Aqueducts and Snow
22/02/2026 We were originally planning to stay in Fenis a second night, but after our walk we were a bit hot and sweaty and decided we’d rather be on EHU… Read more »
Tag: motorhome
Sent away from La Thuile
16/02/2026 Never, in our ten years of travelling in a motorhome, have we been asked to leave a parking area. This was a new one for us. Leaving France We… Read more »
Ski Saint Gervais les Bains
14/02/2026 Saint Gervais les Bains is somewhere we have been before, and when we were looking at options to sit out a snowy day it seemed ideal. It’s pretty low… Read more »
Ski Praz de Lys Sommand
11/02/2026 As we approached the alps the scenery started to rise up around us as rocky cliffs and forested hills. A little bubble of excitement grew each time we saw… Read more »
Road to the Alps 2026
07/02/2026 Camping-Car Parks It’s taken us a long time to start using Camping Car Parks aires. There are many places that are just as good and free, and something in… Read more »
A False Start – the Tale of a Breakdown
05/02/2026 This is a tale of a motorhome breakdown. It is somewhat cathartic. I want to get it written down so that I can see in hindsight whether it was… Read more »
Interlude in Totnes
16/01/2026 Well finally I have finished blogging Norway. That’s a relief to get out of the way although it is also 12 days after my self-imposed deadline so I am… Read more »
Norway – A Summary and Final Costs
So finally we have finished blogging about Norway. This was an epic trip, one that we had been planning for years but one that had always been postponed. General Impressions… Read more »
A First Visit to Calais
03/11/2025 Suddenly the end of our trip was upon us. It seemed like an age ago that we left Dover in the warm summer sunshine. Now we were in the… Read more »
A City that Doesn’t Exist?
01/11/2025 Returning to Germany was a good opportunity to buy wine. The prices across the border were suddenly massively cheaper and excitedly I purchased a couple of bottles for under… Read more »
A Couple of Days in Denmark
29/10/2025 The ferry docked at about 10pm in Hirtshals. Late night arrivals aren’t our favourite. Another reason for not booking evening ferries in future. Tårs stopover I needed to work… Read more »
Goodbye to Norway
27/10/2025 Our drive south to Tønsberg was fairly uneventful. It’s only rationale was to get us closer to Larvik where we would take our ferry back to Hirtshals in Denmark…. Read more »
A Day in Oslo
26/10/2025 Deciding where to park in Oslo was a bit of a mission. We didn’t really want to pay for the only open campsite, at nearly £40 a night it… Read more »
A Mountain with a Hole
23/10/2025 We’d just had a mega hike but we still needed to find somewhere to spend the night. And I needed to work the next day too, so ideally we… Read more »
A Fort, Two Moose and a Troll Maiden
20/10/2025 We woke at Kvina after a good night’s sleep. We had another day of driving and sight seeing planned as we continued the Helgelands Coastal Trail. Gronsvik Coastal Fort… Read more »
Starting the Helgelands Coastal Route
19/10/2025 The drive south from Bodø takes you on one of Norway’s scenic routes – Helgelandskysten. For a while I thought that this had something to do with the expanse… Read more »
Whirlpools and Bike Rides at Bodø
17/10/2025 After our late evening crossing we arrived in Bodø which we had amusingly been pronouncing so badly that we didn’t understand the announcement of our impending arrival. We’ve had… Read more »
Sunny Sunday in Ballstad
13/10/2025 We’d looked at possible stopovers for the next night and Paul found a camper area on a platform in a harbour. At 400 NOK (about £33) it was definitely… Read more »
Shelter from the Storm
06/10/2025 With Storm Amy gathering strength we disembarked from the ferry and made our way to another camper stop. Laukvik Bobilcamp Laukvik is a fishing village on the north coast… Read more »
A Windy Day in Hovden
03/10/2025 OK, where were we? I gave myself a little blogging holiday over Christmas and need to catch up. In the real world it’s New Years Day 2026 and I’m… Read more »