Category: Travel Blogs
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Brunel’s Bristol
A welcome shift in the jet stream has brought back the clear blue skies and freezing temperature of December but it’s well worth it to be free of the rain. We’ve enjoyed our time in Bath and are now heading for Bristol.
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Can I smell burning?
We experience a few electrical gremlins on our trip from Welwyn Garden City to Cheltenham and Bath.
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Chocks away
Happy New Year. For me, this time of year has always been an exciting time, unbounded by life’s usual constraints, to think about what I’d like to do in the coming year. There’s a lot to do.
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The tale of the Christmouse
‘Twas the eve of Christmas and nothing was stirring in Beatrix except a pair of small beady eyes belonging to a Christmouse.
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A cold snap for our Christmas Tour
So it seems that in December, Winter has properly gotten started in the UK and we’ve had quite a busy couple of weeks on the run up to Christmas.
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A new home each night and ‘whack-a-mole’ with red lights
As we travel across the country to see friends and family before Christmas, we stop into Iveco to sort a fault with Beatrix.
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To book or not to book, that is the question
Changing the way we travel from booking 100% to not booking at all. The tale of stretching a comfort zone and when you would book versus when not.
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Stonehenge in the fog
We had wanted to visit Stonehenge last year but the park up was closed for the Winter Solstice. This time it looks like we’re in luck we can see other vans lined up as we approach on the A303.
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How much did it cost us? A summary of France Autumn 2022
After 54 days and over 2200 miles, this is a summary of the costs of our trip to France chasing the summer sun in 2022.
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Sleeping Beauty and dodging crocodiles
It’s now well into November, our route north is planned and Beatrix all packed up. We’ve all got that nervous excitement of a trip about to start.
