A Sandstone Maze in the Mullerthal
12/10/2023 Our final destination before heading back to the UK was Luxembourg. We followed in the footsteps of a number of other instagramming motorhomers who seemed to pass through Luxembourg… Read more »
Category: Cycling
A Birthday at Titisee
07/10/2023 We left Switzerland in rather a grumpy mood, knowing we were on our way home. We were leaving ourselves plenty of time to make the return to the UK… Read more »
Under the Eiger
03/10/2023 Lauterbrunnen was a location that prompted mixed feelings in us. It had been built up by people we know, people we follow and random internet strangers. A place unrivalled,… Read more »
Between Two Lakes
01/10/2023 Our campsite in Interlaken was a short bike ride or bus journey away from Interlaken. We were happy with the separation from the busy town. We visited a couple… Read more »
Marmots in the Saas Valley
24/09/2023 South of the Rhone Valley, starting near the town of Visp, is a long valley that forks in two as it heads towards Italy. In one branch of this… Read more »
Grimentz: Our Last Stop in the Val d’Anniviers
19/09/2023 Our last stop in the Val d’Anniviers was the skiing village of Grimentz. It looks like more than a village with it’s many chalets and apartments, but with only… Read more »
Satisfaction in Zinal
17/09/2023 When we got up to Zinal on Sunday afternoon it was still bustling with weekend visitors. Something about the village immediately made us feel as though we were going… Read more »
Watching the Queens in the Val d’Anniviers
15/09/2023 The Val d’Anniviers first came to our attention when we were full timing in our motorhome. Esther and Dan in their blog talked about the way the local community… Read more »
Verbier VIPs
11/09/2023 I’ve always thought of Verbier as a ski playground for the famous and glamorous. Somewhere a bit ‘up itself’ where Paul and I would stick out like sore thumbs… Read more »
An Idyllic Swimming Spot at Lac Retaud
08/09/2023 We’d had enough. Enough sun and heat. We needed a way to escape. Without many options to avoid the heat we realised the only way we could cool down… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
A Week in Glen Nevis
Fort William is not the most prepossessing town, and our memories of it are somewhat tainted by the fact we almost always visit in poor weather when the grey wet… Read more »
The Roads – More or Less – Travelled
We have spent a lot of holidays in Scotland. We particularly love the west coast ‘where the mountains meet the sea’ and have spent many pre-motorhome holidays enjoying the mountains… Read more »
Plan B in Pickering
Two weeks off! The thought of an extended break has been buoying us up through lockdown and it finally felt as though it was going to happen. Vaccine roll out… Read more »