THE FINAL Blog 31/08/2011 We entered France via the Riviera at Monaco, For a change we decided to head inland into the Pre-Alps north of Nice, We thought a spot of mountain walking would make a nice challenging (for some not for others) break, 60 miles later and half way up a mountain perched on a ledge we found a campsite way above Puget Theniers which afforded us fantastic views looking down the valley towards the Cote D Azur and a helping of vertigo getting in...

Buongiarno 22/08/11 Never has a saying been so true as " the lights are on but nobodies in" we'd sat across the bay and watched the glittering lights of Portoroz, the coastal resort of Slovenia, So we arrived expecting something lively, But to no avail, The lights are on with some grand hotels, Africans selling wood carvings and not a lot else, I've had more of a fun time following Oonagh round a supermarket, Even teenagers sat around their tents at ni...

Zdravo 26/06/11 One mornings rain, 2 Aussies, 2 Brits and 8 glorious weeks in Croatia, New Greece, New Tuscany call it what you want it’s a fantastic country. We started at the Hungarian border at Szepetmek where the very nice lady with the gun, Couldn’t find our Campers back door (its on the opposite side to the Europeans vans) After some giggling on our part which led a thorough search on hers, We made up our minds to head off to explore the island of Krk...

Hello 07/06/11 We set off with Cheeky Monkey in the camper again, At 8am we disappeared down the Eurotuunel our initial route took us from France through Belgium to Germany for the first night, There we changed our plan, We decided to head to Prague in the Czech Republic first. Another couple of long days followed, driving the race tracks of the German autobahns, Its no surprise they have so many formula 1 racing champions, they drive at crazy speeds. In old Eas...

Hello 01/05/11 we arrived back in good old Blighty, First thing we noticed was where have all the English people gone, Were we really in the UK, Secondly there was no humidity, it was wonderful , and then reality struck how bloody cold it was, A real British spring day, 18 degrees and everyone ranting on about the weather, “ We could do with some rain, the gardens need it“. Apparently it hadn’t rained for weeks??? A positive was we slept so well after ...