Tag: France
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Skiing in a motorhome for 85 days – how much does it cost?
We’re back in the UK after an incredible 85-day ski season—the best one yet – but what did it all cost. Could it be done cheaper? Absolutely. Did we have a cracking time? Definitely. Let’s break it down!
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Welcome Back
After a year-long break, The Road Less Travellers are back! Though 2024 had its challenges, it also gave us some cherished moments with family and friends. Kicking off 2025 with excitement, we returned from an incredible ski season in Montgenevre, France, and Italy, making fresh tracks and unforgettable memories. With winter fading, we continue our…
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Another heating catastrophe, friends in the mountains and saying goodbye to home
Just when we think the heating is sorted, a radiator bleed valve breaks during bleeding and we’re stuck with no central heating again! This time we have to source replacement parts whilst in France, which is no mean feat, before our friends come out visit us and we then have to say goodbye to the…
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When the extraordinary becomes routine
So much happens on The Road Less Travelled, it feels strange for us to have a normal trip. Is it bad if the extraordinary becomes routine?
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A tale of bad gas and wind
The start of 2024 has been all about the weather for us. The rain has been bad but it’s the wind that has really shaken us about!
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High on emotions
Starting a trip back always elicits mixed emotions. Planning brings with it that ‘itchy feet feeling’ to get on the road. The journey is never from A to B. There’ll be surprises on the way that bring a whirlwind of emotion which, of course, is part of the reason we travel.
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The Grand Tour begins
In the 1700’s, the Grand Tour was chance for wealthy, well to do, young gentlemen to travel to learn about renaissance art and architecture on a voyage of self discovery in Italy. 300 years later, this is our version but with more wine.
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The tale of the ski season (2023)
The mountains have a special sense of magic; an attraction that keeps drawing us back. It’s lucky to experience this for a week but spending a season up in the mountains feels privileged indeed.
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Champagne, mountains et un catastrophe
When you live in your motorhome even the smallest things can be an adventure or, depending on your perspective, a real pain in the arse.
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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.