Month: April 2018

Set off for Triberg this morning -not too far after yesterday’s mammoth drive. Along the way we stopped at a town called Biberach for water. It was really pretty with pastel coloured houses. We then got stuck in a traffic

Bit of a driving day today. Wanted to get to Strasbourg and there wasn’t anything we particularly wanted to see between the two places. I drove us into Luxembourg – I actually hit 70mph at one point – think my

Today was Guy’s big day – when he finally got to see the Paris-Roubaix bike race. We woke up to torrential rain. Felt sorry for the cyclists as it would make the cobbles very slippery. The bread van came round

The community spirit is growing on this giant motorhome filled car park. A bit of warm sunshine today and all the tables and chairs were out for a boozy lunch. Much raucous laughter and even a bit of singing! We

Fairly quiet night considering we were parked next to a train line. Got up earlyish as we had to find another site to fill up with water because the tap wasn’t working. Called at Lidl along the way to stock

A lot of driving today. First to Ypres to see the Menin Gate. So many names, so sad to think of all those fathers, brothers, sons – really brings it home to you just how many were killed. Glad we

Walked back into the town last night once the rain had stopped. Thought it would be really busy but was dead and very dark.A few people eating in restaurants but lots of places seemed to close at around 10pm. Like

A quiet night by the sea last night. Guy got some photos of a mirrored pill box WW2 bunker thing on the beach before we left for Bruges. Got a little lost along the way – there aren’t many places

Left around 12:40 after numerous door and window checks. Called at Lowdhams for a water fill up and 2 coffees – lunch didn’t look like it was on the horizon. Very slow journey down to the tunnel. Crazy traffic and