Raining, Cats & Dogs

We have come to our last stop in Northern Spain before we head down into Portugal, we had one more stop in Spain. We haven’t visited the Spanish Atlantic West coast and we heard they have some lovely beaches. We hit Sanxenxo (pronounced San–shen-show ) a popular resort in the summer months and as it […]

Tale of Two Cities

Part of our Northern Spanish journey involved visiting 2 cities – I seem to have grown a fascination with ancient architectural buildings – especially religious ones and Bob loves anything Roman! How come the church always had the money to build these almost palatial cathedrals/monasteries/abbeys and they are always lavished with gold, sculptures and fantastical […]

Aires & Places

After we left Zarautz we kept to the coastal road. This part of Spain is beautiful, this area includes trails of the Camino del Norte and we have crossed many paths with the famous Camino sign. I have only just found out that there is not just one Camino de Santiago but several but what they […]

Crossing Borders

The  drive from France to Spain was quick and simple. The motorways are a pleasure to drive and often the views are stunning and with the roads being so empty you can sit back, relax and enjoy the drive. I still spend quite a bit of time researching Aires and campsites, I have discovered that […]

Back on the Road!

We’ve been back in England for 7 weeks and in that time, we’ve seen Rio and Hamish head off for their 9-month adventure, Bob has (with the help of my brother Rob) insulated Ian’s ceiling, we’ve spent a long weekend in Devon (Bob was ill), divided our time between Wiltshire and Dorset, eaten out far too […]

Contrasts

Its been a while since my last post. As we are now back in the bosom of family its been full on. Pace of life has picked up since we took the boat home. We docked safely in Holyhead to rain, rain and more rain. We spent the night in a ‘permitted’ service station car […]

Lakes, Lolly & Looking Back

As we work our way towards Dublin another month has passed by and our stay in Ireland is coming to a close. We reflect on our trip so far. We’ve been gone 2 months now and in that short space of time we have learnt so much about Irelands landscape, it’s history and people. I’ve […]

‘Just Round the Corner’

Just before we left Galway we stopped off at Connemara National Park for a short walk that gave great views of the mountains of the area – we were entering quite a remote part of Ireland full of bog lands and mountains. The visitor centre had a few marked trails to follow so we chose […]

Wild Galway

Galway has been a ‘place to visit’ on my bucket list for a long time. I’ve seen photos of it looking like some kind of paradise, wild rocky inlets on white sandy beaches with crystal clear waters. I needed to find out if it was true!  To get to wild Galway we had to go […]

Fungi Foraging with Family

We are missing our family and we’ve been lucky enough to see a bit of Louis and Niamh on this trip and have little snap shots of our grandchildren Bear and Nely via WhatsApp video but this week we were being joined not only by Louis and Niamh but also Joel, who is still in […]