By midday, we were meandering through the Dordogne valley in beautiful sunshine. We stopped at a huge hypermarket to do some essential food shopping and indulge my habit of wandering through the aisles of useful bits and pieces for kitchens, cars, bikes and general household objects. I wanted to buy a coffee pot – theRead more
We have been home for eleven weeks – not that we’re counting. It’s been great to be back and yet, inevitably I guess, there has been a bit of restlessness about. Life in a house is so completely different to life on the road and we’ve discovered that our year away hasn’t cured the travelRead more
Seville We decided that it would be unforgivable to pass Seville for a second time on this trip without paying it a visit, so we spent a couple of nights at Autocaravanas Hidalgo, a motorhome dealership east of the city that has a paid motorhome stop in the grounds. We chose it because it hasRead more
Hogmanay and New Year are a big deal in Scotland yet when we’re at home we usually either spend it relatively quietly with friends and family or just give each other a kiss and go to bed. Sometimes we even go to bed before the bells and then wake up with a fright when theRead more
We’re approaching the end of our second week here at Marjal Costa Blanca Camping Resort. Chatting to people we’ve met at the dog walk and in the bar it has gradually dawned on us that a lot of British people live here all the year round. A pitch for a whole year is very inexpensiveRead more
Life changes in a motorhome when you stand still for a while. ‘Stuff’ emerges from all the little cubby holes around the van and gets left out on surfaces that normally have to be cleared for take off. In this van we have a strangely positioned cutlery drawer that is at floor level. It’s aRead more
We made our way to Camping El Garrofer on the outskirts of Sitges to visit Shirley’s brother Chris for a few days. Since he retired he has lived there almost full time and we haven’t seen him for far too long. The campsite is a half hour walk into the town, a lot of it onRead more
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Leaving Rüdesheim am Rhein was not easy. We had come to love our nightly strolls along the river promenade admiring beautiful cruisers and then sitting outside in the cool of the evening playing Quiddler and drinking beer. We packed the van early and were ready to leave in good time and set off through theRead more
The last thing we did before leaving Remagan was to visit the museum of the bombing of the bridge in WW2. I’m a late arrival at the appreciation of museums – probably due to an overdose in my childhood. For years I was a reluctant visitor to them and only relatively recently have I discoveredRead more