Trips & Tours
Since 2000Travelling tales
Here you’ll find a collection of our travelling tales from as far back as 2000 (that’s when we first started blogging!). Everything from backpacking and bike touring, to city breaks and van life road trips.
We’ll throw in trip tips with reviews and recommendations when we can.
Maybe you’ll find inspiration for your next adventure…
Click on the flags below or use the search box above to find posts for a specifc country.Â
Countries Visited
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Portugal
Where to next?
No idea!
Countries Visited
July 2023 – Work in Progress – we are migrating all of our posts written between 2000-2020 from various other blogging platforms to this new WordPress site! It’s a slow process. We are doing it manually one by one as we don’t have the techincal know-how to do it any other way!
Plus we’ll be adding posts from our current adventures. Scroll down for the latest posts.
ALBANIA
ANDORRA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
FRANCE
GREECE
Our Latest Travel Posts
Galician Granaries
What are Galician Granaries? Galician granaries, or "hórreos" as they are known locally, are elongated stone structures built to rise above the...
How (not) to qualify for the Comrades Marathon
How (not) to qualify for the Comrades Marathon If you want to know how NOT to qualify for the Comrades Marathon, The Ultimate Human Race, then...
The Story of Spot, our first camper van
It was after the Olympics finished in Sydney in September 2000 that we started shopping around for a vehicle that would take us not quite the length...
The last days of our summer in New Zealand
The last days of our summer in New Zealand It is the end of our first ever bicycling tour, and the last days of our summer in New Zealand. Arriving...
Reflections on board Dora, the Northern Explorer Train
Reflections on board Dora, the Northern Explorer Train: Wellington - Auckland Today we hopped aboard Dora, the Northern Explorer Train, for one of...
Catching up with the Coyles
Catching up with the Coyles We missed them on our last visit to Wellington so this time it was all about catching up with the Coyles. Bob is an old...