Rufus does Europe

We’ve reached the Dordogne region today – seems to have taken most of the day somehow. It was very grey and drizzling with rain along the way. Had a lunch stop in Brive by the river, but didn’t get out

Wow! Another beautiful discovery. Early-ish start for us, and there was frost on the windows! Good job it was finally Guy’s turn to make the coffee. 7 degrees inside, but we had slept with the roof vent open and no

Set off on foot for the island this morning. There has been a new bridge built across and we can’t really remember how it was before. Once through the gate, a lovely cobbled street circles up to the abbey with

Well, I think these two upmarket seaside resorts may have found their way into my top five favourite places! Even on a dull grey day in February, I thought they were just lovely. The architecture on show is amazing –

Surprisingly, all the digital paperwork was in order and we boarded the ferry early. It’s so long since we last crossed the channel by boat rather than tunnel, we were a bit unsure what to expect. It was nowhere near

Off on another adventure! We spent last night on a campsite in Abbey Wood so that we could get the bus in to Greenwich to see Callum and Jordan. Had a great evening with plenty of Prosecco 🤣🥂then the long

Really was! Parked up on the seafront and it felt like we were in the middle of a hurricane all night. Not much sleep to be had. There was quite a bit of debris on the roads this morning and

Well, when I say Lindisfarne, it was the most flying visit ever! We woke up to really wild weather; really blustery wind and heavy rain. Made our way down the coast towards the Holy Island as the rain got worse

Woke up quite early, but both needed double coffee to be anything like normal. Luckily, the clothes were still in the tumble drier from yesterday 😬I didn’t feel too bad about it as there were three of them and the

Hmmm somehow I’ve missed a day 😂Yesterday morning we passed by Balmoral and I had to stop Guy from paying £10 to park as you can’t go in anyway whilst Queenie is around. He had to console himself with a