Month: December 2017

Slight delay this morning at the tunnel. They had too many high vehicles apparently. The security chap asked where we’d come from and where we’d stayed last night. Once we said Carrefour carpark which had a special secure section for

Left reasonably early for us but still took us till 6pm ish to reach Calais. We can’t believe how much slower the journey through France is in a motorhome compared to a car. Had some Super U croissants 🥐 though

Rained all night again and I think it kept us awake for most of it. Other than the pattering on the roof though it was a very quiet night in the supermarket car park! 😂 We had to get Rufus

Think it rained all night! The very kind Monsieur Martinscroft knocked on our door with fresh pastries from the bakery this morning. We all consumed lots of coffee ☕️ and at least two of us sat holding our heads! I

Oh dear!!! Headaches all round this morning. Had a fab day yesterday at Gill and Karl’s beautiful holiday home. Rufus has loved the wood burner and been flat out in his bed enjoying the heat. Guy knocked a hole in

Should have been an easy day today. We left about 11am with the idea of heading towards Carcassonne so that we can meet our friends Gill and Karl tomorrow morning. It’s always a really long drag through Auch because the

Taken up residence at the outlaws which means eating, drinking, loafing around and dog walking! Guy fixed the reading light above the bed which had a broken switch so at least he has achieved. Rufus decided to follow a spoor

Some debate this morning about which route to take. Didn’t really want to do any more snowy mountain passes for the time being, but through Pamplona and over the Pyrenees was the most obvious route back to Guy’s parents in

When we woke up this morning it was -5 degrees! ❄️😱Guy had been up twice in the night to make sure Rufus was covered up. Fortunately the engine started and we were able to warm the van up quickly. Everything

I knew today was probably going to be a bit of a hard drive, but nothing could’ve prepared us for the amount of snow we’ve come across. Guy wanted to go up to the Lagos de Covadunga as it’s a