BASTIA TO BONIFACIO, Corsica We woke up with a little bit of light in the cabin despite Jules originally refusing to sleep in there in case the ship sank and there was no way out of the sealed window. However after I had a shower and climbed onto the top bunk naked, one knee first, I could feel her eyes burning into me and she fell into a deep passionate sleep. We woke at 5, beAutiful sunrise over Elba Island (where Napolean was exiled - he was born in Corsica i...

Waking with the birds at 5h50, we were like old people, showered and out on our bikes in the cool morning air by 6h50! Following the route around the stunning lake bathed in the early morning light, we cycled around for an hour or so, taking in the gorgeous scenery and singing our good mornings to the happy smiley Swiss. At 8h00 we parked up our bikes and bought our tickets for the Mount Riga cog railway that would take us up to the summit of 1,800m. (See Colin...

Leaving our Luxembourg digs behind us, we took off in the direction of Switzerland. Crossing the country border into la belle France without a glance, the French autoroutes carried us smoothly South. As we approached the border for Switzerland it was a different story. Met by the Swiss flags flying and the police at border control, we had a flustered 5 minutes trying to find the exact weight of Mabel for the authorities so that they knew how much to charge us to...

Hip hip hoorah! We received a call around 11h00 to say that Mabel the motorhome (or Reggie the RV) was ready for collection. Thanks to the magnificent packing excel spreadsheet created by Jules, we loaded up the Tiguan safe in the knowledge that no essential had been overlooked! We hit the open road of the E411 south to Luxembourg at around 16h00 and had a fun first 200km run to our first campsite. The beauty of being in Mabel meant we could stop en route at o...

After what seems to be a lifetime of waiting, today's the day we pick up Mabel...well I think she is a 'Mabel', Colin thinks otherwise! If the name of our baby changes we will let you know