Border Crossings
31/10/17 Crossing the border into Spain was barely noticed, no large signs declaiming the point at which we moved from one country to another, just a gradual dawning of realization… Read more »
Category: Countries
St Jean de Luz and the Sentier Littoral
29/10/17-30/10/17 Our guidebook to France had recommended the coastal path from Hendaye to Bidart as being a not-to-be-missed walking route in southwest France. We looked for somewhere to park south… Read more »
Calm Waters
28/10/17 Further south, still enveloped by the pine forests of the Landes region of France, is a purpose built resort with the rather long name of Vieux-Boucau-Les-Bains. Part of it’s… Read more »
Lakes and the Silver Coast
26/10/17-27/10/17 As we drove south of Archachon the landscape became an unending monotony of pine forests on sandy soil. This huge forest was man made, turning sandy heath into serried ranks of resin… Read more »
Finding Summer in Arcachon
24/10/17-25/10/17 We still hadn’t got used to the size of France and this was in evidence when we moved on from Ile d’Oléron; Arcachon was the target for our next stop, but at slightly… Read more »
Oysters on the Ile d’Oléron?
23/10/17 I am going to apologise now for my lackadaisical approach to accents, acute, grave or circumflex. I will try to remember them, but I couldn’t honestly say that I will try… Read more »
Making Tracks through France
20/10/17-22/10/17 We had discussed our plans for the next few days, feeling torn; should we pootle down through France or should we get to Spain as quickly as possible? We… Read more »
Bertie’s on a Train
19/10/17 I’m sure that, to some people, the journey through the Channel Tunnel is a boring everyday activity, but for us there was some excitement as we prepared to do… Read more »
Final Days in the UK
17/10/17 – 18/10/17 The next couple of days were spent preparing for our journey under the sea. Under the eerie light of a sallow sky and umber sun, a product of… Read more »
Final Farewells
13/10/17 – 16/10/17 On the way south we took a small detour around the bottom of the M25 to allow us to visit friends and family who live in South… Read more »
Suffolk Coast
11/10/17-12/10/17 We moved from our overnight parking spot to the National Trust parking at Dunwich Heath ready for a stroll around the heath. The heath to the north and inland was… Read more »
More Celebrations
7/10/17 – 10/10/17 Aaron’s Graduation was a punctuation mark in our journey, the event that would free us up to travel overseas. But it wasn’t really a full stop, more of… Read more »
A RAF Graduation
03/10/17-06/10/17 Our son Aaron was due to graduate as an RAF officer on 5th October so we had booked a campsite for a few days to use as a… Read more »
Studley Royal And Fountains Abbey
02/10/17 The cockerel that had been strutting around the previous evening decided to give full voice at sunrise so we were up bright and early. With the dawning of the… Read more »
Shopping – Ugh!
01/10/17 As you are probably aware, we were heading south at this point in order to attend Aaron’s passing out/graduation day at RAF Cranwell. As well as a parade and… Read more »
Border Lines
30/09/17 Having crossed the border back into England we thought it was only fitting that we visit Hadrian’s wall to see how the Roman empire managed the border with the wild lands outside it’s… Read more »
Country Summary – Scotland, the most beautiful place in the world?
We have managed 6 weeks and 2 days in Scotland on this trip, covering only a small part of the country and even then managing only a small sample of what is available… Read more »
Final Days in Scotland
28/09/17-28/09/17 Over the last week we have started to feel a little unsettled as we realised our time in Scotland was coming to a close – what should we do… Read more »
Fabulous Falkirk
27/09/17-28/09/17 I would never have thought about visiting Falkirk if it wasn’t for Facebook. I will admit I have a bit of a Facebook addiction, accessing it far more than… Read more »
A Tale of Two Bike Rides
26/09/17-27/09/17 We left Kilvrecht to head east along the string of lochs, all with hydro schemes for electricity generation, until we hit the A9 where we were able to start heading… Read more »