The evening before setting off with the car packed and destination planned, Egmond aan Zee said goodbye to us with a raging downpour and gale force winds. Fortunately by morning weather had cleared. Our drive to Calais, France and the …
Europe 2019 – UK; South to North
In the morning waking up hours too early for the 8:30 breakfast we decided not to wait around and set off into what became a horrific rain storm complete with lighting, thunder and sudden road closures due to flooding. Our …
Europe 2019 – Victorians and Romans
Friday, July 26th 2019 – North Sumercotes, England to Melrose, Scotland. Setting off early from our rental house we made a quick stop to visit the old folks in Grainthorpe, then a quick stop in at Barney’s Diner for an …
Europe 2019 – The Wall Below, Savages Beyond
Awaking in a wet grey Melrose Nico and I wandered trough some damp streets to find a small suspension bridge transversing the River Tweed. After a good espresso coffee (England is slowly understanding coffee) we walled over to Melrose Abbey …
Europe 2019 – North Coast 250 part 1
July 31 2019 The North Coast 500 is a 500 mile drive along the Northern coast of Scotland through a very scenic though rural and quite bleak area of the country. This route and its promoted drive were developed to …
Europe 2019 – North Coast 250 part 2
The two busloads of Austrian tourists were already well into the provided breakfast before we sat down to ours. After our simple meal we loaded up the Alfasud and set off leaving Thor’s River behind and in 10 minutes we …
Europe 2019 – Glenlivet area of Scotland
July 27 – Aug 3 2019 Various days, assorted sights in the Glenlivet area of Scotland. We were fortunate to have several days of very nice sunny weather. To the people of Northern Scotland who rarely ever see the sun, …
Europe 2019 – Scotland to England – Day One
Setting off early on a grey Sunday morning, we had a schedule this day. We need to be in Fort William at the train station to see the The Jacobite Steam train depart or more desirable, see it cross over …
Europe 2019 – Scotland to England – Day Two
Waking early and walking around the The Drovers Inn to see the effects on the previous nights storm: a huge mountain waterfall behind us feeding into a large flooded field behind the building that rushed with a torrential flow. Our …
Europe 2019 – Scotland to England – Day Three
After a morning walk through a large poop strewn sheep pasture, with Nico practicing his herding skills though on leash, we set off again on far too narrow country roads with little to no shoulder and often dense hedges walling …
Europe 2019 – Back to the Netherlands – Part One
Setting off from our restful stay over the past two days, taking some time to see Bev’s parents and help them with a few things we set off towards the Euro-tunnel with an overnight stop just before the tunnel that …
Europe 2018 – Part One – Groningen to Grainthorpe
Avoiding the bridges and traffic that surrounds New York City we decided to travel via the ferry from Connecticut to Long Island and then west to JFK airport. We arrived and checked Nico in for the flight and it was …