French roads are interesting, there are various options to take depending on time and cost, the fastest and expensive are the autoroutes...

As scenic routes go, the drive along the south coast with the Mediterranean Sea out somewhere to our left was not as impressive as the...

Camp site bookings have usually been done the day or two before our arrival, the journey route not too specific, weather playing a part...

Leaving Les Sables D'Olonne we continued south in search of a warmer climate, avoiding the auto routes and their tolls, the drive through...

The Calvados area of Normandy has some local produce that we had hoped to stock up on, the local brew of Calvados (apple brandy) and...

Leaving Portsmouth on the overnight ferry to Caen, it seemed that camper vans were loaded onto the ship last, despite us arriving in good...

It was time to start heading towards home, our journey would take us south via the notorious A9, a short hop of 40 miles to the Glenmore...

Driving off the Tobermory to Kilchoan ferry it was still only 8.00am, the roads were quiet - (even for such a remote place) so we opted...

Packing up from our overnight stay in the forest at Three Loch Drive was a breeze, the upside of being off grid. No wires to put away as...

On the way to picking the van up from storage, the tailback on the opposite carriageway of the M25 due to an earlier vehicle fire was...

Tassie the camper van is off on her first big trip. As you may know if reading previous blog entries, Jo and I went to New Zealand and...

Leaving Sydney the flight covered 6,338 km (3,938 miles) the twinkle of Singapore's lights illuminated below us, as we approached Changi...

Arriving at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport was a breeze, a flight directly over the city arriving just under 2 hours after leaving...

Hobart Airport is a comparative joy... welcoming and compact with a couple of baggage carousels servicing all flights from the mainland,...

A three hour flight from Christchurch (NZ), took us to Melbourne (the flight time just enough to watch Oppenheimer!), then it was another...

Leaving the Little Blue Penguin of Oamaru behind, we hoped to see some again later on our journey. So after two hours driving south we...

Arriving into Picton, must be one of the most majestic ferry crossings in the southern hemisphere, dramatic green mountains leading down...

10 days in the North Island, our drive covered 1,196 miles. The first 4 days we explored around the city of Auckland, then ventured up to...

We waved goodbye to Fiji and returned back to Auckland, this visit would be for longer than our last pit stop. Picking up the hire car...

Arriving into New Zealand was the first of our two flights that would take us to Auckland, this visit just for 23 hours. The following...