Dear Editor, We're just back from a month's holiday in France with our caravan and what I can only describe as the best tow car ever. You may remember a few months ago I suggested that the Alpina D3 Biturbo saloon should be included in the Club's Tow Car of the year competition. I didn't get a reply in regard to the idea,…
We bought our motorhome in early 2010 as a 25th anniversary present to ourselves and decided to tour the champagne region of France in June. We found a lovely location by a canal and parked up next to several other motorhomes (or camping cars as the French like to call them). Right next to us were a lovely couple from Hull…
In early May 2009 we set off on an exploration of the Italian Lakes with Venice thrown in for good measure. When we travel to Italy we tend to travel down through Germany and Austria but this time we decided to go via the Tunnel de Frejus so most of the initial journey was through France. Now I am not overly keen on long…
Summary This year I had promised to visit my brother in Spain but having been to Spain many times before I didn't want to cover too much old ground, So for 2016 I worked out a rough schedule, covering some new ground, for a circular trip down through France to the Costa Blanca. This included a stop off on the Ile de Re.…
Our route from the Bodensee back into France was very scenic and we seem to follow a small stream for many miles. The border between Germany and France is the Rhine. As we crossed the river to the French side we saw vehicles being pulled over up ahead of us. When it was our turn we were just waved through!!! The thing you…
We're one week into our 'Five Countries in Five Weeks' and have now crossed the border into Germany. The journey from Heumans Bos to our next site, Alfsee Ferien und Erlungspark, was about three hours, although we stopped to stock up on food, which seems to be cheaper than in Holland. Alfsee Ferien und Erlungspark is a…
Site three of our 20 sites as we travel through five countries in five weeks was Heumans Bos, in eastern Holland near the border with Germany. It is a site listed on the Caravan Club website. Our knowledge of Dutch is very limited although we are making efforts to learn a few words and phrases. We managed to work out that…
Ella's birthday always falls during the summer holidays and more often than not we are away. This year is no different. Since we knew we were going to be in the Netherlands at the end of July, we planned our stops so that we would be near Efteling theme park on the big day, not far from the site that we were staying at…
With our time in Vienna at an end it was time to start the return journey home, albeit it nearly a month to go. We set off upstream along the Danube Valley. I did not think that the river was that picturesque near to Vienna and you have to go a bit further upstream for it to be classed as pretty. Our first stop after…
On previous trips to the Netherlands, we've headed to the more well-known tourist spots such as Delft and Amsterdam but this time we swung south upon arriving in Rotterdam. The ferry docked at 8.30 in the morning after a calm crossing over the North Sea from Hull. We tapped the name of the first site into the Sat Nav and…
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