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Read more: Giverny and The Western Front
We’ve up and left Paris, getting out of the car park with only a very small side mirror bump right at the last bend, and out of Paris with the minimum of fuss. A small annoyance with the oil light going on in the car. We pulled into a servo,…
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Read more: Month 6 review
1 July – 31 July July flew by and we’re over halfway through our trip! Eek! These are the top 10 things we did this month. It is so hard to narrow it down to 10! 1. Tour de France Given seeing the end of the TdF was our prime…
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Read more: Paris!
We left Tremigon this morning heading to Paris. About 5hrs of driving on motorways.Halfway we stopped at the Le Mans 24Hr Motorsport Museum. We spent about 2 hours there, and we’re not even motorsport fanatics! We learned about the history of Le Mans, Grand Prix F1 racing and Rally driving.…
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Read more: Brittany
This morning we headed to the ferry terminal to catch the ferry to France. A few hours later we arrived in St.Malo.It had been our intention to park up and look around, but being a lovely sunny Sunday afternoon, all carparks were full, so we rerouted to Mont Saint-Michel.After parking…
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Read more: Channel Islands Part 2 – Jersey
We arrived on Jersey before lunchtime which gave us plenty of time to do some sightseeing.We headed east, passing La Rocque Harbour and an incredible number of rocks in the water and many Napoleonic towers. We parked up and walked along the shore from La Rocque Tower to Le Hurel…
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Read more: Channel Islands Part 1 – Guernsey
Day 1 on Guernsey was a day to visit a couple of bays to get in the water. Guernsey does a charity thing in July “30 bays in 30 days” each year, we swam at Moulin Huet Bay (#20) and Saints Bay (#22). The roads down to the bays we…
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Read more: South East England
We drove the long and scenic way to Canterbury today.Along the way we stopped at a DHL office to send a box of goodies (a.k.a. wool) home; a roadside cafe that has been operating since 1936 and passed by many dozen traditional “Oast Houses”. Kevin was up early this morning…
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Read more: Catching up with friends
Between leaving Wales and leaving England, we have spent some time with friends. Our first stop was in Cheshire to stay with Mike & Carol whom we met in Nepal in 2023. We had a lovely time chatting, sitting in the sun, exploring their local town and just generally hanging…
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Read more: Month 5 Review
June 1st โ June 30th June was another month where it is hard to choose the highlights. 1. Scotland North Coast 500 Whilst completing the full drive was great, the scenery on the west and north coasts was AMAZING. Every bend and rise in the road revealed something new and…
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Read more: Wales
From Cheshire we drove the huge distance (27km) into Wales and to Wrexham. We obviously had to have a beer at The Turf pub, adjacent to The Racecourse Ground. Wrexham’s home ground. We had a burger for lunch from the food truck in the pub’s carpark. It was quite busy…
Hello,
Welcome! Bienvenue! Bienvenido! Wilkommen! Benvenuto!
We’re heading out on a mid-life gap year, that is 80% unplanned. As natural planners, we’re well and truly stepping out of our comfort zones.
We are currently here…
Countries visited (foot on ground):
26๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ธ ๐ต๐น ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฎ๓ ฉ๓ ฒ๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ซ๐ด ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช ๐ซ๐ท ๐ง๐ช ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ท ๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ช ๐น๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฑ
Distance travelled by mode (est):
- ๐: 22499km
- โด๏ธ:15; 3141km
- ๐: 8 ; 854km
- ๐ช: 2 ; 7km
- ๐ถ: 2 ; 8km
- ๐ฒ: 1 ; 30km
- ๐ฅ: 1 ; 13km
- ๐: 2 ; 4829km
- โ๏ธ: 6 ; 21130km
- ๐: 1 ; 5km
An Unplanned Year 