2020 was to see us take a year out and tour Europe however things did not turn out as expected. With the uncertainty of Brexit and what it would mean to our travel plans we decided to take another route and still leave our jobs as intended but seek alternative employment and a complete career change to boot. March was […]
Setthorns is one of our favourite bolt holes in the New Forest situated near Sway it offers plenty of walking or cycling as well as being in the heart of the New Forest it is ideally situated for visiting many of the South Coast attractions. Sway is a short walk from the site at Setthorns and has a shop as […]
We had decided to go back to France for Christmas but due to work commitments we could only set off on Boxing Day set to return on Sunday 30th in time to go back to work again. We set off to catch the Euro Tunnel and as is usual arrived too early, all was not lost as we were offered […]
The French Pyrenees We had crossed through from France into Spain and saw a small part of the Pyrenees, enough to make us want to explore more, so here we are on Monday evening sat approx 1000m above sea level looking up at huge mountains, oh did I mention that 250km into the journey I realised I had not got […]
Well we travelled South towards an Aire we had seen in Vitoria Gasteiz and all was not as anticipated. We had wanted to walk around a town and see the local sights but we had not factored on this being the capital of the Basque region, it was like camping in the middle of Birmingham. Nothing wrong with that, however […]
We had been in this area last year when we camped at the Aire at Moliets-et-Maa. This was supposed to be the better location but I think the jury is out on that one. The Aires are very similar, sandy parking under trees with electric on a first there first plug in basis! We were only there for the night […]
Well we started Thursday night at Portsmouth waiting for the 20:15 ferry to San Malo, as usual the Brittany Ferries crew were great in marshalling everyone to their correct location and providing adequate sleeping quarters. The bar entertainment was to envy or not depending on your personal preferences. The first act was a couple doing well known rock songs so […]
Well after the torrential ‘showers’ of Thursday we were pleasantly surprised to see the sun shine and poke through the clouds and trees at an early stage on Friday, our last day in Germany before we trek north and home We again walked into the city to see the sights and sample the local faire, the Cathedral market was in […]
We had expected thunder on Wednesday night, we have come to trust the Apple i phone weather app with a degree of scepticism but how wrong could it be? Wednesday was supposed to be warm with thunderstorms in the afternoon but it was stinking hot and the only thunder came at about 03:00 hours on Thursday morning and talk about […]
Iron Cat is having a day off, he has not forgiven the pilot (or pillock) for taking the wrong lane travelling to Switzerland and is sulking back at the camp site while we embrace the challenge of the local public transport and attempt to take the cable car to the top of one of the scenic mountains that seem to […]