The Netherlands, & my travel, infrastructure
Heading on the way back to Rotterdam we met up with my eldest son and his German partner as they came across from Cologne. We stayed for one night in a BnB in the city of Eindhoven, Netherlands, which was a social enterprise within a large campus-type setting providing services and housing for people.. →
Travels with a Toddler Part 2
The Terhills Resort Centerparcs in Belgium is an easy 2 hours drive south-east from Rotterdam. It’s a peaceful setting with a beautiful centre having attractive, relaxing indoor and outdoor pool and play areas, more suitable for adults and younger children. There is a lakeside beach for some.. →
Winter 2024-25 & Escape to the Continent May-June
My Hull to Rotterdam cabin was booked back in October between coming back from Spain and the South Africa trip, using the catalyst of the booking of some of my family to come to a Belgium Centerparcs in May. I decided to tag along for the outward journey at least and the trip also crystallised the.. →
Plett Camino – SA Week 2
From Hermanus we continued our drive to Plett and the Plettenburg Bay. Our first stop was to spend 24 hours in a lovely guesthouse overlooking the bay, then most of the next day in Plett itself before meeting up with the Camino outfit, our co-walkers, Vanessa’s sisters from SA and another woman.. →
South Africa 2024 Week 1 – Capetown & Hermanus
The amazing trip of a lifetime I’d been invited on last year finally rolled around 3 November 2024. I had returned from Spain with almost 4 weeks to go to get 3 vaccinations each against Hep B and Rabies, have long-overdue cuddles with my granddaughter and various other life admin activities.. →
Spain 2024 – Last Post
I broke the journey between Toledo and Bilbao by staying once again at the minicipal campsite in Burgos, and woke up to a cold morning, but sunshine eventually breaking through. The route to Bilbao went through beautiful orange, yellow and some green patchwork plateaus unfolding in the distance, and.. →
Toledo
Heading north now towards Bilbao, the autoroute adjacent to much of the N-630 was the route I followed before turning east after Merida. It was great to be able to see from a slightly more birds-eye perspective the landscapes we had cycled through only 2-3 weeks earlier. The autoroute was almost.. →
Camino – Places, Accommodation, Landscapes, Equipment
Day 2 saw us start the pattern of booking where possible that night’s accommodation at the first coffee or lunch stop, using booking.com and going direct to the Parador website. These are good quality hotels set up for the most part in historic buildings throughout Spain – worth a read.. →
Los Cincos Famosos – Camino Beginning
At preparation meetings in the previous Autumn, we had decided to call ourselves the Spanish version of The Famous Five, particularly given that our Julian was the oldest. I think I claimed George, (wonder why), Nicola or Judith were Dick and/or Anne, and Graham was Timmy the dog. Julian and Judith.. →
Cycling the Camino – The End
I have been unable to get the energy together to create blog posts via my phone during the last almost 3 weeks of bush tucker trials cycling the Camino Ruta Via de La Plata, veering off to the Camino Sanabres north of Zamora, 960ish kilometres, from Seville to Santiago de Compostela.
Incredibly,.. →