This episode starts in the magnificent Wurzburg on the river Main and we head south along the Romantic Road stopping at Landsbderg am Lech.
This is a beautiful part of Germany with lots of places to see. We stop over at many places for a look around along the way capturing medieval walled cities and lovely traditional towns.
The Romantic Road is a must do if you like touring.
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.
There is a short sandy beach, with shingle and rocky areas, and a harbour at the opposite end of the beach.
We also took a trip to the Tomnaverie standing stones, to see the salmon jump at the Falls of Feugh, and to see the old nuclear bunker.
There was one day when the wind was not too strong and I flew my drone from the rocks.
You can view a video of the trip here.
That’s the end of our posts for our 2,200 mile tour of France. You can view video content of the whole trip here.
We agreed with the AA we’d drive to the Eurotruck Iveco dealer in Saint Martin and then call them from there after the mechanic had inspected the handbrake.
My French is poor and the mechanics did not speak much English so with the help of Google Translate I tried to explain the fault with the handbrake. The garage were very helpful although they explained they did not have the handbrake cable in stock.
With hand signals and goodwill the mechanic and I communicated and explored the fault. I was a little embarassed to find the handbrake cable termination had become unclipped from the bracket due to slack in the cable. The mechanic clipped it back on and tested the handbrake. We were fixed in 10 minutes and the garage refused to take any money. Wendy donated a €20 contribution to their tea/biscuit fund and we were on our way – relieved.
On hindsight I should have investigated the fault at the Boulogne sur Mer aire. The slope of the aire with no handbrake put me off on safety grounds, but I might have saved us the concern and the trip to the garage.
We drove from the garage in Saint Martin to the aire in Le Crotoy. Whilst at the aire I adjusted the handbrake cable to ensure we did not have any more problems.
The aire is located between houses and a mussel/oyster processing facility. It has a very short walk to the beach, although when the tide is out it is very far out with a long walk to reach the water.
We then moved to a municipal camping site at Val de Vesel. We haven’t stayed in French municipal campsites before. We had ready they were basic although I really liked this one. We are quite self sufficient and we don’t use the site toilet block or showers.
The site is surrounded by farmland and the canal is nearby. There is very little amenities in the village so you need to come prepared with everything you need at this site.
There is an interesitng maze created in the corn field. This is next to an amusement park, but I’ve left that out of the images, on purpose.
This video captures an overview of an overnight Britstop in South Kelvington, Yorkshire then West Runton, the Norfolk Broads, Bakewell and the Metal Bridge Inn Britstop near Carlisle.
We visited a few beaches, flew our drone a few times and captured some of the boating on the Nortfolk Broads.
The day started well with a beautiful sunrise from our campervan door. I captured some of the sunset from the beach.
We set off to visit the Mull of Galloway lighthouse and Scotland’s most Southerly point. The weather was great and this is a brilliant drive. Well worth the effort.
On the way back to the campsite we visited the harbour at Port Logan too.
The video below captures some of the drive, Mull of Galloway and Port Logan.
We are enjoying the sea view from our pitch whilst on a trip to Scotland’s most Southerly point, staying at Sands of Luce whilst we relax and explore some of the local area.
There is plenty of space on the beach, especially at low tide.
Wendy is enjoying a drink after a long walk on the beach.
The video below captures our time at Luce Bay.
On the home leg, we crossed the Ballachulish bridge and stopped at Glencoe to fly our drone whilst trying to do justice to this stunning scenery. Then we continued to the Caravan and Motorhome Club site at Bunree.
There’s some timelapse footage looking towards the west bank of Loch Linnhe and some footage of the Corran ferry from the air, and the campsite.
We visited Plockton, with Wendy tolerating the single-track roads. It’s really quite beautiful here as captured in the video below. On the way back we travelled over the Skye bridge again to take some photos of the bridge and Kyleakiin. The video below captures thiis.
McNaughts On Tour 