Well it's been 2 weeks since my last blog and a very busy 2 weeks at that - hence the delay!!  After we dropped off the van we spent a lovely weekend catching up with lots of friends and evans sister and boyfriend which was much needed after 3 weeks on our own. On Monday 18th June we boarded our flight from London to Dublin arriving around midday. That afternoon we went on a walking tour of the city looking at the main sites and learning about the history of D...

It is now the very last night in the van and we are staying at an amazing campsite at Folkstone just near Dover!! We can actually see the white cliffs from our van!!  It's been a week since my last blog in which we have traveled from Cardiff right to the very west of England all along the bottom to the very east!!  On a very wet and rainy day in Cardiff we visited the Cardiff castle and the Millennium stadium  which was a terrific tour especially for the £5...

Since my last blog entry we have travelled all the way from the north of Scotland to the very south of Wales in Swansea. It is now night 15 and since Oban where we spent the night with Scottish Midges - tiny flea type creatures that bite you and fly in swarms we decided to treat ourselves to a night in a Scottish bnb in Dumfries which was just fabulous!! On our way to Dumfries we swung by Glasgow for the afternoon to check out the city and visit the old merchant...

Yello all the way from wee Scotland!! We are on our 8th night of our van tour around the UK!!  It all began in London when we picked up our beloved home for the next 3 weeks only to learn we couldn't get a sat nav as we had to pre order which meant we had to navigate ourselves out on London using our iPhones with no 3G assistance!! About 1.5 hrs later we finally make it onto the freeway headed for Cambridge were we would spend 2 nights!!  The next day we trav...

We are near the end if our first week in London - leaving early Saturday for the Eurostar to Paris!! We arrived late Saturday taking the tube from heathrow to pimlico a little city just south of Westminster!! After a quick bite at a cute English pub down the road we got an early night ready for the week ahead of site seeing!! The last few days we have visited all of the main tourist attractions; buckingham palace, changing of the guards, Westminster Abbey, big Be...