A Simply Fab Life
We’re updating the Roadtrip EU route on Google Maps, for family and friends to follow. We hope you guys enjoy, or are perhaps inspired too! See you on the road!
You may see a tired old wreck. I see a shivering bonnet beating a rhythmic tune to the tired, sluggish, loudly bellowing old engine straining to clamber up a narrow pass heading away from the Corsican coastline.
Everyone has heard of or perhaps seen, the old classic car rallies. This rally was in the spirit of that most famous road rally of the 1950s
The grandest celebration of motorsport, from its crude and rudimentary beginnings to advanced future concepts spanning the globe.
The boat is small enough to feel every bump and swell and sometimes launches out of the water to smack down with a thump only to shoot forward again as the propeller digs in hard.
Camping is our favourite form of relaxation and our Land Rover, Dakota, is fabulous for this. But it might be a little tight for daily living.
Manyane campsite offers the perfect jump-off point to explore Pilanesberg Game Reserve
The International War Museum at Duxford looks just magical in winter. This place is BIG, so you will be doing some mileage. To cover it all you will need to crunch through the snow for the length of the runway.
Let’s kick this off with the most obvious – the fact that you can recognise them anywhere…
On our extended road trip around Europe the greatest challenge has always been keeping the truck tidy, along with keeping the beers chilled and trying not to lose the firelighters.
Camping out of season has its advantages, notably having the place to yourself. Except for when the local shepherds invade the campsite with a flock of woolly ruminants.
The Best Campsite in Western Europe?
Searching for Sagres on the most (south) westerly point in Europe
Portugal has been calling for a long time and we finally leave the coast and head inland…
We end up on a building site as we eye out the frontier with Portugal, but are ultimately seduced by the glorious beach…
After a lovely (olivey) change of pace in the mountains it is back towards the coast – and a cold reception
A side of Motril probably never seen. A rocky outcrop. And millions of olive trees…
Just when you think you’ve seen some pretty incredible European scenery that can’t possibly get more dramatic, nature comes along and says: hold my beer
Six hundred pitches and none to spare even at this time of year? That is a LOT of campervans. We go undercover to investigate…
Between Valencia and Alicante lies the sleepy (at this time of year) village of Xeraco near Gandia. And a quirky little campsite. What does it have to offer?
This one is a pretty cool campsite with direct access to a really, really nice beach. Pitch space is limited, but…
Ryanair FR9163, you are cleared to land runway 07R. Slight tailwind. Clear skies. Keep an eye on the campsite below…
Yes. Palm Trees and a heated shower block with Star Trek doors… What more do you want?
Would YOU trade in your trusty Land Rover for a Lagoon 40 sailing catamaran? And spend a week sailing around the French south coast?
Domaine de Villemarin is a hidden gem near Mèze a couple of km from the shores of étang de Thau between Agde and Sète
The dramatic drive from Puigcerda towards Carcasonne is one of those well-kept secrets…
This is a pretty comprehensive (video) review on the campsite Gaset near Talarn in Spain, before we tackle some fearsomely steep hills into the Pyrenees…
We cross over the endlessly long Spanish plains from northern Portugal in a virtually straight line directly east and take in three campsites: Mogadouro, Tordesillas & Vera de Moncayo
The road from Rio Caldo to Lima Escape is epically amazing, or amazingly epic! Very cool indeed
We’re on a roll now! Having crossed northern Spain east to west and now heading to another country!
It is so chilled and laid back that the owner prefers to continue his lunch rather than do paperwork and waves us away to find a spot to our liking. He’ll do the details later… but never does!
Granted – France is a lovely country – but we have now spent the better part of a month trying to get over the border!
Needing some car parts as well as doing our obligatory tests found us in the town of D(r)ax (couldn’t resist) for a couple of days.
The reception/bar is quaint with some nice shaded pitches available near the river, however…
I’m still not sure what to make of the French language when they name a town after a bitumen glue…
If you would like some peace and quiet in a setting surrounded by nature this is a good, basic campsite to spend a couple of days while you explore the surroundings.
As a transit camping this is perfectly agreeable for a one-night-stopper being well established and partially shaded by some large oak trees
We were entertained that evening by the ‘bull’-run show held next door. No idea what was going on but the presenter was certainly lively! The next evening the disco at the camping across the road started up and lasted quite late. But they had an awesome 80’s playlist!
A little bit wild, full of green pine forests and a rough sea when the wind is blowing hard…! This place reminded us of South Africa in some ways.
La Rochelle is a surprisingly vibey place to visit. It has an historical city centre, excellent aquarium, the maritime museum, nearby seashores and beaches… And more, I guess. We shall have to come back!