Hanging Around At Home
12/05/19 – 10/06/19 We are currently nestled into a spot on a campsite in Exmouth awaiting parts to repair Bertie. Bertie will not be moved while we wait and our… Read more »
Category: Walking
A Little Luxury and some Snowshoeing at Camping Sexten
05/05/19 – 07/05/19 We had reached the conclusion that the Dolomites were rather expensive for motorhome travel. Often we hear people complaining about the cost of travelling in Italy and… Read more »
Marvelous Molveno
29/04/19 – 01/05/19 With a couple of unsuccessful mountain excursions under our belts we thought it was time to take a new approach and visit somewhere a little busier and… Read more »
Getting into the Mountains at Borno
24/04/19 – 25/04/19 We woke up to a rainy day and a forecast of 24 hours more rain to come. However a bright ray of sunshine appeared in the forecast… Read more »
Spring Skiing in St Gervais les Bains
25/03/19 – 28/03/19 We were in St-Gervais-les-Bains, not because we had any particular plans, but because I was feeling under the weather and we wanted somewhere free and warm (ie… Read more »
Cutting the Cord in Les Carroz and a Ski Day in Flaine
22/03/19 – 24/03/19 The forecast for the weekend was warm, in the mid teens during the day and only slipping down to about -2 in the cold hours of the… Read more »
Skiing La Plagne from Montchavin Les Coches
12/03/19 – 17/03/19 Montchavin and Les Coches are two villages sitting almost on top of each other at the eastern extremities of La Plagne resort and very close to the… Read more »
A Long Awaited Walk Along the Sentier Blanc-Martel
24/02/19 The Verdon Gorge is, of course, the main event in this area. We had walked at one end of the gorge, where the river debouches into the Lac du… Read more »
Limestone Cliffs near Moustiers Sainte Marie
20/02/19 – 21/02/19 With the sun still shining brightly we moved on from our spot near the lake. We wanted to walk in the area at the mouth of the… Read more »
A Three Country Journey to the Alps
23/01/19 – 26/01/19 We woke up in Belgium on Wednesday morning, having had a peaceful night’s sleep in this quiet village. The only disturbance had been the man collecting our… Read more »
Christmas in the UK
19/12/18 – 21/01/19 As I press the ‘Publish’ button on this blog post I am sitting in a motorhome aire near Wissant. Yes, this post is going to summarise a… Read more »
The White Cliffs of France
16/12/18 – 17/12/18 When we think of white cliffs it is of course Dover that springs to mind, and probably bluebirds and Dame Vera Lynn. Until we did a bit… Read more »
A Wander Around Honfleur
13/12/18 – 14/12/18 As we sat and scarfed our eclairs in Bessines-sur-Gartempe, we decided that we would head to Normandy for our final few days in France before our ferry… Read more »
Visiting the Pilgrimage Town of Rocamadour
11/12/18 – 12/12/18 Rocamadour is one of those ‘must see’ tourist destinations in France. Most lists of ‘best places to go’, ‘most dramatic destination’ etc include this vertical town that… Read more »
A Long Drive to a Border Town
09/12/18 – 10/12/18 We spent Sunday driving north through Spain. We had a destination in mind, but sometimes life throws us a little disappointment. We were almost retracing our steps… Read more »
A Campanille and a Castle
04/12/18 We were still heading north and fancied a walk in the Serra d’Irta natural park. This area of hills and coast is between Peniscola and Alcossebre and we’d walked… Read more »
The Kayak Makes an Appearance
03/12/18 Wow, it’s been such a busy Christmas and tonight is the first time I’ve sat down in the van to do some blogging. I cant believe I’ve let it… Read more »
A Rocky Ridge in the Desierto de las Palmas
02/12/18 Inland from Benicassim and Castellon is a small area of hills that had been calling to us each time we visited. A quick google search showed that the natural… Read more »
Segorbe: Waterfountains and Waterfalls
We left Castellon to head inland to get bit of variety. Our initial destination was Sagunto. I wanted to visit Sagunto castle, the remains of a Roman fortress topped… Read more »
Beach Time -Three Contrasting Coastal Loactions
22/11/18 – 25/11/18 If there’s one thing we have realised on our travels so far it’s that beach locations can offer so much and deliver so little. It has, I… Read more »