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Having a holiday or weekend break is something we’ve all taken for granted over the last few years. But the travel industry changed beyond recognition in the blink of an eyelid when the Covid-19 pandemic struck . The world of travel is now a very different place to […]
Have you ever hatched a holiday plan that sounded fantastic but turned out to be a really terrible idea? Well, our holiday trip to Brussels in the camper van was one of those moments. Holiday craziness took over from rational thinking. I’d read that Brussels was a spectacularly unfriendly place for motor homes but still thought we could find […]
The West Frisian Islands are Holland’s wildest and most remote travel destination. They are what you might call ‘the back of beyond’. You can’t get much further north than this archipelago of islands which form a chain off the tip of Holland in the Wadden Sea. The islands are on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites […]
On a clear day you can see forever when you reach the top of the Kielder Forest Drive in Northumberland with its mix of beautiful panoramas and woodland scenery. It’s like being on the top of the world with its big skies and majestic landscapes. The Forest Drive […]
Barnacle Geese are a miracle of nature. Every winter they make a 4,000 mile round trip from their home in Svalbard near the Arctic Circle to Western Scotland. Imagine travelling that distance each and every year over the course of your lifetime, under your own steam? These long […]
Copenhagen is a dream city for cyclists with its fantastic bike routes and passion for everything on two wheels. There aren’t many capital cities which you can ride around on a bike without feeling like you’re going to die horribly on their congested roads or get crushed by a […]
Gaudi is best known for his amazing architecture in the Spanish city of Barcelona. Barcelona is home to his world famous Casa Batllo, the Sagrada Familia cathedral and Casa Mila as well as the sensational, brightly decorated Parc Guell. So it’s something of a surprise to find so much of the […]
Guest post by Tony van Diesel This was going to be the big test. Two weeks off piste in northern Spain with our new Vantage Sol camper van. Would our little panel van conversion turn out to have been the right choice? Would we miss the spacious old Hymer? Should […]
This week I found myself in Birmingham with a couple of hours to kill. Just one problem – it was one of those gloomy, wintery days in the city when everything looked greyer, colder and less inviting than usual. A wet and chilly February day in England’s second […]
The European Grand Tour The European Grand Tour was the first time that we’d attempted to take the old Hymer motor home across Europe. Would it survive the trip without breaking down? On this leg of the trip we hit Germany, the Czech Republic and Holland within just a few days… […]
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