The day sailing from Newhaven to Dieppe proved to be as busy as our heads. After […]
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Homeward bound: the end of the 2014 trip
We needed to head north before the predicted stormy winds and wet weather swept across […]
A birthday weekend in Champagne
After a morose couple of days it was time to lighten up and head into […]
L’Ossuaire de Douaumont
Having learnt much about the First World War history of Verdun we decided to visit […]
Two days in Verdun
From Metz, our route west and north to Calais took us past Verdun where we […]
Heading home: Metz
We headed west to the border with France. Our last day in Germany was spent […]
The Rhein Borderlands: Neuf Brisach to Breisach via Pedal Power
From Bad Krozingen we swung west across the Rhein and returned to France for a […]
Two rivers, two countries and too many vans in Strasbourg
From the ‘Route de Vins’ we drove early through traffic into Strasbourg to our aire, […]
Les trois frontiers and into France
Fuel is by far the costliest element of any trip so whenever in Luxembourg we […]
Leaving home: from Dartford to Dover
A frantic few weeks came to an abrupt end on Saturday 9th August when we […]