Into the Galloway Forest
24/08/17 Next up we wanted to head for the Forest of Galloway for some walking and mountain biking. Heading back up to Newton Stewart we took a tip from the… Read more »
Category: Countries
Mackerel
23/08/17 We decided to move to New England Bay the following day. There is a large picnic area here right next to the beach and we had seen people wild… Read more »
Rhinns and Mulls
21/08/17 – 22/08/17 From the Isle of Whithorn we were heading to the Rhinns of Galloway, the word Rhinns (or Rhins) is derived from the Gaelic for point or headland,… Read more »
In the footsteps of pilgrims … almost
19/08/17 – 20/08/17 Because of my usual tardiness in posting the blog I have decided to label each post with the date(s) it pertains to. That way you, the reader,… Read more »
7 Stanes
The next day we moved on. It seemed that most people at Glencaple were breaking their journey to go further north, but we were heading west deeper into Dumfries and… Read more »
Caerlaverock
We remained parked up in Glencaple for the next day and night. The next day was bright and sunny to start with, and although it clouded over later and there… Read more »
Back on the road
After our MOT disappointment we finally managed to get away. We said goodbye to friends in Exmouth (again) and had a night at home in Taunton; using the laundry of… Read more »
The Money Pit
Bertie has been a bad motorhome, using most of our annual repair budget getting through the MOT. We knew that we had an ABS issue, but a couple of other… Read more »
Into the Hartland
After Croyde we had a brief interlude near Looe with friends. We stayed at possibly the best value campsite I’ve encountered so far – West Weyland – it was school summer holidays but… Read more »
Surfing North Devon
After our Chagstock weekend we had already planned to spend the rest of the week in Croyd with my sister and her family. Fortunately we had booked the campsite in… Read more »
Chagstock
Chagstock is a small and friendly festival near Chagford in Devon, on the north edge of Dartmoor. It’s currently in it’s eleventh year and we have been attending on and off… Read more »
Last days in Wales
By this time we knew we would have to be heading back to the south west as we had a music festival to attend in just over a week’s time…. Read more »
A new way up
After Anglesey we headed back into Snowdonia for a third and final time on this trip. The weather was glorious and a mountain walk was called for. Now, we have… Read more »
Blogging Anxiety and our final days in Anglesey
You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged for a week, this has caused me a little anxiety, but not quite enough to motivate me to blog. The reason for a lack of… Read more »
Bald Rubber
One of the things we had to do while in Anglesey was replace our front tyres. Paul had noticed that Bertie wasn’t driving quite as responsively as previously (if you can… Read more »
Being Certified
Yet again we needed water and so we looked around for a campsite to fulfil our needs. It just happened to be the weekend, and the weather was predicted to… Read more »
Puffin Watching
Anglesey has it’s own adjacent island in the north west corner, a smaller fractal image of the relationship between Wales and Anglesey; this island is Holy Island and in it’s north west… Read more »
Squirrel Attack
In the spirit of going to new places, our next stop was Anglesey. This island – off the north west corner of mainland Wales – is a popular tourist destination, but I’ve only… Read more »
Carneddau climb
We had decided to walk the Carneddau horseshoe from the Ogwen valley. The Carneddau mountains can be found on the north side of the A5 as you leave Capel Curig heading north and every previous time we… Read more »
New boots and tired legs
The forecast was for two days of rain, but then some improvement. We decided to sit out the rain in Snowdonia, and chose to stay in Betws-Y-Coed, tourist hot spot and… Read more »