We are still at the aire de camping cars at Rodemack, France. This morning we walked down the footpath to the town to look for the boulangerie and I spotted something brightly coloured in the bushes. It turned out to be a child’s 3-way bug viewer, an interesting device for looking at insects or plants.
Aire de camping cars, Rodemack, France. Late yesterday afternoon we arrived at the aire adjacent to the railway station at Dudelange Usines, Luxembourg, too late. All the places were taken so we had no choice but to turn around and park nearby to reassess our plans. There was another motorhome close by with a French
Have you too noticed a huge increase in the cost of pitches for motorhomes? We certainly have seen big increases in prices, at the time of writing [May 2022] it’s hard to find an overnight stop on a grass pitch for less than £20 and many are asking £30 upwards. I know the price of
We use Google maps a lot for our navigation, and as a way of putting something back both of us are Local Guides, so we add reviews, locations and other information to Google Maps as we travel. Here’s an example, I suggested a change of name for one of the aire de camping cars that
Another long motorhome trip to Europe converted to web pages with photos, a memorable journey to meet friends in the south of Spain, visits to La Alhambra, Madinat Al Zahara and many Roman remains including the aqueduct at Segovia. The aqueduct is nothing less than stunning, and these days it takes a lot to impress
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
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,
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
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.
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.