Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Saturday 28th - Monday 30th June 2025 We spent a long weekend within the grounds of Chatsworth Estate, on a rally with the Autosleeper Owners Club. Our thanks to Al, Barbara, Jackie and John for the efficient organisation and stewarding of the event. We were made to feel most welcome. Entering through these gates, made …
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Friday 2nd May 2025 We have travelled further north today, mostly on motorways, to the small and ancient town of Guimarães which is another UNESCO World Heritage Site. They have a castle (as you might expect), a basilica and a Duke's Palace. View from St Peter's Basilica in the city centre. We first visited the …
Monday 21st October 2024 (day 38) Our journey south today, was about 170Km, mostly on motorway. No issues except that changes to the road layout in Groningen meant we made a few wrong turnings before we found the right road. The route along the A7 motorway took us across the Afsluitdijk, a huge dike which …
Sunday 20th October 2024 (day 37). Crossing another country border, we have now entered the Netherlands and are staying at a motorhome aire called "Camperplaats P Kardinge", Groningen, which is free but there are no services. Seen from one of the bridges on the way into the city centre. Hooray for Holland and its positive …
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 (day 19) A wet day was forecast, so we had booked tickets to tour the Doge's Palace. Unlike yesterday, when we just wandered around, we made our way straight to the palace, just off St. Mark's Square, passing through some of the poshest shopping streets along the way. Most of the …
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Saturday and Monday, 13th and 15th July 2024 We visited Cambridge city centre on both Saturday and Monday, each time travelling by a "guided bus" which for part of the journey took a route along the path of an old railway line, enabling a traffic-free fast journey along some stretches. Saturday 13th July On the …
Wednesday 29th - Thursday 30th May 2024 Having gone as far west as we could go in Brittany, and still having just over a week of our trip left, we decided to head in the general direction of Caen for our ferry crossing next Saturday. Wednesday: Pont-Criox and Concarneau, Finistère Pont-Criox: The small town of …
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Thursday 23rd May 2024 The Town of Landerneau lies at the mouth of the river Elorn and is about 14 miles east of Brest. The town built wealth as a port in the 15th and 16th centuries via the trade in linen. Many of the buildings present today, date from that period. Le Pont de …
"See-u-Later" 