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Bantham Beach, Devon

Bantham Beach, Devon

Annette March 28, 2013 0

Writing about Martin Dorey’s wild weekends the other day, I realised that we’d been staying in Devon for two whole weeks, and we hadn’t made it to a single Devon beach.

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Eugene Is For Sale!

Eugene Is For Sale!

Annette March 21, 2013 0

Well, it’s with a little tear in the corner of my eye that I announce that Eugene, our RV, is now officially for sale.

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Back to England Round-Up

Back to England Round-Up

Annette March 6, 2013 0

So we’re finally back in the UK. We’ve crept up the western side of France over the last couple of weeks, staying on aires for the whole time.

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The Atlantic Coast South of Bordeaux

The Atlantic Coast South of Bordeaux

Annette February 20, 2013 2

For the last two or three days, we’ve been slowly ambling up the Atlantic coast, south of Bordeaux.  We started with three days at Biarritz, then moved along to Anglet, just 6km up the coast.

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Biarritz, France

Biarritz, France

Annette February 17, 2013 0

Biarritz is like San Sebastian’s French cousin. It’s all chic and hip, and it has an amazing beach, stylish buildings and lots of cool people hanging out here.

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San Sebastian, Spain

San Sebastian, Spain

Annette February 15, 2013 0

We arrived in San Sebastian on Wednesday afternoon.  We’d stayed at the aire in June, so we knew vaguely where we were going, and that we’d fit on to the aire.

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Madrid, and its Carnaval

Madrid, and its Carnaval

Annette February 10, 2013 0

Well, it’s been a funny old couple of days at Madrid, all in all. We drove up from Toledo on Friday, and found the campsite without hitch.

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Camping in Toledo

Camping in Toledo

Annette February 7, 2013 0

We have our sat-nav to thank for the fact that we’re in very beautiful Toledo tonight. We’d planned to stop at a rural campsite some 70km west of here, but trusty sat-nav put paid to that.

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Caceres Aire (Plus Bonus Storks)

Caceres Aire (Plus Bonus Storks)

Annette February 7, 2013 0

Last night we stayed at the aire at Caceres. Caceres is in the province of Extramadura which roughly translates as the back of beyond, so campsites were few and far between.

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Evora

Evora

Annette February 4, 2013 0

We’re in Evora, a UNESCO world heritage site more or less half way between Lisbon and the Spanish border. It’s a pretty town, and it knows it.

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