We spent five nights in the campsite at Zambujeira do Mar and felt more than a little reluctant to move on but in the end the call of the road won and we set off north in the direction of Alcaçer do Sol. Portuguese roads can be rough. This is a Yorkshire understatement. There areRead more
You’ll have heard the expression ‘Travel broadens the mind’. I must confess that until this trip I’ve never fully understood it – after all you can get your mind broadened by doing a course at a local college or reading a good book. Travel, I thought, gives you the chance to experience new places andRead more
Just a few days after New Year is my birthday. As the day approached Shirley asked me what I would like and I answered straight away… Electricity! We had been well over a month using only 12v and solar power, which works fine for the majority of the van’s needs but there are a coupleRead more
Four nights and five days in Sitges was like a little holiday. That might seem strange, after all we’re effectively in the first month of a several month holiday, or so it might appear. In reality, life on the road doing a long tour just becomes normal life. We think about where we will buyRead more
We parked up in Cami de la Creu, a commercial motorhome park in Cabanes near Figueres. It’s a strange place, almost like camping in someone’s front garden – although to be fair the garden is enormous and nicely surrounded by tall pines. Here you can avail yourself of all necessary services with the added luxuryRead more
… but we’re on our way again for a long slow trip to the sunshine. After arriving much faster than seemed possible, courtesy of Eurotunnel, we drove about 140 miles south and parked up on an Aire de Camping Cars in the little village of Mesnieres en Bray. This is about 3 miles from ourRead more
Health Warning: Try not to let this blog post put you off buying a motorhome. Shirley’s birthday is approaching in a few weeks and, as is my habit, I started to question her about how she would like to celebrate it well in advance. We are becoming more and more attached to experiences rather thanRead more
I mentioned that our friends Melanie and Biz had been given the offer of a lifetime and needed to hand the dogs back to us half way through our two-week trip. They had been given the opportunity to go to the Austrian Grand Prix with VIP tickets. Clearly this was not a gift that couldRead more
… please don’t get the wrong idea. Most motorhomers use their vans for touring – that is after all what they were designed for – and in contrast caravanners tend to take their vans to a chosen place and stay for days or even weeks. We like to use our van for both things, occasionallyRead more
We’ve had a whole winter at home in Scotland. Regular readers of this blog will know that we planned this after two winters touring southern Europe. I remember saying some silly things like, “Being in the south all the time is lovely but I do miss the different seasons.” Clearly I was deluded. It’s beenRead more