The Curious Adventures of the Cat in the Camper Van
Our motorhome travelling adventures around the world with a cat called Jigsaw
Maybe the binge watching of ‘Nordic Noir’ dramas has influenced us, as we crossed The Oresund Bridge into Sweden, made famous by The Bridge, we felt the need to lock the doors. All the Nordic countries seem full of murderers, drug dens, kidnappers and criminals, we’ve learned that from the TV, so with much trepidation,… Continue reading Captive in a Swedish basement!
I'm resisting the urge to use the W word about Copenhagen as it feels pretty cliched, there's a lot to this charming City that is more than a song title! We camped outside, approximately 20km from the centre but with an easy walk to a station. Very close by was the Arken Museum of Modern… Continue reading Charismatic Copenhagen
No, we haven't discovered time travel in the past week, it was a way to pass the time while travelling some really big distances and to distract me from the usual Campervan Karaoke. Basically, yes, nerds again, we were logging how many nationalities on number plates we saw while driving through France into Germany on… Continue reading 23 countries in 1 day
We confess, we didn't take the van here, or Jigsaw but who knows, maybe one day! It is possible, from Denmark! Having seen the news about eruptions in Iceland, back in March, we knew this was something we had to try and see. When Iceland went "green" that was it, flights booked and we'd bother… Continue reading Hot Stuff in Iceland
This is the last one of the Covid Tour 2021, shame I hear you shout! It won't be for long though before we are up to something else! We've had an amazing time in Scotland, dodged the midgies, recovered our bike legs and Jigsaw the hunter gatherer has helped us with our "protein" (voles) and… Continue reading The Last Leg
First mainland night for a while was at Fearnoch Forest stopover outside of Oban. Scotland Forestry Commission and other orgs are trialling using places like this as overnight places and it is great. Seems they are trying to embrace the travellers among us and trust us with honesty boxes. We’ve seen no abuse of it,… Continue reading Forfar 4 : John o’Groats 1
Travelling North over recent weeks we’ve really recognised the seasonal changes. It seems a long while since bluebells and lambing in Somerset yet up here there are still young’ns scampering to their mothers when two highlighter pens cycle anywhere near. It may sound dumb to say it, but recognising our surroundings and 'being present' is… Continue reading Bleets ‘n Tweets on Mull
An early start for the ferry across to Arran and believe it or not, we were sitting on deck in glorious sunshine! We were first onboard, probably due to size and the furry one settled in for 50 mins of car alarms going off on the vehicle deck. Poor thing I hear you say! We… Continue reading The Wild and Wondrous Arran
So this leg of our Covid Tour 2021 started with a trip to Newark on Trent for some van bits then across to Redditch, what can I say? To be honest, in trying to reflect similarities between it and Salamanca I was for once, lost for words. Yes, I couldn't summon up the elaborate vocabulary… Continue reading The Road to the Isles
Having spent recent weeks, since arriving back in the UK, at The Ranch, Tytherington, Dallas, Texas.... we have finally moved on. It's been great fun again watching the ranch hands, Lyn and Lily and yard sweep Mel, working tirelessly with supervisor Liz who finds energy from goodness knows where. We've joyfully observed the budding romance… Continue reading Tytherington does Dallas
