Rufus does Europe

Suddenly it’s summer! It just got hotter and hotter today – can’t believe it. As the sun was out we decided to make a start on getting a bit fitter 😂 Guy got all his cycling paraphernalia out, which hasn’t

A bit of running around this morning trying to find somewhere that may be able to supply and fit what is, of course, a very unusual window for a motorhome…couldn’t be a normal one could it? Looking at anything from

Not “a dry Blackthorn cider day”! Drove into the Sintra national park hoping to see the Pena Palace. Roads like narrow loops of spaghetti running up and down hills. Couldn’t find suitable parking and it rained and rained and rained.

Well, we were lucky with the washing, it didn’t rain until we were almost up! Had to chuck it all in the tumble drier at €6 a pop. Baby socks and short t shirts it is then! 😂 Once the

After a quiet night in Tomar we set off for Nazaré with the idea of having a campsite stop to get the washing done. We were a bit befuddled with the time as we’ve now gained an hour making us

Someone set the alarm for 8am this morning so we got up in the dark. ☹️Trouble was, we’d caught a switch on the hot water that turned it off, so still lots of faffing about waiting for it to heat

Didn’t wake up till gone 9am! Couldn’t believe it …it’s so dark in the mornings, I thought it was about 7:30 🙄 Short drive to Trujillo. We had a walk around the old town. It had a huge square with

I’ve had a drive today..hence the sweaty palms. It was a big wide empty (luckily😂)motorway between Salamanca and Caceres. I got in trouble for misuse of gears, daring to touch the break in fifth, refusing to overtake big lorry etc

I’m all cherubed out now after visiting another cathedral in Salamanca today. We got here at lunchtime and thought we’d park next to the church in the same spot we came to two years ago. We remembered it well, as

The weather was a bit murky this morning as we set off towards Burgos, even some snow in places. Think we’d only been on the road ten minutes when our thoughts turned to wine! 🍷Well, we were in the Rioja