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On Tuesday, after a straightforward autoroute drive of just under 5 hours, we parked up on the aire in St Omer. We’d noticed that the weather forecast for Thursday, when we were due to sail back to the UK, is for storms. Therefore, we rang DFDS and changed the ferry to early evening on Wednesday.... Continue Reading →
I woke with a slight hangover which, thankfully disappeared after some tea and coffee. Unfortunately, it was raining so we didn't visit the Vauban fort in Neuf-Brisach... another time. This is the first time we’ve heard rain in almost a month! The drive was straightforward, as is usual on French toll roads. That said, we... Continue Reading →
We set off from Aosta fairly early, with a plan to drive right across Switzerland into Germany, to stay in Freiburg. It sounds a beautiful place to visit but, when I checked the details for the aire in the town, I found it’s not available when the football club is playing at home and, when... Continue Reading →
We had a good night’s sleep on the campsite and woke ready to hit the road and travel to Colmar. We left Luxembourg and headed to France. The rain was atrocious for a while and the roads were flooded, with Molly sending up flumes of water. Thankfully, it didn’t last too long, and she’s much... Continue Reading →
My poorly dad’s taken a turn for the worse, unfortunately, so we’ve cut our trip short. On Sunday 8th September we began the 1200-mile 3-day journey home from the Stelvio Alps to North Wales. Day 1: Tunnels, traffic jams and torrential rain After the drama of single-track Gavia pass on our outward journey, we decided... Continue Reading →
The sat nav said our journey would be 6 hours today, but we knew it’d take longer in Molly Moho, and because we’d need some breaks. The first stop was to eat our breakfast in one of the pretty rural roadside aires and the second was for fuel. I checked on Google and discovered that... Continue Reading →
After spending 4 and a half months in hospital, Dad’s finally home and settled in his new uppy downy bed. The district nurses and carers have met him, and have a plan to visit 4 times a day. I’ve been to the surgery and ordered his prescription and arranged for it to be delivered. John’s... Continue Reading →
We were woken early by the sound of hot air balloons firing their way into the sky just over the Somme River from the campsite. We had breakfast and packed everything into Molly and hit the road to Dunkirk, 2-3 hours away. Apart from a busy toll section, the journey went well as we pottered... Continue Reading →
This was the last day of our trip on which we didn’t have to travel. The sun was shining once again, so we decided to cycle along the tow path of the canalised Somme, which runs alongside the River Somme and its marshes, all the way from its source to the sea, around 200 kilometres.... Continue Reading →
Another early start. We left the campsite in Jablines today, and had to be in Le Bourget by 10 o’clock for the Olympic sport climbing competition. Our plans went well. We got ready, dumped our waste water, exited the campsite and headed to Gressy where I’d found a car park I hoped would be suitable... Continue Reading →
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