Our time driving through France was cut in two by a couple of days spent in and around Geneva. The first part we were heading south, crossing the border out of Luxembourg and driving down through places like Besançon and Arbois. The second part, starting in the Jura Mountains, saw us drive northeast to Calais,…
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Eur ’19 | Cote d’Opale and home
The rain of the previous day was nothing but a distant memory when we awoke to another beautiful sunshiny day. Unfortunately, it was home time and this (our final day) needed to end in Calais where we would be hopping on a ferry and sailing back across the Channel. But despite our trip coming to…
Eur ’19 | At the mercy of the French… and thank goodness!
Somewhere between the Jura Mountains and Dijon our relaxed, care-free and uneventful trip took a turn for the worse. We were cruising along, enjoying the sun and music as we coasted through small towns and villages, all slumbering on this Sunday afternoon. Turning off at a small junction on the outer edge of a small…
Eur ’19 | Fort l’Ecluse in the Sunshine
In order to give ourselves a little bit of direction during this trip we decided to make our half way point a visit to see my brother and his wife. They live just outside Geneva, on the French side of the border. The drive over the Jura Mountains was great – we had only ever…
Eur ’19 | Vanning in Luxembourg!
We only spent a few days travelling through Luxembourg and so our vanning experience in this little gem of a country is limited. We continued the habit we had picked up in Belgium, visiting the attractions and towns/cities during the day and venturing out into the more rural areas to find a decent spot to…
Eur ’19 | Vanning in Belgium
Our first trip in the van to Belgium was most definitely a success and we will be heading back, even just as a beautiful stop off on the way to farther destinations. Belgium was actually our first experience of vanning outside of the UK and we didn’t know how locals elsewhere were going to react…
Eur ’19 | Rochehaut, The Belgian Ardennes
Our journey so far had taken us through Southern Belgium, and approaching the Ardennes offered a subtle transition in scenery. From endless flat fields, intersected by canals we now found ourselves in rolling hills, tree clad with huge meandering river bends. The land looked like an emerald stretched out before us, the various shades of…
Eur ’19 | Arriving in Dunkirk
The van was packed and ready to go and as soon as we finished work we were out of the Lake District and on the M6. We had flexible ferry tickets which gave us a three day window to catch a boat but we wanted to maximise our time away – ergo, not spend an…
The Trossachs | A Snowy Weekend
It has become a little tradition of ours to break away for a few days early in the year, usually when the weather is still cold and miserable, to the Trossachs National Park. It is an area we usually avoid during the rest of our Scotland wanderings due to the newly appointed camping management zones…
Galloway 12/18 | Loch Doon in the Sunshine
The winter sun shone brightly down on the forest park as we drove along the meandering roads. It was a beautiful drive with long shadows falling from the dark clustered trees; the open ground was covered in, now dead, bracken which was glowing orange in the light. Turning off the main road (using the term…
