Our 2017 Motorhome Trip through Europe

Continue reading “Spain and France photos up to 25 June”

Continue reading “Spain and Portugal Photos to go with previous post”

Lunch at Rochefort – 17^th c boat Hermione. Stayed at Talmont-sur-Gronde. With a church with water on 3 sides and strange fishing huts on stilts with very crafty fishing nets

The next day we headed to Jonzac – sounded a lot better in the travel book than it was. Continue reading “France part 2, Spain and Portugal”

Made a leisurely start on 30 April and headed off on the 30 minute trip to the tunnel at Folkstone. It was a very simple process to check in and clear customs. We simply drove onto the train deck and through the wagons and then stayed in the van while the train went through the tunnel. Continue reading “France Part 1”

Left Gigha on the 11:30 ferry and then drove down to the Lake District staying at Waterfoot Campsite close to Lake Ullswater. We started the next day with a walk to Pooley Bridge before driving across the Yorkshire Dales/Moors to The Pheasant Inn camping behind the pub in the car park. Had drinks in the pub by a roaring fire, needed after setting up in the snow flurries.

Continue reading “Lake District, Cambridge, Canterbury and Ashford”

Drove up to Scotland via an afternoon at Holy Island (Lindisfarne). Camped at North Berwick on a site overlooking a golf course and the sea.

Drove the short distance to Edinburgh, caught the bus from Mortonhall campsite into Edinburgh and walked the town including Queens Mile, Edinburgh Castle Continue reading “Scotland”

After leaving Harrogate we tried to visit Ripon, but after an hour of not being able to find parking , then onto Durham. Had a quick walk around the city reminiscing about when we met and visited the famous Durham Cathedral, then headed on to Wylam. We found a campsite in a field just along the road from the house where Davina grew up. Continue reading “Easter in Wylam and Newcastle and pictures from Bath”

Moved on to St Ives, planned to spend the night here but after about 4 hours of walking around the town, crowded with damn tourists, we decided to head off to Penzance. Driving times and distances are proving tricky as they look far but we seem to be moving at around 20 miles per day. Continue reading “St Ives, Mount St Michael, Mousehole”

Drove through the rain down to Farnham and collected our Moustache Samedi e-bikes followed by some shopping and then headed off towards Salisbury. Went past Stonehenge so stopped in just as the sun came out so spent a very pleasant, but cold few hours wandering around the large pebbles. Continue reading “Stonehenge, Mark and Nicole, Mendip, Wells, Cheddar and Duncaster Castle”

Drove down to Hastings after a stop at Battle, scene of the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066 won by Norman the Conqueror. On to Hastings for a look at my Great Grandfathers house at 28 Wellington Sq. By all accounts not much has changed. Continue reading “Visits with Julie & Jefh and Angela & Rod plus old family photos”

10 March

We now have “Alfie the Adventure Home” mostly sorted in terms of storage and supplies so now we can really start our adventure. The main thing Continue reading “Settling in”

Wed 8 March 2107

We are now embarking on the start of our motorhome adventure. After a number of hiccups and information advising delays to the delivery date for the van we got notification last night that Continue reading “Collecting our Tracker FB home for the next 9 months”

Tuesday 7 March 2017

After a good nights sleep we spent the day walking around Paris. Firstly up to the massive 5 storey Fabric shop next to Sacre-Coeur for a(nother) supply of fabric. Have to admit that Davina Continue reading “Paris”