28/2/16 Seville We arrived in Seville and found the aire quickly. It’s not pretty, but it is right alongside the Puente de las Delicias. We gathered ourselves and hopped on the bikes ready to go exploring! We crossed the Puente and rode alongside the Canal de Alfonso XIII, along the Avenida la Palmera to the […]
Sevilla – Sanlucar de Barrameda
29/2/16Sevilla – Sanlucar de Barrameda Driving out of Sevilla proved easier than the maps made it look. Everything appeared to lead to a toll road, and we’re determined not to pay any tolls having been stung for a 17 euro one weeks ago! The countryside is sweeping hills and valleys and quite beautiful – with […]
Pera – Sevilla
26/2/16Pera (Mikki’s Place)Bursts of torrential rain and wind continue all day… the bar/restaurant is closed because the roof isn’t much good for keeping out the rain when it’s blowing! It’s just overlapping corrugated sheets! We spent the afternoon reading, hunkered down in the blobbybus! At 5.30 we wrapped up and headed down to the bar […]
The idyll that has been Mikki’s Place to Stay
22/2/16 Pera – Mikki’s place to Stay Bertie Barkworthy Quote: Nick wakes up and says “I’m making omelettes for breakfast”.. OK says I, “with lemon and sugar, or Jam” says he… “Really?” says I – kept it going for quite a while before he realised he actually meant to make pancakes not omelettes….. In any […]
Week 4 – Porto Covo to who knows where?
15/2/16Porto Covo As dawn broke it was clear that the sky was blue! Still windy, but the makings of a beautiful day at last! We ate breakfast and headed off to the sea – what a stunning coastline – very rocky but with little sandy coves at the right time of tide! We threw caution […]
Our Third week – Benquerenca to Porto Covo
8/2/16Benquerenca – Vila Velha de Rodao Jenny kindly lent me her MY-FI to log on and get emails and a little FB fix before they left this morning. Had to stop pretty short when they left so sorry if I was talking and then just disappeared! Made a tortilla out of last nights veggy leftovers […]
Second Week – an interesting time….
1/2/16 St Paul des Dax – San Sebastian We set off at 10am headed for San Sebastian… the indicators seem to work fine, but as you can see the dashboard is slightly dismantled for the journey! The rain petered out when we arrived in Biarritz – a small shop in Lidl and fuelled up…. only […]
First week through France
Our first week away: 25/1/16Home – Dunkirk – Motreuil Left home 7am Made good time to the ferry which was trouble free – when we arrived in Dunkirk one noteworthy addition to the port were 10ft fences topped with barbed wire. The weather was bright and sunny and the crossing was smooth. Poor Bertie didn’t […]
10 day French shakedown
Being a bit new to this we had to find our feet with all the van systems and how we cope within a small (ish) confined space. Just before we left we discovered the previous owner had had fitted two new 110 amp batteries at 260 euro each and they were not performing. Stick them […]
The search for the ideal van
This new adventure starts with a few constraints!! Firstly we intend on using the van beginning and end of season, therefore there are going to be extended periods stuck inside due to bad weather. I’m 6′ 8 so headroom and elbow space is a must. Nothing worse for me than not being able to stand […]