Perranporth Party
As I write this it’s already 2022 and getting harder and harder to remember what we were doing in the summer of 2021. Luckily we use a diary to remind… Read more »
Tag: hiking
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 »
Coastal Walking around Watergate Bay
When we went into lockdown in January we immediately started thinking about what we would do when lockdown lifted. Some people may take the opposite approach and decide that there… Read more »
A Post-Lockdown Family Reunion
A family catch up Our first trip away in Bertie this year was a scant 15 miles from home. Oakdown Holiday Park is a campsite where Mum and Dad keep… Read more »
The Peak District – The Final Campsite
Staying in multiple locations has the advantage of making a trip seem longer. It’s also a welcome reminder of the time we spent full-time touring; moving slow short distances from… Read more »
Peak District Part 2
Continuing Our Peak District Adventures From our campsite in Hayfield we needed to make our way to Hope in the Edale valley and the second leg of our Peak District… Read more »
A Pint, a Peregrine and no Trespassing
As we head into another period of lock down it seemed like an opportunity to look back on our last full week of freedom in Bertie. We had booked a… Read more »
New Year in the Lake District
Back in October I was missing the mountains and looking for a way we could find some altitude. Without the freedom of the last two years we’re constrained by work,… Read more »
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 »
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 »
A Final Walk in Andorra’s Hills
06/11/18 – 08/11/18 After trying out our snowshoes we were very tempted to stay up in Arinsal and spend the evening admiring the views, but a quick check of the… Read more »
Spend! Spend! Spend!
05/11/18 – 06/11/18 If I ever claim that our pastimes are cheap then please feel free to have a word. Of course going for a walk or a bike ride… Read more »
Andorra: Love It or Loath It?
03/11/18 -04/11/18 We made a complete misjudgement with our visit to Andorra. We decided to drive there on a Saturday on a Spanish holiday weekend. It wasn’t planned, we had… Read more »