The fan comes into its own
I have amused myself somewhat with contemplating the different scenarios I could present following a title for this post like “Last night, guess what”.
Predictably boring, I went for the above and the risqué-elaborative content I will offer is that exploiting the hook-up (electricity.. →
Travelling to Seville for cycling rendez-vous
The cycling trip, which I heard about last Autumn, and for which my request to join was accepted, has finally come around and headspace for this re-engaged following toddler exit. I am on the move taking 5 days to travel down to Valencia and then across to Seville.
It’s been a re-engaging.. →
Dealing with the heat
Envisaging the heat of travelling in August, I had had a Maxview Deluxe no less Air Fan fitted above the bed late July, which is a sort of halfway house to aircon and able to run off 12volt, ie not needing to be hooked up to mains electricity. This does assume a functioning leisure battery. The investment.. →
Toddler adventure round-up
The inaugural 3-generation continental trip ended according to plan 2 days ago, as I saw Danni & Mia off into Security at Girona airport.
Practicalities first. Everything logistics-wise worked and it was certainly the best decision to rent an air-conditioned apartment with breakfast rather.. →
Travels with a Toddler – 2024
‘Momentous 2023’ was the title of a post I created in July last year but never published, announcing my new title as Nana given the birth in July of my first grandchild – a beautiful little girl – just to set the context for the below – apologies for the lack of polishing… →
May/June ’23 Trip Roundup
Something about driving north through France towards a ferry booking in early July, and the facts that I’d done quite alot of moving on in 5 weeks, and had paid £10 extra for a changeable ‘flexi’ ticket, brought me to the conclusion that I was happy to finish the trip slightly earlier.. →
Bordeaux, Bordeaux
So good they named it I visited it twice.
The campsite was great, offered live music for two nights, the first being great musicians playing Django Reinhart-style French jazz, in a setting on Bordeaux Lac, only about 8-9 kilometres or so via well-designed cycle routes into the centre.
The.. →
Back to France, Long Journeys, Solo Travelling
Crossing the border from Spain into France became my 2nd visit this travelling (academic) year.
Looking at the map and appropriate route to get to around Toulouse for an overnight stop, I decided to use the toll motorway, and got to a 3-star campsite on a lake near the little town of Nailloux… →
Costa Brava week of shared enjoyment
Well that’s my take on it at least.
As I drove here from the Valencia region, the landscape became greener, with wooded hills on both sides of the autoroute, mountains further inland, and vineyards and other crops in the fields. It is interesting that Spain has got rid of its toll.. →
Peñíscola & Parque de La Serra D’Irta
The usual recommendations from ourtour.co.uk came good yet again. I was ultimately aiming for the Costa Brava, and Tossa de Mar in the first instance, as I will be spending a week with a friend who’s flying from Leeds/Bradford to Girona in a couple of days. I didn’t want to do another.. →