Campervan/Trip Blog

For trip index click HERE – for all photos of trip see HERE After fixing the bike cover we headed to Dresden where there are 3 permitted motorhome areas close to the old town, and bizarrely we chose the same as last time we were here! That’s not changed much, […]

Colditz to the Czech Republic Border Recently updated !

For trip index click HERE – for all photos of trip see HERE Between Harz and the east there isn’t really very much, so we headed direct to Leipzig. The motorway network appears all new, and even the 2016 GPS maps on the van didn’t have them all – TomTom […]

Leipzig to Colditz

For trip index click HERE – for all photos of trip see HERE After our long bike ride to the med, we decided we needed another holiday to recover. Sadly, time was not our friend so our plans of visiting Scandinavia were put back again – and we had to […]

Home to Leipzig – 2017 Van Trip

Van trip index HERE – preceding article HERE – all pics from trip HERE The next day we did a bit more biking from Val d’isere but stuck to the green, but Mels confidence as well as her body had taken a big hit, so rather than being loose and […]

The Alps, and The Verdon

Van trip index HERE – all pics from trip HERE OK, so after a fair few test nights, its time to use the tiny campervan for a month long trip. And not just a trip, but one that required loads of kit. It’s a standard month in France, bumbling to […]

Month trip in new van starts….

All photos from this trip are HERE, previous installment HERE I think that leaving the beach made us feel a bit ill, a bit flu-like and bunged up – the realisation of home set in! We opted to try the Verdon-sur-mer to Royan ferry to avoid a long drive, but […]

The Beach to Home

All photos from this trip are HERE, previous installment HERE Our 5 fun filled and relaxing days by the beach were obviously needed, and most of our aches and bruises went away. My swollen wrist had gone down and no longer made any funny noises. However, you’d have thought a […]

Med and the Altantic beachy bit

All photos from this trip are HERE, previous installment HERE Staying in Crest, we had, or rather tried for a morning run, but I think our bodies were beat! The run was flat but so were our batteries! Once we made it back we just about made the very busy […]

Crest to the Med

All photos from this trip are HERE, previous installment HERE Think we spoke too soon about being incident free…. Mel had a bit of an off – nothing major, and ironically it was caused by not going fast enough round a banked corner. I know it was a 180’ corner […]

Valloire to Crest

All photos from this trip are HERE, previous installment HERE Staying at Vallorie, our biking has improved and (touch wood) – our extra body armour has so far not been needed – we’ve stayed surprisingly accident free! The worst its got is having to put a foot down so, so […]

Mountain Biking

All photos from this trip are HERE After what feels like a long time, we’re off again on another trip! Though in honesty, this is more of a long holiday than a trip as we will are going away to do something specific, so we’re not randomly exploring this time. […]

Away in France again!

Camping in the snow at Valloire — Thought it was about time we posted again as it looks like we’ve not been up to much. The thing is, we have, but nothing as long or as challenging as previous trips, so not really worth saying much about! It also looks like the van hasn’t been used much, […]

Snowboarding with Campervan in Valloire

Bordatlas 2012 — Blimey. Only takes a few days back from Asia and I’m back into campervan mode! Our van is cleaned, had a bit of DIY maintenance, and we’re off on Friday for a couple of weeks in the UK house hunting. Just noticed Bordatlas (or board atlas!) is now available on […]

Bordatlas 2012 now available easily and cheaply

Index for this trip HERE Travel Ferry 80.00 € Tolls 3.00 € Fuel 572.00 € Parking (see Wild if overnight stop) 2.00 € Train/bus/tram 0.00 € Subsistence Food 335.00 € Gas 28.00 € Entertainment/Goodies 421.00 € Essentials (laundry, household, repairs) 109.00 € […]

Trip 9 – Costs and Review

Index for this trip HERE After 8 weeks and almost into September, we are fortunately still blessed with pretty good weather. On leaving La Rochelle we headed on the coastal roads through some reasonably generic tourist towns until we got to Les Sables-d’Olonne. Les Sables appears to be a better […]

Week 8 – La Rochelle to home