Category: Travel Blogs
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Changing seasons
As summer finally turns to Autumn, we have to leave the sun behind and turn our wheels north to beat the Brexit 90-day deadline. Always time for another beach and vineyard or two though.
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Saint Emilion and the coast
We’ve been lucky enough to see some great sunsets through the big front window of Beatrix but watching the sun go down over the vines of Saint Emilion rivals the incredible views we’ve been treated to in the Alps and the north coast of Scotland for me. This place is absolutely breathtaking.
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A weekend with friends in La Rochelle
We’ve loving our time on the beach near Bordeaux but we have friends to meet in La Rochelle so time to get on the road again
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Southbound again
With the weather forecast predicting higher winds in Normandy but sunshine in La Rochelle, we decided it was time to head south again.
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Omaha to Utah
I can’t remember when I became so fascinated to see the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy, but I know it was a long time ago.
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On the road again
We’re back in France again…. and its instantly relaxing compared to the hustle of the southeast of the UK. The roads are smoother, there’s way less traffic and the morning baked goods are excellent.
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A change in the air
It’s true. I feel like it’s time for change. We’ve been house sitting in Suffolk for 10 days now and looking after two gorgeous Golden Retrievers along with Merlin and have sort of fallen into an easy rhythm. Our stay, which has been long planned by our standards, has really felt like the bookend to…
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2022. Our reflections on our first year full timing in our motorhome
We thought it would be fun to write a short blog of our reflections on our first full year in living in Beatrix, taking on the road less travelled. To make it more interesting, I did this as an interview style Q&A whilst on the long road down to the Alps covering our Top 5…
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Returning to the UK via Beaune, Champagne and Belgium
After enjoying our time in Puy, even with the chainsaw massacre, we began the return leg to the UK. It was an eventful couple of weeks travel back and we stayed at some wonderful aires, Merlin became French and Beatrix took us to another country.
