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Our final stop after leaving the "Romantic Rhine" region (as the guidebooks call it) was Cologne. This large city, itself situated on the Rhine, was both worth a visit and ideally located for our final day's drive up to Rotterdam and the P&O Ferries terminal (which is at Europoort, just outside … [Read more...]
Along with the Black Forest, the Rhineland is one of the most popular areas of Germany with British visitors. To see what the fuss was about, we spent a couple of days following the Rhine and camping alongside it at night. On leaving Baden-Baden, our first overnight stop was at Bacharach. … [Read more...]
Our next stop was the famous spa town of Baden-Baden, Germany's equivalent of Bath, in the UK. Famed for its spa baths, architecture, cultured air and famous casino, it's popular with visitors and was one of the more noticeably expensive places we visited on the trip. That said, there is a … [Read more...]
Our next major port of call was Lake Constance, Lake Konstanz or Bodensee, depending on how anglicized you want to be. The lake is large and very scenic. It's probably best viewed from the German side as this provides a stunning backdrop of Swiss Alps, albeit as much as 14km away - the width of the … [Read more...]
On leaving Singen, we headed towards the Black Forest region. Our first port of call was Titisee-Neustadt, which is named after the glacial lake Titisee, alongside which the town sits. Titisee is another heavily-touristed place but it's attractive enough and, in early October, still open yet fairly … [Read more...]
Having enjoyed our time in Berchtesgadener Land, we fancied a little more of the Alps - specifically, a big, Alpine pass with proper altitude (>2,500m) and great views. We were already flirting with the Austrian border, so it was an easy decision, given the fine weather, to divert into Austria … [Read more...]
Wild camping (also known as free camping) is an evergreen topic of debate in the motorhome community - some are in favour, some are almost religiously against it, saying that it is anti-social and gives us all a bad name. I'm broadly in favour, within reason. You sometimes get to park overnight … [Read more...]
I've mentioned the Knaus C-Liner a couple of times before - it's a top-spec, luxury 2-berth motorhome. Although not many C-Liners were made, the model attracted considerable praise and at least one celebrity owner - car-mad JayKay of Jamiroquai. C-Liner owner Michael Newton recently contacted me … [Read more...]
Itchy feet got the better of us recently and we packed up the motorhome for a long weekend in Northumberland (click here to view a map of our route). Saturday lunchtime saw us arriving at the mainland end of the causeway to Lindisfarne Island (Holy Island). It's only five minutes from the A1, … [Read more...]
Leaving Leon, we headed north east to the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa. The north of Spain is home to some very impressive mountains and we were planning a seriously scenic drive to our destination for the day, a mountain resort called Cangas de Onis which boasted a motorhome aire. Our route … [Read more...]
