On Saturday morning we took the early morning train to France and headed off east to spend the first night at Camping Heidestrand, Zonhoven, somewhere between Brussels and Maastricht, in the east of Belgium The site is surrounded by water…
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Heidestrand
Tagged with: Heidestrand, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Zonhoven
Posted in 2013 Spring, 2015 Spring, Belgium, Zonhoven
Posted in 2013 Spring, 2015 Spring, Belgium, Zonhoven
High Wind Stops Play
We have been staying at Fishery Creek on Hayling Island, a good site next to a muddy and bird infested creek…very pleasant. We had some good walks and cycle rides and made friends with Maurice and Alison, from Grand Cayman…
Tagged with: Folkestone, Hayling Island, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spitfire
Posted in - United Kingdom, Folkestone, Hampshire, Hayling Island, Kent, May/June 2015
Posted in - United Kingdom, Folkestone, Hampshire, Hayling Island, Kent, May/June 2015
Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule.
On Sunday we drove 200 miles up the A75 (mainly), across the Millau bridge, to arrive at the riverside aire in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule The aire ( N 46.312146 E 3.296693) was surprisingly quiet for Easter. Our pitch overlooks the Sioule, a…
Tagged with: Aire, allier, Mavis, motorhome, osprey, Saint pourcain sur sioule
Posted in 2015 Spring, Auvergne, RouteNorththroughFrance, St Pourcain-sur-Sioule
Posted in 2015 Spring, Auvergne, RouteNorththroughFrance, St Pourcain-sur-Sioule
Pals
On Saturday we set off at 10 am for the 11 mile bike ride to Pals, a well preserved Gothic town to the east of Girona. Our route is in red. We just retraced our steps on the homeward leg.…
Tagged with: cycling, Fontanilles, Fontclara, Gualta, Mavis, motorhome, Pals, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Pals, Torroella de Montgri
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit, Pals, Torroella de Montgri
The Rain in Spain
Sunday was a bit wet and we cycled in to L’Estartit with Rosie and Tony, through the floods. A lagoon had appeared , engulfing the cycle path, where a stream which normally crossed under the cycle way had become blocked…
Tagged with: cycling, L'Estartit, Mavis, menu del dia, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Two Cats in a Boat
We arrived here at Camping Les Medes in Cataluña, one of our favourite sites, on Wednesday and found a nice corner for Mavis next to the garden and tennis court. Thursday was still sunny, and after a quick tennis knockabout…
Tagged with: border terriers, Catalonia, cycling, Eclipse, Mavis, menu del dia, motorhome, photography, Spain
Posted in 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Posted in 2015 Spring, Catalonia, L'Estartit
Anyone for Tennis?
Having visited the cut price sports shop at Benicarlo (two rackets, two balls…€17) we decided to christen the rackets on the astroturfed tennis court here at Ribamar. Luckily the guys who set up the courts for us …I think we…
Tagged with: border terriers, Colin, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain, tennis, Valentin's
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
On the Beach again…..Ribamar
We have moved about 30 miles south to Camping Ribamar (N 40.270208, E 0.307067), a spacious and quiet site close to Alcossebre. The site is about a mile from Fuentes, which is an easterly prolongation of the town of Alcossebre.…
Tagged with: alcossebre, Fuentes, Mavis, motorhome, photography, Spain, valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Alcossebre, Fuentes, Valencia
There are Bones in these Olives
We spent the last couple of days at the Calig campsite exploring Vinaròs and Cervera. We cycled back to Vinaròs on Wednesday to pick up a Sim from the local vodaphone shop. Handily, there was a cafe just by the…
The Daily Bath…more from Mrs Frank Skinner
The temperature is climbing here in Càlig so we are staying put for the time being. We started the day with a bike ride in to Càlig to pick up baguettes and some lovely jam filled pastries for a picnic…
Tagged with: advice to girls about to marry, border terriers, Càlig, cycling, daily bath, Mavis, motorhome, photography, picnic, Spain, valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Càlig, Valencia
Posted in - Spain, 2015 Spring, Càlig, Valencia
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