The Crash and Burn airways flight to Toronto from the UK arrived safely. We picked up a Mazda SUV (station wagon) which we quickly convert to a matchbox sized camper with a blow up mattress and sleeping bag. With a plastic shower curtain cut to size to cover the windows, we deftly created mobile sleeping accommodation. This allows us to avoid having to stay in hotels every night and lets us camp in the Canadian Provincial Parks. To us, hotel and motel accommoda...

Roadside truck repairs then North to Latitude 61 We got a call that our new cylinder head had arrived after only a couple of days. Unlike Albania, it appears the couriers here do not include the Donkey in their transport fleets. The heads arrival meant a move out of the camping ground to Einars Tyre Fitting yard next door to carry out the repair work. For me, pulling of the engines head is a major undertaking at home. In a gravel workshop yard, that doubles as...

Yes, sweet treats are back on the menu for morning tea in Austria. This makes a pleasant change, given the Balkan states bakers skill at removing the joy from eating a biscuit by removing it’s taste. And yes you have heard it here first. Austria is the most beautiful country ‘in the world’. In fact it is almost Disneyland like, in the scenery stakes. There is always a downside, and I guess being buried under snow for a good part of the year ...

Albania to Austria Spent a week organising a new vacuum pump to replace the temporary fix. Finally chased one down, although it probably would have been quicker to get it from OZ in the long run. Anyway it needed replacing which meant we had a chance to unwind at ‘Lake Shkodra Resort’ near Shkoder, some 40klm from the Med coast. Niko, the owner, was a great host and couldn’t have been more helpful. Although not a ‘Resort’ by Austr...