Montreuil sur Mer

Some of the best village ramparts in France

A corner of the Carnac Standing Stones

The Alignnements de Carnac stretch for several kilometers and contain thousands of standing stones of all sizes

Maiden Castle, Dorset

Excellent wild camp in car park directly below this impressive iron age hill fort

Marvao Castle

Marvao is stunning. It floats a thousand feet above the surrounding countryside with views in all directions

Glencaple Pier near Dumfries

Another amazing stopover on a pier on the River Nith below Dumfries

Crossing the Dart on the Kingsweir Ferry

Approaching Dartmouth on the Kingsweir Ferry.

Bidford Riverside Carpark

What an amazing place to spend a couple of nights. Hats off to Torridge DC for doing this.

Lossiemouth looking east

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

Cullen and Seatown

Looking back to Cullen from the viaduct with Seatown in the foreground

Wildcamping at New Aberdour Beach

An amazing wild camping location on the Banffshire Coast. Walks, beach, birds, caves what more could you want?

The Alpuharras

View from the Miradour over a small town in the Alpuharras near Almeria.

Winter sunset from Cabo de Gata

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

Great little aire in the heart of Burgundy

The lovely little aire was in a tiny village in the heart of Burgundy

Tomphubil Car Park

A lovely spot at the top of the hill between the Tay Valley and the Tummel Valley.

Ricote - the oldest town in Murcia

There is a large aire on the edge of this little town. The town dates back to C9 and is well worth a visit.

A grey windy day at Kenilworth

We got away from the Stag at Redhill shortly after 9am after a good night although we were aware of the wind getting up a bit. The parking space was quiet and well away from the busy road and we did not hear anything from the hotel car park either. This is a good stop over although the food was not special last night. It was an easy drive in to Kenilworth and we arrived in the town shortly before 10am but were distracted by a handy Sainsburys as we drove through the town and stopped off to top up the fridge. I used to find smaller supermarket carparks really scary places to take Bertie but I noticed today how much easier that has become and it worries me far less. Bertie is not that big really and I have driven far bigger vehicles but somehow in small spaces he can feel huge.

Kenilworth Castle - imposing even on a cold grey windy day — Kenilworth Castle – imposing even on a cold grey windy day

Eileen has been talking about going to Kenilworth Castle for a couple of years and even though we are often in the West Midlands for Debdale we have never managed to get there. The planning for today was all based around visiting Kenilworth Castle and had we done this yesterday it would have been wonderful but today it lost some of its savour as the wind blew and there was an ever present threat of rain. Even so we spent several hours at the castle, doing the audio tour and visiting Leicester building and the exhibition in the stables. It is at least 15 years since we have been here and quite a bit had changed.

After lunch in the Castle car park it was back on the road for the 20 mile drive to our chosen Britstop at Clifton Cruisers on the North Oxford Canal at Rugby who run a small cafe at their boatyard and invite stopovers. Being a boatyard they also have a full range of facilities so we could empty the (now rather whiffy) loo cassette which was a relief. We have decided that this time we will have a “proper” breakfast tomorrow even though the cafe does not open until 10am (well it is Easter Sunday!). Not sure where we are stopping tomorrow night and deciding that is the next job on the list!

19th night on Bertie

A grey windy day at Kenilworth