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Things I’ve learnt in Portugal (so far)

Be sure you understand how to use the Tumble driers at the local InterMarche or your slippers may come out smaller than when they went in. Accidentally programmed it for 80 mins – I think everything was a size smaller when it came out – apart from the queue of people waiting to use itContinue reading “Things I’ve learnt in Portugal (so far)”

Back and forth

After the Christmas house-sit, it was time to return to the UK for catch up with family and friends and to get the latest on the ever expanding dinosaur situation. A whirlwind tour was undertaken whilst Gurty was left in capable hands at Faro Campervan Park. It was fab to catch up with everyone andContinue reading “Back and forth”

Welcome to Spain or is it Euskadi?

For the first time we took the Toll roads to get us passed the big cities of Biarritz (France) and San Sebastian (Spain). It was a challenge using the toll booths as I had to almost climb out of the window to reach the payment point whilst trying to work out where / how toContinue reading “Welcome to Spain or is it Euskadi?”

The not so long but winding road.

All clean, tanks filled / emptied as appropriate and all electrical items charged to within an inch of their lives and we headed off down the coast. On paper it was a mere 11km drive to our next destination Lekeitio, it turned out it was a bum clenching hours drive, Gurty took all the hairpinsContinue reading “The not so long but winding road.”

To Guggenheim or not to Guggenheim

We headed off to Bilbao excited at the thought of some culture. Train arrived on time, was clean and new, a far cry from the cattle truck ride on First Worst from Bristle to Wessun. We splashed out and caught a taxi to the Guggenheim museum, excitedly chatting away to the taxi driver, who inContinue reading “To Guggenheim or not to Guggenheim”

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

The weather was getting colder, and rain was setting in, it was time to follow the birds and head South. We checked all Gurty’s levels and gave her a good once over before heading over 800 kms across Spain. It took 3 days to cross the windy dusty plains feeling like we were on theContinue reading “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”

Let’s go to spain Spain

It was time to drag ourselves of of the Basque country to experience Spain as we know it. We left with a heavy heart, but so much richer for the experience. On the way out we stopped for our routine of clean and swill at Arteaga and found some amazing artwork and vegetables – andContinue reading “Let’s go to spain Spain”

Brittany delights

Straight off the ferry at 8am with no time for coffee and no plan we headed South. Heading away from the Port the only idea was to avoid anything that looked like a big city. I needed to get used to driving on the right (?!) side of the road. Gurty gurgled along, happy forContinue reading “Brittany delights”

Bimble to Savage Fun

Stopping at a local Boulangerie for the our daily pain au chocolat we picked up a leaflet, that had our name all over it… So we headed off in the direction of to Erdeven, obviously taking our time as we had just over 2 weeks to get there – no rush then. Following the coastlineContinue reading “Bimble to Savage Fun”

Turn up the Gas

We drove into Portugal, checking the weather report and decided to start below Lisbon and bimble our way down. Being as we are now bimble experts, we picked up the map and picked Sines as our starting point. Imagine our horror when we turned a corner and saw the sight below – a full onContinue reading “Turn up the Gas”