Rufus does Europe

Well, we abandoned the idea of walking into Burgos this morning as it was really cold and pouring with rain. Thought we’d just drive south for a couple of hours and it might warm up. No chance.Parked just outside Salamanca

Bilbao Old Town Storms in the night, with one clap of thunder right over the top of us. Think we both jumped six feet in the air! 🤣 Heating and hot water refusing to work again this morning so our

We’ve had a few days in Magnan visiting the senior Bramleys, then set off yesterday for San Sebastián which is just over the border, in Spain. Decided to use the motorway and pay the tolls as we were hoping to

Freezing cold this morning, but we did inadvertently leave two roof vents wide open though. 🙄The van containing the Airedale puppy had already left by the time we surfaced – obviously realised there was a risk of kidnap. By the

Well, we’ve not managed a free night yet! France seems to be gradually restricting where motorhomes can park and yet it’s always been one of the easiest countries for free overnight stays.Avoiding motorway tolls again we took some very small

Hello, it’s us again! Back with some more rambles whilst we attempt to reach Morocco.Easy run down the A1 yesterday and straight on to an earlier train. The Chunnel is always so efficient. French passport control did a double take

There was nothing much to report on Saturday as we spent the day getting ourselves to Calais. Stopped off in Lille to pick up some goodies from Auchan but couldn’t get into the car park for love nor money. Height

Once again, we limped into Luxembourg on fumes this morning. With over 20 centimes difference per litre, we put the bare minimum in yesterday to get us over the border. I did start to worry a bit though when we

Brrr…a bit nippy this morning when we set off through the fog towards Heidelberg. We hit a massive traffic jam for the first time in ages. Some roadworks added about 40 minutes to the journey.We’d decided to stop at Heidelberg

Seems to me, if you get up half an hour later at this time of year, the day is gone in the blink of an eye!We started the day with a long walk through the park to see the Zeppelintribüne