Rufus does Europe

Guy got the new gravel bike out for a spin this morning…it was almost like he’d forgotten what to do. Helmet, sunglasses, heart rate monitor, pump, spanners, Garmin – it’s all so complicated! No wonder he forgot his water bottle

Very frosty and cold this morning – the water tap we planned to use to re-fill had a big icicle hanging from it! 🥶Drove to the parking at the top of the hill so that we could have an easier

A quiet night in the gorge despite the parking being near the main road. This morning, however, a couple of lorries turned up and the drivers started having a spanner throwing contest – well, that’s what it sounded like! They

Another day of u-turns and getting into a pickle. After a night of non-stop coughing for me (actually, make that a January of non-stop coughing 🙄), I had the perfect excuse to get out of the scary gorge walk, but

Tried to get up to the Valle de Escuain this morning, but after climbing up quite high, the road became unsuitable for us. Next, the Añiscio canyon, which was closed to motorhomes after just a few miles. It was becoming

Guy spent the morning taking everything to bits and putting it back together again. The shower is still a bit hot and cold and we’re still not convinced there isn’t a secret water leak somewhere. He did manage to find

It was a bit too warm last night – leaving the heating on at 15c was a bit much, but given the -9 forecast outside, we just wanted to stay warm. It was -4 this morning when we set off

Had a couple of quiet days in Magnan visiting Guy’s parents, then this morning we set off towards the Pyrenees, first through Tarbes, then Lourdes. There didn’t seem to be a lot of snow on the mountains at first but

Quite a noisy night but we were parked just outside the city walls! I thought it had snowed this morning but it was just a heavy frost. There’s been a bit of breeze all day too, giving it the full

Woke up really late due to a) the exceptionally comfortable mattress or b) unhappy JCB driver doing laps around the motorhome aire at 4am! Short drive over two bridges to the beautiful historic port of Honfleur. Even on a freezing