Back in Yorkshire with family and friends. Enjoying some local sights and attractions including York Chocolate Factory, Cruise on the River Ouse and Magna Museum based in a n old steel factory. Enjoyed a family party for my uncle’s 80th birthday, Set off for the Lake District. Ullswater our...
UK – Yorkshire, Lake District & Blackpool July 2019
Scotland – June 2019
We set off after our time on Islay heading North looking forward to some mountain air and walks. Unfortunately the weather was not on our side and we had a week of mostly rain which limited our activities a bit due to lifts being closed and not the safest...
Islay
Arriving by ferry in the sunshine we were all very excited and ready to investigate the island. This trip had been in the planning for a while as the Islay Whisky Festival was Paul’s birthday present to himself and something on his bucket list. We parked up looking over...
York to Islay
After a few weeks of rest for Rollie we were eager to get back behind the wheel and make our way North heading towards Islay for the Whiskey Festival to top off Paul’s birthday celebrations. Our first stop was only an hour away from where Paul grew up in...
Yorkshire
We got the tunnel back to the UK and had a couple of stops with friends before getting back to York. Spend a few weeks catching up with friends and family in York and Harrogate. Paul had his 50th birthday celebrations at a pub in York where we were...
Belgium – chapter 1.
Only a short visit into Belgium but a memorable and enjoyable. Arriving on ANZAC day was so fitting to an area which has so much history for the Australian soldiers in World War 1. Visiting the Menin Gate was very moving with wreaths laid that morning at the ANZAC...
France – chapter 2.
Back over the boarder into France and instantly the countryside changes with different trees and rolling farm fields of crops and of course more vines. First night back over the boarder and we are going though Armagnac country. Neither Paul or I have tried this type of drink before...
Spain
We passed over the boarder into Spain and the main things we noticed straight away was that diesel is around 15% cheaper (my Yorkshire man pointed this out) and also the landscape also changed full of orange and olive trees. Paul wanted to go to the Salvador Dali Museum...
France chapter 1.
So since entering France on 6 weeks ago we have had a great time travelling from the North to the South. We have been skiing in the Alps and walked along the Beach in Antibes. When I set off on this trip I must admit that France was not...
South Coast of France
So we decided to weave inland a bit and making our way towards Barcelona via our friends house on the way. Staying off the toll roads leads to some great roads and little towns to pass through. Grasse was our first stop after the coast and we stopped on...