Unexpected Sunshine in La Thuile
25/03/2025 We had finally made it to Italy! We exited the Mont Blanc Tunnel to the sight of the dormant vineyards, stone buildings and steep mountainsides of the Aosta Valley…. Read more »
Category: Lifestyle
Vauban Forts and Gargouilles
.17/02/2025 Our journey to Briançon was a mere 17km through the other villages that serve the Serre Chevalier ski area. We decided that we definitely like Monêtiers best. The other… Read more »
Cardiff Shakedown Trip
06/02/25 After getting over the emotional turmoil of selling Bertie, we were immediately into the excitement of picking up our new van, making it our own and planning a shake-down… Read more »
A New Van – Farewell Bertie
For some time now we have been contemplating a new van. It’s been a fantasy for a while, but a serious fantasy where we have been collecting our requirements together… Read more »
Sango Sands and Smoo Cave
27/11/2024 It was time for me to do some more work so we planned the next stop to be on a campsite. Sango Sands Oasis Sango Sands Oasis campsite is… Read more »
Sun and Sea at Silver Sands
17/09/24 We always need an antidote after a city. Something different enough to allow us to relax. First of all I had to do a half day’s work. We stayed… Read more »
Ready to be a Digital Nomad?
06/09/24 Hello again. It’s been a while. It’s not to that we’ve been doing nothing, but we haven’t been touring around so not a huge amount of motorhome activity to… Read more »
In the Christmas Spirit?
10/12/2023 With Christmas approaching, what is better to get you in the mood than a trip to a Christmas market? Surrounded by all the trappings of the festive period it… Read more »
Our trip to Switzerland – How much did we spend?
We spent seven weeks on our trip to Switzerland, leaving on 28th August and returning on 16th October. In the course of our journey we: Stayed in five different countries… Read more »
Chamois – the Village you cannot reach by Car
13/04/23 A gassy refill It was gas that forced us away from Cervinia. The LPG that we use to fuel our fridge, hot water and heating was on the verge… Read more »
More Snippets from Cervinia
08/04/2023 Getting Busy There had been a handful of people in the sosta when we arrived, but things gradually got busier until we found ourselves surrounded by over 40 motorhomes…. 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 »
Of Mice and Upholstery
Bertie has finally made it out of storage. It’s not the first journey of the year; earlier in January Bertie popped out for an MOT, failed and then had to… Read more »
How Things Change
Wow! We are now more than half way through the year and hasn’t the world changed? Our original expectation of having a motorhome trip roughly once a month has not… Read more »
The End of Full Time Motorhome Living
Over three months ago I made my last post, and I have to apologise, the mundane sort of got in the way. I promised to update on living and working… Read more »
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 »
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 »