Rufus does Europe

11-13 February 2023 Had a lovely weekend visiting our friends Gill and Karl in the village of Siran. We gave them a few hours grace first on Saturday, whilst we visited Homps to see the Canal du Midi. Fat chance

Short drive this morning up to Carcassonne. It was very frosty first thing but turned into a beautiful sunny day. We decided to pay to use the motorhome parking as it’s quite secure with barrier and cameras etc, plus only

Got up late as we could hear the patter of raindrops on the roof first thing. Set off in the general direction of Perpignan and decided to head for Carcassonne as the sun came out. It would normally be quite

We decided to follow the twisty, turny coast road out of Spain this morning. Sooo many bends, there was no chance for the driver to look at the scenery, as we wound our way past El Port de la Selva

Bucketing down with rain the whole morning, with very blustery winds to add to the joy. Had to do a bit of cleaning as we’d run out of excuses. By 3pm it was starting to clear up, so we set

Woke up to rain, rain and more rain, which is probably a good thing as the motorhome was filthy – it’s now a little bit cleaner. We’d planned to have the day in Girona, but didn’t fancy getting soaked. Decided

A trip to our favourite place in Europe this morning. Managed to park up quite easily just on the outskirts, then walked down to Llafranc so that we could then follow the beautiful coastal path round to Calella. We called

No cycling for Guy today – he’s now got ‘the cough’! It was only a matter of time I suppose. We’ve moved the motorhome up two levels and spent half an hour sitting in glorious sunshine this morning. Even got

Early start this morning as we made our way to Esclat supermarket in Palafrugell. Not really to go shopping, but more so that Guy could meet his cycling buddy for a ride. By the time I’d had my breakfast and

Nothing exciting to report today other than an afternoon walk to the nature reserve. La Gola del Ter is where the river Ter meets the sea. They are trying to save the sand dunes here which are gradually disappearing. Large