Just managed to finish last year’s road trip videos, as we start to pack for this year’s trip! The 2025 road trip will be a bit shorter than last year as we’re planning to take the boat on the 85th Anniversary Return to Dunkirk in May, and there’s work needs doing to get her ready. Also we need to save some ‘Schengen days’ for another ‘big trip’ later this year . . .
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Having done a couple of videos from last year before leaving for Spain in February 2024, Bev has finally sorted out the videos from our… Read More »2023 Road Trip videos
In search of some summer sun we set off for a few days in Scotland – chasing the most favourable weather forecasts! The plan was… Read More »A few days in Scotland
Bev loves to crunch numbers and play with maps. The chilly weather since returning to the UK keeps us indoors in the warm so here’s… Read More »Route maps & spreadsheets: road trip Spring 2024
We depart our beach lay-by at Barrio Oriñón on Tuesday 23 April at 1000 in cold drizzly rain and drive the 37 km to the… Read More »Back home: Bilbao – Portsmouth ferry
We depart the excellent campsite ‘la Era’ at 1115, Monday 22 April, intending to head for the ferry port at Bilbao as an overnight stop… Read More »Picos de Europa #2: last day on the road
Leaving at 1100 on Saturday 20 April en route for the Picos we’ll lose a hour as we cross back into Spain, so it’a already… Read More »From Portugal to the Picos de Europa
Bev did some research of the port lodges and booked tickets for Friday at Ferreira, the oldest lodge and still owned by the Portuguese. We… Read More »Port wine tasting, then north towards Spain
Departing 1000 on Wednesday 17 April we’re heading for Lisbon, Porto and on to Bragança to make our way north in one long drive. Decided… Read More »Heading north: Lisbon to Porto
