Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd September 2025 With very poor weather, we decided to move further south and west, so bypassing Lyon, we headed towards, then down the Rhone Valley, crossing the huge river several times along the way. Again we passed through mixed countryside and small towns and once we got out of the …
Continue reading "Champagne, Les Balmes des Montbrun and Aubignas, The Ardèshe Region, France"
Saturday 13th to Tuesday 16th September 2025 Saturday - Dover: After leaving Chartwell, it took a further hour and a half to reach Dover. We planned to stay on a car park, which is used for overnight stays by motorhomes, usually before catching the ferry, about 5 minutes away. This worked out well for us …
Continue reading "From Dover to Reims, France: the journey so far:"
Friday 12th September 2025 After a few last minute problems to overcome, both with the motorhome and the house, we have finally set forth in a southerly direction, destination at this stage undecided, but in the general area of the French Riviera. As we were travelling via ferry from Dover on Sunday morning, we planned …
Saturday 16th August 2025 Our park-up for the long weekend is courtesy of the Camping and Caravanning Club Photographic Group which is holding its annual exhibition at Welbourn Village Hall. Thank you to all involved in the running of the event, which was a great success. Temple Bruer: Our perusal of the locality via Google …
Continue reading "Temple Bruer, Welbourn, RAF Wellingore and Navenby, Lincolnshire."
Friday 18th to Sunday 20th July 2025 This is a return visit to Clapham. We last visited in July 2021 and you can read about that visit at the following link: <here> . I will try to avoid too much repetition of that content in this post. We are again staying on a temporary holiday …
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 …
Continue reading "Chatsworth Estate, House and Gardens, Derbyshire."
Thursday 19th to Tuesday 24th June 2025 We joined a long-weekend meet of the Camping and Caravanning Club, Photo Group, held at Nant Conwy Rugby Club. Many thanks to the stewards, John, Gweneth, Margaret and Mike for the warm welcome and their hard work in making the meet a success. Over the weekend, we experienced …
Continue reading "Llanwrst, Trefriw, Betws-y-Coed and Plas Mawr, Conwy."
Wednesday 14th May 2025 As I hinted in yesterday's blog post, the journey to Riaño was challenging and exciting, all the more for driving a motorhome. We stayed overnight at Riaño, having a wander around before moving on to Potes, another "interesting" journey, reaching an altitude of 1609 metres at the highest point. Riaño: Our …
Continue reading "Portugal / Spain Trip 37: To Riaño then on to Potes."
Monday 12th May 2025 Another day, very much marred by the weather, but we did manage to have a look around the small town of Villaviciosa, where we had intended to spend the night. After I had put yesterday's blog post to bed at Cudillero, we noticed that there would be a possible sunset: Sunset …
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th May 2025 Saturday: We arrived at Cudillero around lunch time and parked on the harbour motorhome park. Our view from Fufu when we first parked-up After we had been there a little while, we noticed a large number of coaches (at least 30) coming down the hill towards the town, …
"See-u-Later" 