Everyday has been full since our last post, as we are heading to the far east of Morocco to make our way overland by whatever means to the dunes of the Sahara for Christmas. We left Chefchaouen though (this time by the correct route), along the route north to the Mediterranean coast following the trackContinue reading “Into the desert – Chefchaouen to the Sahara, Morocco”
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Morocco Adventures begin – Tangier Med to Chefchaouen
Our provisioning for our trip seemed to take all day in Algeciras before we left. We were parked up for the night in the unglamorous location of the Leroy Martin hardware store, a big out of town shopping centre near the ports, amongst without exaggeration, 100 other motorhomes / overlanders spread across the several largeContinue reading “Morocco Adventures begin – Tangier Med to Chefchaouen”
Heading South to the Straits – France, Spain
We completed the appointments which had taken us back to the UK after our Austria trip enduring the cold, wet and generally miserable weather. However, we were keen to get out on the road for a proper trip and not just to do do more truck jobs. We had been wanting to get to MoroccoContinue reading “Heading South to the Straits – France, Spain”
Champagne celebrations – Germany, France
We did not conclude with Off-road- Motorhome services near Frankfurt on Tuesday as expected in my last blog post, as one of the devices we needed for ongoing support had not arrived by courier as expected. We arranged therefore to stay locally at Aschaffenburg until Thursday when it should arrive. The handy stellplatz in AschaffenburgContinue reading “Champagne celebrations – Germany, France”
Truck Mods – Austria, Germany
As I write this blog post, we are sat in a rather huge and impressive Mercedes dealership in Frankfurt. We are not broken down though, we are here for hopefully, the final piece of truck upgrade work that we need to do, now that we have registration and we are on the road. We areContinue reading “Truck Mods – Austria, Germany”
The road to Austria – France, Germany, Austria
We left the relatively small Luxembourg City easily enough, straight out to the countryside and made our way east. An unusual blue sky made the fabulous autumn colours in first French Alsace, then Germany even more beautiful. Our first ever day of visiting three countries in one day, passing through the seamless borders of Europe.Continue reading “The road to Austria – France, Germany, Austria”
Back on the road again – France, Belgium and Luxembourg
Well, it’s has been more time than we expected since our last post and getting on the road again in our new truck. A staggering 14 weeks to get our truck UK registered somewhat derailed our plans. Our Rugby World Cup tickets were sold, but thankfully we were able to spend much more time gettingContinue reading “Back on the road again – France, Belgium and Luxembourg”
Complications – Roscoff, Normandy
It’s been a bit quiet on the blog front for a couple of weeks whilst we concentrated on Lizzy’s recuperation from her cataract surgery on the shores of Arcachon Bay. The weather was kind and the first week went smoothly with little walks round the marina and watching the kite surfers on the beach (beach’sContinue reading “Complications – Roscoff, Normandy”
Rugby, Operations and Recuperation – Bordeaux and Verdalles (Gujan-Mestras), Nouvelle-Acquitaine, France
In my last post we were just about to leave to watch the La Rochelle v Exeter European Rugby Champions Cup Semi-Finals. The result is history by now, a 47 to 28 defeat for Exeter. The better team won fair and square. It was fabulous to be there though, even though I think the ExeterContinue reading “Rugby, Operations and Recuperation – Bordeaux and Verdalles (Gujan-Mestras), Nouvelle-Acquitaine, France”
Heading back west, signing contracts and rugby – Lake Konstanz (Germany), Alsace, Beaune, Montluçon, PĂ©rigueux, Bordeaux (France)
After a hectic weekend of socialising, off-roading and workshopping we were both shattered and we took a short drive to the shore of Lake Constance, also known as Bodensee in Germany on Sunday evening. The lake, named after the town of the same name on its shore, is 63km long and borders Germany, Switzerland andContinue reading “Heading back west, signing contracts and rugby – Lake Konstanz (Germany), Alsace, Beaune, Montluçon, PĂ©rigueux, Bordeaux (France)”
In for a Penney 