Rocroi to Embrey – 15th October The last of our Kugelhopf was consumed at exactly 13:55hrs today. What the heck am I going to enjoy now? On a more sobering thought we stopped en-route today just outside Arras where there was a British Cemetery dedicated to the fallen in the First World War. Many, many […]
Tag: Motorhoming
To Alsace & back – Days 8 & 9
Eguisheim to Millery – 13th October So we leave the beautiful autumn golden vines of the Alsace to turn our noses North for our homeward journey. We are not in a hurry though, we are going to take 4 days to get back to the ferry and enjoy the slow drive back. Climbing out of […]
To Alsace & back – Day 3
8th October Lac du Val Joly, Eppe-Sauvage Before leaving our overnight stop we decided now that we no longer have Raggs we need to do some brisk walking (good cross-training to compliment my running). Walking down to the lake we found a mini entertainment complex rather like a smaller version of Center Parcs. Lots of […]
To Alsace & back – Day 2
< The Ferry – 7th October Today was an early start – this was to be our first foray onto a ferry (sounds like a good soundbite – foray onto a ferry – I think I’ll copyright it and then the BBC can buy it off me for some exhorbitant fee and make some cheap […]
North Coast 500 tour – Days 6-8
10th May Janette and I went off early to take a look at the Terns – they turned out to be Arctic Terns performing some lovely ‘floaty’ type aerobatics. Didn’t hang around or get too close as we did not want to disturb them. Went to the shops on the bike this morning – why […]
North Coast 500 – Days 1-3
5th May And they’re off – like a ferret down the trousers, like a greyhound out the trap, like Red Rum winning the Grand National – more like a snail with the scent of a Pansy in it’s olfactory senses. After the stress of getting the dash light sorted (previous post) we were all packed […]