Getting rid of our rubbish in Leysin
06/03/2023 It was time to move further south. I had earmarked a couple of spots in the Vaud Alps for a visit, the first of these being Leysin. A town… Read more »
Category: Countries
Swiss traditions at Moléson
03/09/2023 Moléson-sur-Gruyères is a small ski resort above Gruyères. We could see the distinctive solitary limestone lump that gives the resort it’s name from our last stop in Charmey. The… Read more »
An Iron Way in Charmey
01/09/2023 In blazing hot sunshine we started to work our way south. Our destination not yet in the mountains proper but in the Fribourg Pre-Alps. It seems a little unfair… Read more »
Landing in Switzerland
31/08/2023 From Belgium we still had a way to go before we would get to Switzerland. Paul felt refreshed and ready to drive so we decided to put a random(ish)… Read more »
Off we go again
29/08/23 Our autumn plans had been inspired by our quick visit to Switzerland earlier this year. This time we wanted to spend a few weeks in Switzerland with possibly some… Read more »
Walking Lady Anne’s Way by Motorhome
During the last two weeks of June I walked a100 mile long distance footpath; Lady Anne’s Way with my Mum and her dog, Susan. We had been planning this… Read more »
Exmoor Interlude
11/06/2023 After our stint in Wales we had returned to Taunton for some family time and my Brother in Law’s 50th Birthday. We had a few days to kill between… Read more »
A Challenging Time at Bike Park Wales
07/06/2023 With my new full suspension mountain bike (did I mention it?) I really wanted to do something we have been promising ourselves for some time. A visit to Bike… Read more »
Crickhowell; Canals, Mountains and Nature Reserves
03/06/2023 The weather for our trip, which began with sunny days but chilly nights at the end of May, was now turning even warmer. Night time temperatures were increasing and… Read more »
A new lid for Bertie
02/06/2023 A new lid Back in March, when we were in France and Bertie was covered in snow, we had a small incident with poor Bertie’s lid. The clear dome… Read more »
Finding the Elan Valley
30/06/2023 The Elan Valley. Why had we never heard about this before? When we mentioned to our Welsh friends that we were heading to mid Wales they immediately said ‘I… Read more »
It started with a Landrover Weekend
Planning, planning, planning. I love a bit of planning! Rarely is there any time when I’m not planning what may be our next adventure. Even before we went skiing we… Read more »
A fishing trip to Mousehole
18/05/2023 We hadn’t been planning a trip in the motorhome until the end of May, but Paul was very keen to go deep sea fishing, something he used to do… Read more »
Return to Home Base
26/04/2023 Our channel tunnel journey home was almost the mirror image of our journey out. We arrived early enough to be offered an earlier tunnel crossing but ended up departing… Read more »
War Memorials and Waiting
23/04/2023 Our fuel tank was running dry and we needed to fill it up with the cheap stuff as soon as we crossed the border between Germany and Luxembourg. Then… Read more »
A Brief Stop in Saarland
22/04/2023 Our journey back to the UK was feeling like a second holiday. Having tourist attractions to look forward to visiting definitely improves the journey home. Next stop was to… Read more »
Castles and Vineyards in the Alsace
20/04/2023 Leaving Gruyeres we continued on Swiss roads, making sure we registered on the Via app again so that we were road legal. The route took us through the Jura… Read more »
The Big Cheese?
18/04/2023 Getting to Gruyères We had earmarked Gruyères as an appropriate stopover in Switzerland. We were only passing through so it had to be a short detour from the route… Read more »
Heading into Switzerland
17/04/2023 For a couple of weeks we had been thinking about our journey back to the UK and we were very nearly at the point of initiating the plan. But… Read more »
Closing Weekend in Valtournenche
15th April Leaving Antey-Saint-Andre We packed up Bertie and used the services in Antey-Saint-Andre before moving further up the valley. The services only had the one tap with a short… Read more »