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…
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…
Eeek. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11265576 Wasn’t me. No doubt my parents will hear and I’ll get the usual worried call! (Last time it was the earthquake that flattened L’Aquila just after we left). Anyway – we’re okay and apart from the traffic jam around the station noticed nothing till watching the news on…
Well we’ve made it to Copenhagen and had a bit of a mare trying to find somewhere decent to stay. Its not that easy to find a place to camp in a major capital city. Found somewhere about 10km out and will take the train in over the next few…
Just down the road is badfart. No bottomfart or fanifart yet. In bar drinking beer at £7 each though they are 750 ml 🙂 been to legoland today. For free. Knackered and will sleep well. Awainting nice waitress to bring us food and maybe more beer. Nice view over fjord…
Hi from Denmark. Weather much better today – phew. Just in Skive and unlike its namesake we’re not skiving, we found a laundrette so sadly doing a huge batch of washing. The good news is we moved the van to a convenient parking space where there is unsecured wifi in…
Week 3 diary has been updated – see here for details Rather annoying how windy and wet it is – if varies from very hot and sunny to absolute down pour. Wouldn’t be so bad if it was predictable but it changes every 15 minutes. Oh well – at least…
Currently in Celle, Germany, a rather nice and pleasant old town. Really beautiful to look at and about to go into the park. Tomorrow off to Bergen-Belson which is the site of an old concentration camp where Anne Frank was killed 🙁