Some of the best village ramparts in France
The Alignnements de Carnac stretch for several kilometers and contain thousands of standing stones of all sizes
Excellent wild camp in car park directly below this impressive iron age hill fort
Marvao is stunning. It floats a thousand feet above the surrounding countryside with views in all directions
Another amazing stopover on a pier on the River Nith below Dumfries
Approaching Dartmouth on the Kingsweir Ferry.
What an amazing place to spend a couple of nights. Hats off to Torridge DC for doing this.
We sat in Bertie and scoffed our fish and chips with this view across the mouth of the River Lossie towards Buckie and Ben Rhynnie
Looking back to Cullen from the viaduct with Seatown in the foreground
An amazing wild camping location on the Banffshire Coast. Walks, beach, birds, caves what more could you want?
View from the Miradour over a small town in the Alpuharras near Almeria.
There is a glorious carpark beside the little village of Cabo de Gata where you can park right beside the beach. The sunsets are stunning
The lovely little aire was in a tiny village in the heart of Burgundy
A lovely spot at the top of the hill between the Tay Valley and the Tummel Valley.
There is a large aire on the edge of this little town. The town dates back to C9 and is well worth a visit.
We arrived home on Friday 13th March at 5pm! We had covered 9,855 kilometres since we left home on 18th October 2019. 148 days away in total. We have never been away from home for that long before in our lives! We stayed on 76 locations in France, Spain and Portugal and 4 locations in UK. Most stopovers were for 1 night but many for were for 2 or 3 nights whilst a handful were for longer including 12 nights
We made it back to the UK with out any hold ups or any virus trouble! However horrible weather and limited power meant I kept finding excuses for delaying the blog – the longer driving days on ordinary roads are certainly more tiring and even more so if the weather is bad. Two nights at Canterbury Aire was enough to recharge my batteries and some good sunshine on Friday 7th meant Bertie’s solar panel had a chance to get some
We are cracking on through France. Tonight we are in a small aire just north of Dreux, well over halfway to Calais with just three more full days travelling to do. We are doing about 180kms per day on mixed roads. One problem has been finding fresh water because about half of the water points we have tried have been dry and turned off for the winter. However by planning coffee and lunch stops at aires we usually manage to
We are now in full travelling mode. The pressure is on to get home fairly quickly. The Covid-19 crisis is growing fast and more and more cases are appearing in Europe. There is a cluster of cases in Northern Italy and a number of towns in Lombardy have been locked down with no-one allowed to leave. My nightmare is that we could inadvertently be caught in such a lockdown if a cluster of cases is found in an area of
We stayed two nights in Ampudia. The big plan was to go and visit the castle when it opened on Saturday afternoon. This did not prove as easy as we had hoped. The visit is by guided tour only at 12:00, 13:00, 16:00 and 17:00 and we turned up at 14:00. We rather think the guided tour would be in Spanish and thus wasted on us so we decided to give it a miss and have another good walk around
Yes I know there are a number of plains in Spain and the rain certainly does not “mainly fall” there but the high plain we drove across yesterday was vast and promises to continue to be vast for at least another day! The last two days have been more about travelling than anything else. I have tried to pick out routes and stopping places that were interesting but we are now officially on the “driving home” leg of this trip.
We have had two lovely days in Braganca. A great finale to our month exploring Portugal. The aire has been quiet with no more than a dozen motorhomes here and those well spread out. As always there are dogs barking in the background but not close and not too loud. Wherever we have been in Portugal there has been a background of barking dogs. Both mornings have been cold with a light frost! In fact the coldest nights we have
We are in Braganca. Really pleased to be here as this city has been on my wish list for many years (far longer than we have had Bertie) but also sad as it means we will soon be leaving Portugal! I can see the attraction of the the Algarve but it is too developed and too busy for me. We have driven the length of the eastern border of Portugal, rarely more than 20 miles from Spain and sometimes just
Friday 14th We set off to explore Almeida after a late breakfast. Quite chilly this morning at 1c which we felt was porridge weather! Still that set us up for a good walk around the C17 star shaped fortifications of this small town. This town is much smaller than Elvas and the fortfications are much smaller and a little less complex. In the main they date from 1640s and so are about the same age as the older fort (Sante
We left Marvão on Tuesday as the mist was lifting. When we got up the mist was quite thick and we could not see the valley below us or the village above us! As we drove down the mountain the cloud was just hanging on to the top of the castle. By the time we stopped for coffee by a small reservoir about 12 miles away we could look back and see Marvão clear in the distance. The next few