A to V, Alberca to Valencia. West to East. 4 stopovers, 650k’s covered. Rain to sun. I meal out, 1 takeaway and a good few tapa’s taken. We left our lovely free spot in Alberca on the Monday, heading into town to purchase some of it’s prized jamon and cherries. Jamon got, cherries not, the town had been depleted of them over the weekend and so we Ieft, cherryless, but … [Read more...] about Only Fools and Horses
Parasols and Paraquas
Sunshades and umbrellas that’s the week it’s been for us. With friends Debs, Dave, Patsy and family arriving on hols from the UK on Saturday the weather on the Algarve was a bit mixed to begin. Their villa was only a 15 minute walk from our lovely Aire in Vale de Parra, yet somehow or another we managed to have a storm along with heavy rain that they never on the … [Read more...] about Parasols and Paraquas
When The Boat Comes In
And thankfully it did in Barcelona with marginally less chaos than we boarded with in Genoa. That was a complete revelation and we have done a few ferry journeys over the years. Accident/traffic jam on the route in -no surprise there, and then complete lack of signage anywhere at the port other than the boat/car symbol which we duly followed. Piece of paper and … [Read more...] about When The Boat Comes In
Hey Big Nose
Pinocchio that is and that is where we found ourselves bizarrely for our Friday night stay before heading for the delights of Lucca at Pinocchio Park. We were to stay at a thermal resort town and we both were hoping for a spa treat, but upon arrival at the town aire we both decided we didn’t like the parking spot. It was a very tight turn to the entrance in a suburban … [Read more...] about Hey Big Nose
Well That Was a Gas
So here we are -back on the road again, with Buster now being truly ours. Brought after our last Covid adventure from Elddis. We have during the time we have owned Buster made some adjustments, which we hope will be investments as well, more of that later. Obviously, with Brexit I cannot do the year long journeys like we did before, but thanks to kindness of the French … [Read more...] about Well That Was a Gas
Repeat, Repeat.
And that is what we are doing at the moment during our first week in Los Alcazares, Murcia. We have been here many times, including in pre-motorhome life as David’s Aunt and Uncle have a place here and with the old Murcia airport literally no more than five minutes away we have been able to take advantage of their generosity and hospitality a good few times. On our … [Read more...] about Repeat, Repeat.
All Fizzed Out
The best way to start a tour of champagne is of course with a bit of royalty, and where could be worthier than Versailles. With so many plans abated for so many over the past few, unbelievably now years- it was with near astonishment when with David and I checking into the hotel at Versailles that my brother David, Chris and Claire walked in behind us for brother David’s … [Read more...] about All Fizzed Out
Moules and More
More mussels in fact were the order of this week, as it happens-very scrumptious too. We are still in Brittany and of course Brittany is famous for all things crustacean wise, with mussels being sold in more or less every establishment in the region, in many different sauces. The main one way of course being moules mariniere, and oddly in the majority of the restaurants it’s … [Read more...] about Moules and More