Wow. Can’t really believe it Its 10 years ago since we left full time work and decided to do something a bit different, so thought it would be useful to have a quick review of what its been like. If you didn’t know, we’d planned doing different for many years,…
Last big DIY project of the year is now complete, and that is fitting new driveway gates and having them electrically opening. We’re lazy, we never closed our old gates in 5 years!! The gates are 11′ and 4′ and made of oak and on first glance look good, but…
Yep, another DIY project! Our under stairs cupboard was large, but naff, and just unusable. I did make a storage cupboard inside, but that was pretty useless. On visiting a friends, they had a pro installed under stairs cupboard with sliding pullouts which really made the most of the space. …
For trip index click HERE – for all photos of trip see HERE Austria isn’t really on the agenda for this trip, so we really just used it as a cut through. We stopped at Graz for a quick lunch and explore then headed back towards Germany via the mountainous…
For trip index click HERE – for all photos of trip see HERE Our first post-Prague stop was at Beroun which is a rather pretty old town with a big square, and interesting walk around. Pretty building. Nice, but not wow. But also there in the park was a bear…
For trip index click HERE – for all photos of trip see HERE The Czech Republic is the first new country we’ve been to for years, and back to the daunting/unknown of what we’ll find. Each country is different, and even silly thinks like how pedantic people drive to speed…
All photos of trip Part One – Home to Leipzig (Germany) Part Two – Leipzig to Colditz (Germany) Part Three – Colditz to Bastei and Czech Border (Germany) Part Four – Czech Republic border to Prague Part Five – Prague to Austria Part Six – Austria to Home
Trip index HERE Okay, here is a brain dump! Take less than you think you need Take less than us! If you are camping, get an ACSI card – it can be cheaper GPS’s Android phone with OSMAND offline maps Download Archies Camping GPS database and import as into OSMAND…
Trip index HERE Annoyingly, the GPX map viewer I use here cannot cope with a multi-segment gpx file, so its split in 3. Home to Poole (for ferry). Cherboug to Narnonne via the beach. South Mimms (where Bike-Express drops us off to home) The totals are:- Distance: 1422km = 883…
After our fun trip a few years ago, we decided to cycle to the med for some summer sun. Again. Last time, having never undertaken such a ride, we opted on a simple ride just (!) from St Malo to the med, but via canals and rivers. So c. 1000…