Tag: mountains
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Rhinefalls & Titisee
Day 7. 22nd April 2024. Eguisham, France to Rhinefalls, Switzerland via Titisee, Germany. Wow, that heading sounds amazing doesn’t it? 3 countries in one day! Today started lovely, bright and sunny, but still flipping freezing in the shade and on the breeze. The dogs had one last run out amongst the vineyards and then we…
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Colmar & Eguisham
Day 5. 21st April 2024. Landau in Der Pfalz, Germany to Colmar and Eguisham, France. Lots of rain on and off overnight and a rather chilly start to the day this morning. We decided to head for Colmar, a smaller version of Strasbourg but just as pretty, hoping that we may get some improvement on…
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Pamplona
Saturday 15th November 2024 St Jean Pied de Port, France to Pamplona, Spain. Blimey, a massive cave sleep last night, woke up late and the sun was blazing down on us, glorious but chilly still when the door was opened. Our stop is right next to a sports complex with rugby pitches (being used for…
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Lago di Posina
GK Tours 2025. Wednesday 25th June Lago di Posina, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy Wednesday arrived with two bleary eyed sweatheads. No sleep had been had and we were feeling it. Our plan today was to head up into the cooler weather in the mountains, we checked the weather and set a course for a lake in…
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Propriano
Friday 16th and Saturday 17th May Sagone to Olmeto, nr Propriano Corsica Friday There was another visit this morning from the Sea Planes. Just as we were about to leave the carpark in Sagone they came overhead again, same manoeuvres as before, landing on the water and then coming around for another go. We are…
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Ota
Wednesday 14th May Calvi to Ota, Corsica This morning we took things quite leisurely, showered and packed up by 11am and off for another day driving the rollercoaster coastal road to Ota. The first part of the drive wasn’t too bad. The weather was great and the views amazing. We stopped a couple of times…
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Austria to Udine
Saturday 26th April. We had another lovely sleep in the van last night even though it rained, a lot. Once we were up, I took Meg for a walk through the woods by the Aire, it led to the river which we crossed via a bridge and then worked our way back on the other…
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Ioannina
Day 68. Thursday 1.6.23 Halkidiki to Ioannina, Greece. After a lot of demand for attention from Meg and Gareth last night, I had a good night’s sleep back in my own bed. Walking Meg along the beach this morning where she found a putrifying dead eel on the sand, rolled all over it and then…