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      • - - Swedish Square Dance Convention overview
      • - - France and Northern Spain
    • - 2023 trips
      • - - Northern France including the British Military Cemetery at Pozières
      • - - The Alsace, Lake Annecy and The Lateral Canal of the Loire
      • - - Viking Squares Square Dance Campout, Colsterworth
    • - 2022 trips
      • - - Chippenham Folk Festival
      • - - The Alsace Wine Tasting Tour
      • - - Spain and Portugal Motorhome Tour
    • - 2021
      • - - The Cotswolds
      • - - Gloucestershire & Worcestershire 2021-09
    • - 2020
      • - - Spain and Portugal
    • - 2019
      • - - Normandie & The Lot Valley
      • - - Frankenberg and France Overview
      • - - Yorkshire Folk Dance Weekend
    • - 2018
      • - - France and Northern Spain Overview
      • - - Alsace Wine Tour
      • - - Northern Italy and Southern France
    • - 2017
      • - - Spain – Roman and Moorish sites
      • - - Finland via Scandinavia return via the Baltic States
    • - 2016
      • - - Overview
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      • - - Aire de Camping Cars Calais
      • - - Neufchatel en Bray or Sainte Claire
      • - - Solre-le-Chateau
    • - Overview UK Campsites For Motorhomes
      • - - Crossfells Campsite, near Penrith
      • - - Applecross Fields, Warwickshire
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    • - Fridge Not working on 12 volts Problem Solved part 2
    • - Absorption Fridge Adding Fans
    • - Truma motorhome Combi 6 Boiler Error E81H Problem Solved
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Home > Archived Article(s) by Author: Alan

Author Archives: Alan

2 years ago we were heading for home chased by covid

March 17, 2022AlanUncategorized

2 years ago we were driving through France, heading for the Eurotunnel terminal at Calais, behind us the chaos of lockdown and ahead of us the uncertainty that we now know as lockdown. France and Spain were already in panic mode, everything closing down. As we made our way across France there were less and

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2 years since our escape from Europe at the start of lockdown

March 8, 2022AlanUncategorized

When I began my journal entry for today I was reminded that it’s 2 years since we arrived in Spain for the start of what should have been a road trip through Spain and Portugal, heading for the Atlantic coast. We had thought long and hard before setting off, yes there was Covid in Italy,

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2019-07 Trek through Germany and France all pages now complete

February 24, 2022AlanWebsite progress

A bigger job than I expected; documenting a 28-day motorhome journey from Lancaster to Frankenberg in Germany, returning via France, touring Normandy and Brittany. Each day has our route, kindly provided by google maps, a narrative of the journey and what we did, plus a photo gallery of images for the day. Here’s the link

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Took the Hymer out for a run yesterday

February 21, 2022AlanMotorhome problems

We drove south on the M6 from Lancaster to Samlesbury early afternoon for an event at Samlesbury War Memorial Hall, then back home, it was good to get out despite the high winds that buffeted us while driving in both directions.

Frankenberg and France trek webpage building progressing well

February 21, 2022AlanWebsite progress

Adding pages to our trek of July and August 2019 to Frankenberg in Germany and Normandie, about half way through the pages now, it takes a surprisingly long time to add each page with a photo album and then the appropriate links for navigating from one page to the next. 

Crémant d’Alsace Brut Rosé

February 7, 2022AlanUncategorized, Wine Reviews and Wineries

Wolfberger Crémant d’Alsace Brut Rosé A delightful deep pink rose colour, with very small bubbles. A light crémant with a powerful taste of strawberry and raspberry. This one stands out from the crowd.

September 2019 journey through France completed

February 7, 2022AlanUncategorized

Our trek through Normandie and the Lot Valley is now available here on the WordPress website, a summary page plus the 19 days of the trek, each day has a screenshot of our route taken from google maps, a selection of photos from the day and a summary of the miles, fuel consumption and hours

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Conversion from Joomla site to WordPress

January 27, 2022AlanWebsite progress

The process of moving over from Joomla to WordPress is going ahead well. Overall it’s taking more time than I expected, but that’s mainly due to not knowing how to do things. The text editing facilities are very good in WordPress, especially when you paste text that was formatted elsewhere, WP strips out all the

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The move from Joomla to WordPress

January 25, 2022AlanWebsite progress

January 2022, too cold to go out in the Hymer at this time of year. We are working on the website adding new pages to describe our trips, it takes longer than you think. This website uses WordPress, I made the shift over from Joomla in December 2021. I used to build and maintain websites

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Investigating the Truma Combi error code E81H

January 6, 2022AlanMotorhome problems

If you just want the answer to the Truma Combi boiler code E81H fault here it is . . . Deformed spark electrodes within the boiler.  That meant the spark could not jump across the gap and without the spark the flame can not be lit. Photos and details Back home and I have spent

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