Journey To Lisbon Matt week 15 We had left Rodao in the morning and headed west to Vila Nova da Barquinha as we had seen a free aire there that looked to be quite pleasant next to an art sculpture park with a river running alongside. We stopped at an Intermarche on the way, picked … More Journey To Lisbon (Matt week 15)
Matt week 14 “A Bit More Wine Tasting” Well the week started off at the same place as the week before had ended, on a campsite in Vila Cha about 25Km North of Porto. We had spent time over the weekend catching up with our blogs but decided that on the Monday we would take … More A Bit More Wine Tasting- Matt’s week 14
“Heading West” Matt’s weeks 13 The week started out with us leaving the wildlife park and heading about a hundred or so kilometers west at a town called Gijon. On the way we had made a small detour to a village Matt and Jo had told us about called Santilana del Mar. Although whilst there … More Heading West (Matt’s week 13)
Matt week 12 “See The Guggenheim” After a somewhat lazy start to the day we gathered together our clothes, towels and bed linen into our large rucksack and headed off in search of the launderette. It was only five minutes away and thankfully had nice new modern machines that could do all 20kg of our … More Matt week 12
Matt week 11 “Back Of The Trucks” This week started with us still with Nick and Chez near Duras which is about 75Km’s away from Bordeaux. We had packed up the house and were now waiting for the removal men to arrive. We received a call from them about 9.30 saying they were just dropping … More Matt week 11
Week 10 2nd to 8th November Chasing the sun Having left CH early on the Monday morning we were heading to Chartres a town to the west of Paris where Ellie had wanted to see some geometrically designed stained glass windows at the cathedral. Seeing that there was nowhere that close to park … More Chasing The Sun (Matts week 10)
“Bring on the bubbles” Week 9 After leaving Luxembourg we headed south towards Metz, we had been told about the new Pompidou centre that had recently opened there and I had read about the Cathedral having some of the most ornate carving anywhere in Europe, so that along with it having a municipal campsite (which … More “Bring on the bubbles” – Week 9
Mon 19th Oct – Mon 26th Oct This week we have been in southern Belgium and Luxembourg. We started off in Rochefort a small town in the Ardennes region and whilst heading towards our selected campsite we had noticed road signs pointing towards motorhome parking and being slightly intrigued as to what we would find … More ‘spending a few days’ (Matt’s Week 8)
Matt’s Week 7 Well at last we are back on the road again. We left my mum’s house in the early hours of Friday Morning and headed for Dover for our ferry to Dunkirk. Only a quick stop at the petrol station in the centre of Dover before we got to the port for some … More Organised for Europe
Matt’s Week 6 “When will we go”….well there is good news and there is bad news…..The good certainly outstripping the bad. Having landed at my aunt and uncles house on Friday the following week was a bit of a waiting game. After the mechanics who didn’t have a big enough ramp to fit Heidi on … More When will we go!
Postcards From The Road 