Month: February 2026

Busy day running around with two and a half weeks worth of washing. Managed to get it all pegged out only for the heavens to open so we had to bring it all in again!Trying to avoid using the dryer

After much thought, we decided to give Lisbon a miss this time. We needed a campsite and they are very few and far between with public transport not running as normal due to Mardi Gras. We found a ‘safe’ car

Thought we’d head back to Nazaré today to see if there were any giant waves for Guy to photograph.We stuck to the little roads, trying to avoid any areas that still had flood warnings on Google map’s.Still, we were met

Our departure from the campsite this morning put the man on reception into a right spin.“You want to check out?” he asked incredulously. “I can try, but you see it’s not normally my job..”Somehow he managed to take the correct

Forgotten how stunning this city is – maybe because we only saw about half of it last time we came in 2017. We were then parked by the river near the Ponte da Arrábida and Rufus was struggling by the

Much rain in the night again. We woke up surrounded by a muddy quagmire. Guy had to go outside to change over the gas bottle as we’d run out of LPG but fortunately had a bit of Moroccan gas left.

Yesterday was a full on driving day as the weather was awful- non stop rain and strong winds.We decided to avoid the north coast due to all the weather warnings there, but by the time we reached Burgos, I think

After a couple of days at Guy’s parents which involved a very big bonfire to get rid of some bamboo and a happy 88th birthday, we moved on this morning towards the Pyrenees. For some reason, we expected the rain

What an awful night’s sleep in such an idyllic setting. The trouble with parking under trees, as we should realise by now, is that even when it stops raining, the water carries on dripping in heavy drops on the roof

This morning our wonderful new leisure battery had completely drained itself. Complicated stuff possibly resulting from a little mouse using the van as an Airbnb whilst it was in storage last year.Anyway, no hot water, no heating and not much