Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Friday 17th July 2026 The picturesque village of Eyam (pronounced "Eem") is situated in the Derbyshire Dales, not far from Bakewell. It is however famous, not so much for its beauty, as for the sacrifice made by the villagers when the plague devastated the village during 1665-1666. Instead of fleeing, they quarantined themselves, thus containing …
Friday 19th to Monday 22nd June 2026 We are attending a weekend meet of the Camping and Caravanning Photographic Group at Lickhill Manor Caravan Park. On the Friday, we visited Witley Court, a 17th century Manor House, greatly extended in the 19th century, but which suffered a great fire in 1937. It is currently under …
Continue reading "Witley Court and Lickhill, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire"
Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th October 2025 As we travelled further north through Germany into Holland, the weather turned very wet and windy. No real complaints as we have had the best of weather throughout most of this trip. Thursday - Weert: On Thursday we spent the night at Weert, a pleasant town in southern …
Continue reading "North to Weert, Dordrecht and Rotterdam, Nederlands ..and a brief summary."
Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st October 2025 Another stop on our way north through the Moselle valley. We stayed for a couple of nights, about 100 metres or so from the river, and about 3.5 miles from Cochem, on a motorhome aire belonging to a vineyard. As a result, on both evenings, (after tasting of …
Sunday 19th October 2025 Before continuing our journey north, we had a day exploring the nearby city of Trier which is apparently the oldest city in Germany. It was founded by the Romans and there are many remnants of their settlement within the city, including the Porta Nigra gate, the remains of a Roman bath, …
Friday 17th and Saturday 18th October 2025 Moving back across the border into Germany, we have moved on further north to the Moselle river valley (German spelling "Mosel"). This is a predominantly wine-growing area and we are staying on a motorhome site which is within a vineyard, right next to the river. On the Friday …
Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th October 2025 As we continue our journey northwards, a couple of days visiting more beautiful towns. The pattern has been, look for somewhere interesting in the evening, plan the route, travel the following morning, park-up, then explore after lunch in the afternoon. Wednesday - Gengenbach, Black Forest, Germany: We stayed …
Continue reading "Gengenbach, Black Forest, Germany and Wissembourg, Alsace, France."
Sunday 12th and Monday 13th October 2025 Our journey in a generally northwards direction continues, but via the Black Forest in southern Germany. Sunday - Freiburg: The busy city of Freiburg has some interesting historic buildings, including towers at the old city gates and a huge medieval cathedral. Most of the streets have a channeled …
Continue reading "Freiburg and Triberg, Black Forest, Germany"
Saturday 11th October 2025 Our journey north continues and I was surprised to learn that we are now officially in North Eastern France. It certainly feels cooler than around the Camargue and the French Riviera. Looking up at the citadel from the city square. Belfort is a fortified city which has a long history. As …
Thursday 9th and Friday 10th October 2025 Thursday - CERN and Col de la Faucille: Heading north again, we headed for the town of Gex and just beyond it, our planned overnight stay of Col de la Faucille. The Fort l'Ecluse, which we passed en-route Along the way, we passed signs for CERN, so on …
Continue reading "CERN (Switzerland) and Col de la Faucille / Salins-les-Bains, France."
"See-u-Later" 