Rectory Farm Brit Stop: first time on a Brit Stop despite paying for it for 2 years! 2.5 hours drive from home, to break up the trip to Devon, and worth a recommendation. We arrived just after 8pm and had the choice of the tarmac car park in front of the shop and cafe or grassed overflow areas.  We picked the level tarmac for ease … Continue reading Bank Holiday Half Century Fun

For the final 2 nights of our Nederlands trip, we are booked in at Strandcamping Zuidduinen near Leiden. I paid just under 115€ for 2 nights, which is steep. Best campsite of the week, though, quality service and installations and gorgeous weather, which always helps. The campsite is an ecocamping, in the heart of the sand dunes, right next to the beach. We were pre-warned … Continue reading Nederlands at Easter IV Zuidduinen and The Corpus Experience

Europarcs Het Amsterdamse Bos, comfort large pitch with electric, water, Wi-Fi at the waters edge, €121.89 for 3 nights, so just over 40€ per night. Site was pretty empty when we arrived, 3 staff on reception and still couldn’t give us the correct code for the barrier. Very tranquil, with a picnic bench on a pontoon at the edge of our spot. We headed straight … Continue reading Nederlands at Easter III Amsterdam Forest and Keukenhof Gardens

After a frankly dense and bottomless sleep on the field of Berk, we awoke to sunshine and the desire for a cruisy day to readjust after our travels thus far. We scrambled a heap of eggs and snaffled them in the sunshine and I checked in with Natassja and Margret at the office as requested. Natassja informed me that the following day, our scheduled departure … Continue reading Nederlands at Easter II Brielle and Gouda

First van trip in ruddy aaaages! Way back, on the 4th of January, I saw an ad for 20% off sailings with Stena if you booked by the end of Jan and took the sailing before (I think) August. I had a look, as you do, and priced up a trip from Harwich to Hook of Holland with the van. It was surprisingly economical, so … Continue reading Nederlands at Easter Part 1

Interesting Occurences: That about covers it. Continue reading Half Century Adventures Part 2 – Lisboa

2024-2025 marks a serious birthday for the both of us, and we are celebrating by going new places. Our first adventure, at the end of November was to Marrakesh. We obviously wouldn’t be able to drive the van out there and back, so booked a (not so) cheap flight, private transfers, a place to stay in a traditional Riad in the heart of the medina, … Continue reading Half Century Adventures – with no van! (Part 1)

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Watching operation seaweed removal over breakfast was all very well but limited in its entertainment value. Exploration was needed, and the quest for more and better galettes complètes was on. Being diligent and hoping to avoid a repeat of the Lannion/Perros-Guirrec scenario, I pre-googled Aire pour Camping Car Morlaix and found a spot at ///retain.luggage.dishing which was ace. Free to park, grey water disposal, fresh … Continue reading A gem of a day in Morlaix

A drive around the headland was a bit disappointing. The villages were nice enough, but parking the Big Red Beast on a sunny day was not happening anywhere except at the top of a very big hill at the Belvedère de Trestrignel, albeit with a lovely view We were a bit wrong-footed coming into Lannion as there were road works and unexpected road closures, so … Continue reading Lannion