Bye everyone! Been great seeing everyone we squeezed in – another great weekend with too many people who we would want to spend more time with. Van packed, not a single empty hidy-hole, though no doubt after the Christmas goodies, chocolate and biscuits have gone then it’ll be half empty. …
Well over the last few weeks we’ve been down near our old home doing some work (!) – yeah yeah. But we’ve been out with some family, some very old friends, new friends, and very new friends – some of who we just “knew” from the Internet and similar travels. …
At last – Bordatlas is now available, and the cheapest place is Amazon. At the time of writing, its £17.35 delivered – so very cheap – as even if you wait till Germany its €19.95 or more! Bargain! [adrotate banner=”45″] This is a great resource for campervans in Europe –…
The plans are coming together! We’ll be leaving UK just after Mel has a girly xmas party on 11th December and we’ll be slowly heading to Valloire (http://www.valloire.net/uk/il4-winter,skiing_p81-skiing.aspx ) in the Alps for 6 weeks or so where we plan to become decent (ish!) snowboarders and also to vastly improve our French…
Yeah – back in the UK sorting the van out and making everything perfect ready for its (and our) biggest test yet. Due to some Christmas parties we want to go to we’ll be leaving in mid December heading towards the Alps, then to the Pyrenees snowboarding for a few…
(For our other tips, see our tip index HERE) My Symptoms For years, when starting from stone cold, the engine wanted to stall at the first junction or two. No idea why, dealer had no idea either, and in fairness it wasn’t ever an issue and it never did stall.…
OK – blog and trip review all updated – so if you are considering a similar trip this will be of use. See full details here – and any questions let us know!
After 7 and a bit weeks we are heading for home, and the total trip will be a record 8 weeks. Seems to be an age and also too short at the same time. Got a fun route planned back so won’t be rushing. Dairy update for w7 and w8…
We’re in Faborg in Denmark, almost Denmarked out! Probably back to Germany in the next day or two, then home in maybe a week? Scary! Poor van has just clockd 37,000 miles – still on original tyres which are still legal. Just. Probably be 38-39k by the time we swap…
Hi all Our diary blog of week 6 has just been uploaded. As usual on rereading the week we can’t believe how much we squeezed in! Currently just entering the island of Mon and found some WiFi in Stege in the high street, so we’re parked in the middle of…