The heatwave has finally broken – everyone exhales a collective sigh of relief… then starts complaining about how cold it is. Just like Melbourne really. The break in the relentless heat comes just in time […]
The heatwave has finally broken – everyone exhales a collective sigh of relief… then starts complaining about how cold it is. Just like Melbourne really. The break in the relentless heat comes just in time […]
Oh happy day, oh happy day… Browsing tourism brochures sometimes pays off, and I’ve hit pay dirt this morning… the Dartmoor otter sanctuary is nearby and as an added bonus there’s a butterfly house. Chris […]
Time has a fluidity that’s often hard to pin down. In the tight focus of deadlines, a day can see you deliver a series of accomplishments off your action list, on holiday a day can […]
It’s our last day in Truro, tomorrow we start the trek East towards France. The pace has slowed, it’s fair to say. Monday sees the locals back at work, it finds us biding time […]
There’s much of England that lends itself to fairytales and today exploration is no exception. Unlike Alice down the rabbit hole, it’s down the Mousehole today. Seriously, this is a place, Mousehole. Very possibly the […]
Well, we’re here! After a very long flight, yesterday afternoon passed in a daze of disembarking, very long immigration lines and car hire pick up. The plan was to drive to Shaftesbury, spend a quiet […]
Well it’s over. After 92 days and just over 7,000 miles, we’re heading home. It’s a multi phased journey. Swapping hire cars, dropping off the motorhome for storage. And a long, long drive to Heathrow […]
Our journey North takes us to Ribe, Scandinavia’s oldest town. It’s a picture of charm with its cobbled streets, medieval half timbered houses and a beautiful 12th century cathedral that had its origins in the […]
So this is Denmark. We’ve come in through the south which is pretty much farmland. Potato crops are the key planting and they’re full flower – acres of white and sometimes pink blossom. One artistic […]