we drank the… Read more »
Zombie Nation
06/12/17 – 08/12/17 We didn’t intend to spend much time in the Algarve, but we wanted to see the rock formations of the Algarve cliffs somewhere and Lagos seemed as… Read more »
What Happened to My Christmas Spirit?
Sitting here in Bertie, waiting for my curry to finish cooking I’m wondering what happened to my Christmas Spirit. Christmas is an odd time of year, but I love… Read more »