Rufus does Europe

Rained so much in the night and we hadn’t realised we were parked under trees, so the noise was doubled. Not much sleep to be had! ☹️Two stops on the way to Calais, one in Neufchâtel-en-Bray for Lidl and then

We walked over the bridge and into Saumur this morning. All the local people were out observing the river levels. On the town side, the mighty Loire had claimed several cars and Guy thought that the water level had dropped

The April fools didn’t wake up until late again 🙄, so it was nearly lunchtime when we drove into a car park near La Rochelle. When I say near, I mean flipping miles away! I was trying to make sure

A late start today as we had forgotten about the clocks going forward thing 🙄 Didn’t wake up until 9:30!After a relaxing day with Guy’s parents yesterday, walking the dog and trimming trees in the sunshine, we set off on

Spectacular drive this morning over the Col de Bonaigua. Lots of snow around but we think there’s usually more at this time of year. Did a new route (for us) across to France, which was through Bossòst and along a

Not much to report today as it’s been a long drive along the edge of the Pyrenees, skirting the French border.Started the day by returning down the hill to Ripoll to get a proper Lidl shop done, then back up

Got up earlyish and walked across the road into the beautiful medieval village of Santa Pau. It looked nothing from the outside – just tall stone house walls, but once inside it was lovely. A bit deserted this morning, but

Set off in the rain to find a camping shop so that we could buy some kind of cleaner for our waste water tank. We are fed up with it smelling even though Guy hoses it out every time we

We left the campsite reluctantly this morning – the weather was positively miserable! Drove up to Girona and managed to park in the only suitable place within the city. It seems to have had an upgrade since we were last

It rained in the night and I had a minor panic as I thought our shoes were outside but luckily Guy had brought them in earlier.We decided to walk into Palafrugell this morning as there’s always a good Sunday market