8 Comments The Alps rival any region of France for drama, beauty and excitement. Its intensely photogenic with every valley ablaze with wild summer flowers and every […]
2017
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8 Comments Our Australian neighbours told us about Gorges de Daluis, so just after breakfast we zoomed over to take a look. Daluis is a small village […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: The Final Leg
5 Comments The village of Guillaumes is our base for a few days. Its one of those places with not much to offer but somehow very rewarding. […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: Mule Trail & Donkey Work
29 Comments By 9.30 we were on the road. Due to a combination of the heat and the uneasy feel. The abandoned fort had more creaks and […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: Hale Mary Mantra up the Cayolle
9 Comments Craig is up early and off like a shot taking Eor for a spin up Col du Galibier. Me and the dudes opt for a […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: Things Get Heated in Briancon
23 Comments As the sun rises its rays hit the snow slope and light up the valley. The long diagonal shafts of light complement and highlight the […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: Craig Fights with Automated Teller
12 Comments We wake and Craig is feeling the effects of yesterdays chill out celebrations. A wee too many beers, maybe? But, as we peer through the […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: A Butterfly Garden
20 Comments Blue skies and warm sunshine, a perfect day for climbing the highest road in the Alps. As we take to the road, its not long […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: 2 Broken Gizmo’s on Highest Road
4 Comments A restless night by all. We are in the middle of woodpecker land and the little buggers were hammering away on the hour, every hour, […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: Petit Saint Bernard Pass
2 Comments Last night, by the campfire we played spin the bottle to determine our direction of travel. To our surprise it said south! Ummm what route […]
Route des Grandes Alpes: Mont Blanc to Roselend
13 Comments We leave the crowds of Annecy and slowly follow the road that runs alongside the tranquil lake. Towns and villages along the way seem deserted […]
Moonlight and Magic at Mont Blanc, France
8 Comments The first half of the road trip we followed the river through hilly pastures with small herds of white cows. Innocent new born calves with […]
Bonjour to the French Alps & Green Lakes
8 Comments Nestled high on the fertile hills of burgundy, a little commune huddles in the skirts of a medieval pilgrim fortress. The Franciscan nuns are gently […]
Burgundy the Region of Fine Wine & Hilltop Villages
9 Comments How to fit a grey waste tap to the outside of your motorhdome. On many motorhomes including our Hymer B590 and also on our previous […]
How to Install an Outside Grey Water Tap
10 Comments With all the recent horrid terrorist attacks in our home city of Manchester and then in London, it makes us wonder if city visits are safe. […]
We just Loouvre Paris
17 Comments We fire Vin up and continue with our journey east. Its not long and we are in the countryside, it is beautiful. Rolling hills, quaint […]
Three Second Police Warning!
3 Comments This weeks inspiration comes Trish & Howard, a wonderful couple who live just around the corner from my mum. Like ships passing in the night…Trish […]
Meet The Motorhomers: Trish & Howard
5 Comments We spun the bottle and our destiny was set, east we go. Not south? Nope. Best of 3 then! Nope, the bottle says east, so […]
I Dreamed a Dream of Time Gone By, Montreuil
10 Comments After a jog around the county lanes with microlights humming above its breakfast time for Our Bumble crew. Mac n Tosh savour a few dog […]
Its Raining Men in Boulogne-sur-Mer
A few miles from the sea in the north of France, outside the market town of Tardinghen. Along the county roads, a farmers lane cuts […]
Abandoned Bunkers, Beach Forts, Museums and Windsurfers
22 Comments A few days ago we booked the ferry from Dover to Calais and since then we’ve spent the last couple of days moving all our […]