February Half Term – Mini Break/Ruby’s first trip out!

Thursday Ruby the Campervan is parked up on the very quiet Woodstock Farm, near to Downham Market, Norfolk. For our first ever overnight stay in Ruby we decided to stay local, so we could spend plenty of time on site playing with our new toy! After 6.5 years of motor homing, we’ve just decided to […]

Twixmas 2016: Northumberland, Part 3

An hour after leaving Kielder Dam we were back in civilisation again- phone signals had pinged back, and we were turning off the A6079 at Chollerford onto the beautiful B6318, the road that skirts Hadrian’s Wall. The weather was still incredible, a heavy frost on the moors left the ground sparkling, yet the sky was […]

Twixmas 2016: Northumberland, Part 2

New Years Eve Continued We retraced our steps back towards Otterburn for a quick stop at the site of the Battle of Otterburn, where there was a picnic area and info board, along with a large stone from the battle. The wind was absolutely savage so we didn’t stop for too long! We made our […]

Twixmas 2016: Northumberland, Part 1

Hello and Happy New Year! After a quiet autumn for motorhoming yet manic Autumn for life and work- we are back out on the road! 🚍 hurrah! I have a small confession to make actually, this is our second trip of the festive fortnight- for the first time ever we spent Christmas in Bluebell the […]

An Autumnal visit to Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire

The nights are drawing in and the leaves are turning golden brown. There is the faint smell of smoke lingering in the air and it feels acceptable to draw the curtains, get the Jim jams on and watch strictly back to back. Autumn is here and al out rolled into winter! I feel like I’ve […]

Summer 2016: Adventures in Europe, part 10- Homeward Bound

Day 26- Saturday Location – Trier Campsite, €25 pn with electric Miles driven – 300 Weather- showery but sunny and warm in late afternoon Bluebell the motorhome is parked up on the banks of the Moselle River on the outskirts of Trier. It’s not the nicest campsite we’ve been on, but it is serving a purpose. […]

Summer 2016: Adventures in Europe, Part 9; Austria into the Black Forest, Germany

Day 21 – Monday Location- Aire Traunsee, Ebensee, A. €12 pn with services available extra GPS: n47.809070 e13.789990 Miles driven– 40 miles towards Prague, then 130 miles to a Lake in Austria! Weather– dry, sunny and warm! Bluebell the motorhome is parked with a beautiful lakeside view, surrounded by steep dramatic mountains. She’s had quite […]

Summer 2016: Adventures in Europe, Part 8; Vienna, Austria

Day 18– Saturday Location- Camping Süd, Vienna GPS: Miles driven- none! Weather- not raining! In fact dry, sunny and warm! Yay Bluebell the motorhome is parked on her luxury pitch still at Camping Süd, Buenna. Vans arrived late into the night, all presumably having the same problem at the aire that we did, but we […]

Summer 2016: Adventures in Europe, Part 7; Salzburg, Austria

Day 15– Wednesday Location: Salzburg A. Our friend’s friend’s field behind their house! Miles Driven: Konigsee to Salzburg 18 miles via the Eagle’s Nest Weather: grey and wet boo! Bluebell the motorhome is parked up behind our friend Ian’s family friend Bruna’s house on the outskirts of Salzburg. Ian is one of Keith’s oldest friends, […]

Summer 2016: Adventures in Europe, Part 6; Bavaria

Day 11- Saturday Location: DE. Private aire on Mount Wank (yes really!) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Full services €15/24hrs inc a very slow wifi GPS n47,50573 e.11,10802 Miles Driven: Rothenburg – Fussen 140 miles, Fussen to Mount Wank 40 miles Weather: dry, warm and sunny at times, hurrah! Bluebell the motorhome is parked up on the side of […]