Found Adventure 111 km - What a day - I came seeking adventure and certainly found some today. Sometimes spontaneity can bring great rewards such was my choice of camp site today and my little oasis in the desert written as I’m tucking into home made croissants home made jam and coffee. Will start at the end of the day. In camping familial Kelvin and Yvonne and my Dutch hosts that could not have been any more hospitable. Arriving around 7 pm absolutely spent...

Day 5 - The road less travelled ... Paris and Versailles... I was lulled into a deep sleep by the the sound of “hoo” followed by a long “hooooooo.” an hooting owl in the nearby oak tree. Quiet site - awoke early stomach churning - several visits to the loo told me all was not good. Overnight sewage was overflowing from a man hole cover nearby and the smell was not nice. Ended up taking the long route to toilet block to avoid stepping in sewage soaked g...

Bit of a restless night and can’t blame the camp site it was almost empty and very peaceful. My site was by a body of water ( with a canoe polo practice pitch) and as I lay there early I could hear the peaceful sounds of the water tricking past and wood pigeons and ducks called their traditional sounds, this is peaceful. I fell back into a deep deep sleep only to be awoken at 8.30 by someone sounding their horn as they drove through the camp site. How dare...

Bit of a restless night and can't blame the camp site it was almost empty and very peaceful. My site was by a body of water ( with a canoe polo practice pitch) and as I lay there early I could hear the peaceful sounds of the water tricking past and wood pigeons and ducks called their traditional sounds, this is peaceful. I fell back into a deep deep sleep only to be awoken at 8.30 by someone sounding their horn as they drove through the camp site. How dare they a...

Today’s Update - TET day 3- Headed south on the motorway after a huge electrical storm last night (which meant the trails would have been very slippery) and stopped at motorway services that had Somme in its name (lots of electric charging stations). Again reflecting that my grandfather got buried in WW1 - after a shell and was trapped - but survived, otherwise I might not be here! I felt the dirt in my hands beside the English cemetery and felt emotional ag...