After France we had a few days out to get our Motorhome serviced in The UK. We got to stay in a lovely hotel in Durham with an enormous bed and a bath, things that are absolute luxuries when you've been travelling for 5 months in a Motorhome. As Elddis is at the top of…
The drive from Spain was long but when we reached the Spanish border, we realised we were the lucky ones because lined up waiting to cross the border into France were hundreds upon hundreds of trucks held up due to the petrol strikes. The petrol protests held by "The Yellow Vests" protesting rising petrol prices…
Porto was the end of the road for us, as far as the road goes in Europe, so the last few days have been spent making our way back up along the Spanish Coast. Our first stop was the historic town of Santiago de Compostela which was of special interest to us because it's the…
Yes I'll admit my desire to see Tuscany comes from watching Under The Tuscan Sun too many times. The dreamy countryside, the olive groves on the side of the hillsides, the old villas, italian romeo's.... So imagine actually getting to go to Tuscany. The drive from our village in Pianiga didn't exactly go well. Hating…
We left Trieste early Sunday morning but by the time we endured the motorway traffic and the tolls, (we have spent more on tolls in the last week than on our entire weeks groceries), it was early afternoon and the clouds had returned. I had chosen a kind of "agritourism" camperstop in a small village…
Where to begin. We have vamped up our speed over the last few days and knocked off a bit of sight seeing so we are back in tourist mode, (although right now I'm lolling on a beach in Split while Doug gives the neighbours a tour of the motorhome). Did I mention it's been around…
A photo essay of our time on the Krk Island in Croatia. It's been a really relaxed few days here as the Island winds down for winter. At times it has just been us and a handful of others wandering the streets. Most of the hotels and resorts, certainly all the camping grounds have closed…
