Week 5 – France, Luxembourg, Belgium and home. Day 36 Monday 27th October – Amneville to Luxembourg (27 miles) Loads more rain last night and first thing and a flood around Bertie making it tricky to sort out the front screen and electric hook up etc. On the road by about 9:39 am in heavyContinue reading “France & Spain – September / October 2025.”
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France & Spain October / September 2025
Week 5 – The Rhône valley and a bit more… Day 29 Monday 20th October – Day 3 Camping du Pont D’Avignon (0 miles) Wet, wet, wet .. and I’m not talking about the pop group! Heavy, heavy rain from the early hours until well after lunch with 3 or 4 inches of water runningContinue reading “France & Spain October / September 2025”
France & Spain September / October 2025.
Week 4 – Back to France… Day 22 Monday 13th October – Logrono to Pamplona (55 miles) First thing (well for us) we went to the Fiat dealer to see if they could help. A bit of Google translate and an excellent young man in their service department who could speak some English I managedContinue reading “France & Spain September / October 2025.”
France & Spain September / October 2025
Week 3 – Spain. Day 15 Monday 6th October – Camping Los Llanos to Camping Santa Clara, Altea via Xabia. (40 miles) Left Los Llanos by about 11am and drive the short distance to Xabia, normal challenge of trying to find somewhere to park but after a couple of false starts we managed to findContinue reading “France & Spain September / October 2025”
France & Spain September / October 2025
Week 2 – Spain Day 8 Monday 29th September CCP to La Cartuja De Monegros. 108 miles Nice easy start to the day as no rush to leave the lovely overnight spot. On the road by about 11am and started the steady, very steep climb up into the mountains around regular hair pin bends withContinue reading “France & Spain September / October 2025”
France & Spain September / October 2025
Week 1 Day 1 – Monday 22nd September – Home to Longfield Farm CL, Whitfield, near Dover. – 140 miles. Drove down to the site in about 3 hrs with a short break on the way down. Well kept grass field with views across to the channel and good basic service including EHU. £15 forContinue reading “France & Spain September / October 2025”
South Elan Valley Wild Camp
A solo and possibly the most challenging walk and wild camp that I have completed. The plan was to park in Abergwesyn a bit west of Builth Wells and go and explore the Nant Paradwys valley, hopefully finding a spot to pitch for night 1 with a view down to the Caban Coch Resevoir andContinue reading “South Elan Valley Wild Camp”
Glyder Faw and Fach with John and Alex (plus some zipping)
Up to Snowdonia to watch John do his Zipwire followed by a walk across the Glyders the next day. Day one on 30th September was all about John doing the velocity zip wire at Zip World near Bethesda in North Wales. Really well organised and while John zipped Alex and I had beer….. 🙂 PotentialContinue reading “Glyder Faw and Fach with John and Alex (plus some zipping)”
Fake Festival – 29th August – 2nd September 2024.
A four night trip to Walesby Forest for a three day / night music festival featuring fake bands. Five Vans of different types in total went with two caravans (Temp and Rick the Cheese), one hired motorhome (Nelson and Lynn), one Van conversion (John and Denise) and Bertie 🙂 Didn’t go anywhere apart from theContinue reading “Fake Festival – 29th August – 2nd September 2024.”
Trip to the New Forest – 13th to 16th August 2024
For our second trip we decided to go to the New Forest for three nights staying at Denny Campsite which was about 1.5 miles out side of Lyndhurst. This is a very basic campsite with no facilities apart from a water bowser for fresh water and a grey / black waste cess pit. We wereContinue reading “Trip to the New Forest – 13th to 16th August 2024”
Berties inaugural trip – 2nd August 2024
Our first trip was three nights in Norfolk and Suffolk. We spent the first two nights at a basic campsite called Barley Fields in Bingham, near Holt in Norfolk. 139 miles in total. Total trip expenditure was £170 = £42.42p per day. This included £88.50p in fuel. Really pleased that we managed to pack thingsContinue reading “Berties inaugural trip – 2nd August 2024”
Cumberland Way Day 5
Caldbeck to Carlisle and the last day. Sunny and hot for most of the day but thankfully easy walking and just 15 miles to the end. Very different terrain today and more like home through pastureland and woodland. Following rivers for most of the day. We even stopped for a cheeky beer at about halfContinue reading “Cumberland Way Day 5”
Cumbria Way Day 4
A lovely overnight stay at The Royal Oak with excellent staff and food. Initial walk up into the woods quite steep but lovely with some morning sunshine. Up to Skiddaw car park and then along the Valley. Real contrast in the views and conditions under foot but easier than yesterday. Path up to high peakContinue reading “Cumbria Way Day 4”
Cumbria Way Day 3
A tough tough day today with about 20 miles walked. Stake pass was stunning but hard work although the walk down the other side and through the valley on very tough paths was more challenging. Keswick just never got any closer and it was 7:45pm by the time we checked in at The Royal Oak.Continue reading “Cumbria Way Day 3”
Cumbria Way Day 2
Coniston to Elterwater – just 8.75 miles today, nearly 4 short of what it should have been due to finding accommodation. Stayed at the Eltmere Inn in Elterwater. Lovely spot and great beer 😊. Bit of a climb out of Coniston today but through lovely woodland and the weather was dry and warm, just perfectContinue reading “Cumbria Way Day 2”
Hiking & Wild Camping 