Europe 2024: Travelling to Ile De Re, France with stop overs at Bolougne Sur Mer, Honfleur and Nozay

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Ian

Episode 1 of our summer European tour travels from the Glasgow area in Scotland to Loix in Ile De Re, France. We have park ups in Rugby, England by the canal and aires at both Honfleur and Nozay in France before travelling over the bridge onto the island of Ile De Re. This is the first big trip for our new pup, Lola the Miniature Pinscher, and it’s also the first big trip with our MiRider e-bikes. We intend to tour many of our stops via the cycle routes, so we’ll be capturing footage from the e-bikes as well as our campervan. Lola also has a place on Wendy’s MiRider. Our first impressions of Ile De Re are very good.

Barnard Castle CMC Site Stopover

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Ian

On our way North after a week of touring, we stopped off at the CMC site at Barnard Castle. This is a nice tidy site and I look forward to returning.

Visiting Borough Bridge, Knaresborough and York

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Ian

We visited the CCC campsite at Borough Bridge. This is a nice quiet site on the banks of the river Ure. It is prone to flooding so the electrical hooks ups are raised and there are two large signs informing you of the flood alert warning. There were no alerts when we were there.

Heavy rain did cause water to collect on the pitches and roads.

This is a nice site. Outside the site is quite industrial and it is near the A1M.

We visited Knaresborough, Mother Shipton’s Cave (the oldest tourist attraction in England) and York whilst we were here.

Scarborough CCC, the Cleveland Way and Robin Hood’s Bay

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Ian

We parked up at the Scarborough CCC for a few days. This is a really nice site, with good bus links if you want to leave the campervan.

We walked along the cliffs of the Cleveland Way into Scarborough and took a trip to Robin Hood’s Bay. This is worth visiting.

We had some starry nights and Wendy was able to try out her new Solo Stove (on top of a table of course, off the grass).

The Scalby Manor local pub/restaurant next to the campsite was good too.

Enjoying Sunrises and the Milky Way at Garlieston

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Ian

We parked up on the edge of the sea at Garlieston Bay. It’s really nice here and we’ve enjoyed walking along the beach, around the harbour and watching a Heron and Cormorant. We’ve enjoyed spectacular sunrises and saw some of the Milky Way in this dark sky area. There is one pub/restaurant at the Harbour Inn and one cafe at the Hive cafe. Both are good and the people are friendly. Storm Babet created high winds overnight and since Wendy never slept a wink we decided to head home a couple of days early. We plan on returning.

Tour: Milton of Fonab, Pitlochry

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Ian

We had a short trip to the Milton of Fonab Campsite at Pitlochry, on the river Tummel. This is a lovely site with about a 25 minute walk from the site into Pitlochry over the suspension bridge. There’s stuff to do in Pitlochry, with plenty of cafes, restaurants and pubs.

The river Tummel is damned with hydroelectric power and there is a salmon ladder too.

It’s worth a visit here and we plan on returning in the future.

Tour: Europe 2023 Episode 4 Fussen to Lake Garda

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Ian

In this episode we drive from Fussen in Germany at the end of the Romantic Road to Bardolino at Lake Garda, Italy. As we arrive at Lake Gard the pace of our tour slows down a little as we planning on staying here for nine nights.

There’s lots to do here so and we have a booking at a Fiat garage in Verona in a few days to have the van checked over.

The weather is brilliant and then we experience a sudden storm one midnight, followed by a bird having a dislike to my drone.

This is our third trip to Bardolino and whilst little has changed, we are glad about this as we really like it here. It’s the first time we have seen the amphibious classic car.

Northumberland’s Beautiful Beaches and Castles

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Ian

We visited Northumberland for the first time, parking up at Waren Mill campsite. The campsite was very muddy so it was a good opportunity to test our new BF Goodrich KO2 tyres. All went well whilst several vans around us needed towed off the grass. Nevertheless, after the holiday weekend we moved pitch to a hardstanding.

We visited several of the small villages, and castles, along this coastline. There’s lots to do here so we may well return for another trip in the future.

The Holy Island causeway was a chance to try out my DJI mount on the outside of the van. I was worried my camera might fall off. Everything went well though, except I messed up the camera clamp mounting on the way over.

The video captures some of the highlights.

Stonehaven by the Sea

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Ian

We spent a few days at the MCC site at Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. This is a nice clean site a few minutes walk from the sea front, and the wardens are very helpful. We met up with some friends and were able to get adjacent pitches.