Saturday 4th May A bright and sunny start as I lifted the blinds at 6-45am, the Austrians in the next motorhome have their e-bikes out and panniers loaded ready for an adventure and are busily back and forth to the van for drinks bottles, GPS, lights and then hi-viz tabards, a single back packing camper…
Bantry to Sheeps Head, Wednesday 1st May A sunny start but with areas of low cloud and drizzle pushing through as we left the van for our ride to Sheep’s Head, the peninsula between Dunmanus Bay and Bantry Bay. We had opted to take the secondary road out that runs along the north coast line, this…
After a good day in Cobh we were awoken at 1am by what sounded like a brick coming through the side of the motorhome as a car sped off. The offending missile turned out to be no more than an egg …….must be a local custom to welcome visitors and begs the question who goes…
A grey start with showers as storm “Hannah” approaches the South of Ireland, warnings had been issued and our campsite is on high ground so will be very exposed. The weather warning suggested rain and increasing winds from early afternoon so we took the opportunity for an early start for our planned cycle ride around…
Having never been to Ireland before we have decided to start a tour from Rosslare working clockwise with our motor home as team car and base but taking the opportunity to cycle as much as time would allow. With no targets we would stay for three weeks, take our time and return at a later…
On our recent trip to Portugal we had reserved a day to cycle up Monchique, the ride was twofold, as well as a cracking climb up to Foia for Kaye to try out her e-bike it was also a chance to have a look at the aftermath of the recent wild fires that had raged…
A trip to Barcelona to explore the city had been on our radar for a while so this was an opportunity not to be missed. We booked the motor home in for a two night stay at Camping Tres Estrellas a beach side camp site which was also on the bus route for a 45…
