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The aire at Gavarnie is just north of the town (about 1.5 miles) and is a cracking location. It's also free with all facilities. If you are lucky enough to wake up there on a clear morning then you will be blessed with amazing views in all directions: After breakfast, we went down into … [Read more...]
The next few days were a reminder that the mountains of the Pyrenees are every bit as 'serious' as those of the Alps and have winter weather to match. We'd planned to drive over several of the more scenic passes on the French side of the Pyrenees, naively expecting that they'd all be clear of snow … [Read more...]
After a stay at the huge aire at Capbreton (excellent beach), we headed down to Bayonne, Biarritz and St. Jean de Luz for the final coastal stage of our trip. Bayonne was all that the guidebook said and is well worth a visit. The Saturday morning market was on when we were there, with most of … [Read more...]
On leaving Arcachon, we succumbed to the temptation of seeing Europe's largest sand dune and visited the Dune du Pilat, which is not that far away. It truly is a large sand dune with great views from the top - which is around 114m above sea level and is apparently extending eastwards at a rate of … [Read more...]
After our stay in La Rochelle, the plan was to head gradually down the coast. The first part of this plan entailed us driving towards the town of Royan, from where a ferry can be caught to Pointe de Grave, thus cutting out a tedious stretch of driving further inland. Royan seems a nice place and has … [Read more...]
Continuing my recent theme of writing up my motorhome trips from a few years ago, this is a diary of a tour around Cornwall and Devon in 2006. Click here to view a map of our route. Always one of the most popular areas of the UK for holidays, it's a great area to visit in the spring and early … [Read more...]
This is a diary of a short motorhome trip to the Lake District a few years ago (click here to view a map of our route). After leaving the M6 near Kendal, we headed along the A684 and then the B5284 towards Lake Windermere and Windermere itself. The lake is scenic to drive around, although both … [Read more...]
Our final stopping point was yet another aire from the “All the Aires: Spain & Portugal” guide, published by Vicarious Books. This absolute gem of a book enabled us to spend the grand total of €6 on overnight parking in 24 days touring Spain and Portugal. We wild camped a few times but … [Read more...]
Leaving the ferry around 0830, Bilbao's rush hour traffic made itself known but caused no great problems – navigation out of the port (situated just north of Bilbao at Santurtzi) and down to the motorway was pretty straightforward. Our first day's route took us past Burgos and Valladolid … [Read more...]
We recently completed a month-long motorhome tour of Spain & Portugal. Now we're back in the real world, I thought I would share with you some of the highlights of our 2,800 mile trip. The trip started with a long journey from the north of England down to Portsmouth. In fact, UK driving to … [Read more...]
