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Aug 12, 20248 min read
Route During Week One
Nick in particular has spent ages preparing for this trip. It'll be a very different and in many ways a more challenging trip in Rocky...
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Aug 3, 20243 min read
Preparing for Iceland
We love Lionel and there will be other big trips in him but we also want to go to places Lionel can't get and so we decide to buy an...
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Feb 26, 20244 min read
Adios Amigos... until next time!
A quick review of our route! We leave the Picos de Europa - still a little achy from our hike! Our journey through the Picos to...
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Feb 23, 20247 min read
Route During Week Fifteen
Sadly, it's the last week of our trip. We head off from the spectacular As Catedrais beach. Our next stop is an unplanned and unexpected...
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Feb 17, 20249 min read
Route During Week Fourteen
Following the ferry delays, we finally arrive back in Europe at Algeciras as darkness is falling. We are wiped out and like a few other...
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Feb 14, 20245 min read
Morocco - reflections on our trip
As promised in last week's blog, these are reflections on our experiences in Morocco. This was our first visit to this country and having...
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Feb 10, 20247 min read
Route During Week Thirteen
The drive out of Marrakesh towards Ouzoud starts very badly; the scenery is flat, featureless, and industrial, with a huge plume of smoke...
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Feb 2, 20247 min read
Route During Week Twelve
We had been planning to travel south to the coast where Natascha and Bernd had such a good time, but we changed our plans and decided to...
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Jan 27, 20248 min read
Route During Week Eleven
We leave Dades and carry on heading west. In the distance - some 20 KM away - what looks like a bright star comes into view. Our route...
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Jan 19, 202410 min read
Route During Week Ten
We reluctantly bid farewell to Fes and head south towards Azrou in the Middle Atlas Mountains, home to the Berber or Amazigh people as we...
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Jan 11, 20249 min read
Route During Week Nine
We are in Algeciras to get our ferry tickets from the famous Carlos; from all the research we’ve done in preparation for this trip, it...
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Jan 6, 20245 min read
Route During Week Eight
We’re back on board Lionel but not back on the road quite yet. We've decided to stay in Tavira to see in the new year. It perhaps sounds...
nick4555
Dec 30, 20233 min read
Route During Week Seven
The motorhome park here at Tavira is in a great location for cycling through the salt flats to the beach and it’s a great way to tire the...
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Dec 21, 20235 min read
Route During Week Six
After another walk on the beach this morning we bid farewell to Praia de Faro. We’ve liked it here but we think it will be rammed with...
nick4555
Dec 16, 20234 min read
Route During Week Five
Something that we’ve both loved about Spain is the relaxed attitude to rules and regulations. The approach seems to be ‘these are the...
nick4555
Dec 11, 20235 min read
Route During Week Four
We head off from the Caminito bound for the Pueblos Blancos, the white towns of Andalusia. These towns enjoy commanding positions on...
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Dec 5, 20235 min read
Route During Week Three
We elect to stay another night in Denia as we want some downtime to loll about and relax - how wrong were we? At about 7 pm we lose all...
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Dec 1, 20233 min read
Route During Week Two
We decided on a short hop today to the resort town of Peniscola. We’ve read some mixed reviews but we really like it. In summer it must...
nick4555
Nov 30, 20235 min read
Route During Week One
The planning that has gone into this trip is massive, we’ve thought of little else for months but when the day of departure dawned, as is...
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