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: outdoors
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 »
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 »
A Place for the Kayak
We are currently enjoying ourselves on our third trip of the summer, and I just realised that I cant blog about this trip until I’ve blogged about trip number two…. Read more »
A Surprise Celebration and Getting Back Out in Bertie
As soon as we got a sniff that campsites might be allowed to open we started thinking about getting away in Bertie. Although neither of us felt any trepidation about… 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 »
Exploring East Devon’s Lanes by Bike
11/06/19 – 28/06/19 There is nothing quite like an Ordnance Survey map when it comes to navigating your way around the UK, especially if you are a walker or cyclist…. Read more »
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 »
Arriving in Austria
07/05/19 – 08/05/19 After our walk to the Drei Zinnen mountain hut we decided to cross the border into Austria. A brand new country for us, one that neither of… 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 »
The Good and the Bad of Shoulder Season
26/05/19 – 29/05/19 Travelling in the mountains during ‘shoulder season’ can sometimes be highly frustrating. As the snow recedes, it leaves behind the debris of autumn storms and winter snowfall…. Read more »
Passo Tonale. The White War and Non Stop Snow
12/04/19 – 15/04/19 Passo Tonale didn’t fill us with enthusiasm when we turned up. The previous couple of days notwithstanding, we just found the layout of the resort – hotels… Read more »
Being Snowed On in Breuil-Cervinia
31/03/19 – 06/04/19 After our couple of days in the warmth of the Aosta valley we were considering skiing again. This time we weren’t going to take any chances. With… 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 Les Saisies
18/03/19 – 21/03/19 We packed ourselves up and said goodbye to Camping Montchavin, we really liked the campsite but hadn’t been so enthralled by the skiing at La Plagne, it… Read more »
Skiing Les Arcs from Bourg Saint Maurice
28/02/19 – 10/03/19 When Aaron told us that he had an opportunity for some leave we set to work trying to find somewhere to ski. We needed to find somewhere… Read more »