Well it’s Mobile Explorer’s first trip abroad and it started okay - well okay ish as Mike was driving and he nearly killed us twice and I had lots of adrenalin going through my veins when passing large lorries - how the hell am I going to cope being driven on the wrong side of the road with Mike driving on the wrong side of the van - oh no will I make it a alive!!! So we get to the P&O ferry at Hull and although I have been reading up about you are not allowed to take any dairy, meat and vegetables if I am honest I had packed them this morning and then thought better of it as I am sure Holland, or as it is now called, the Netherlands has supermarkets! Am ... read more

We decided to take the motorhome out for a few days to check everything was working okay before we ventured overseas to meet up with over 40 Carthago motorhome owners in Denmark. So yesterday we arrive at a nice quiet site called River Breamish which is near Alnwick. Well when I asked where the site was Mike insisted it was in Beamish and we could visit the Beamish museum, so as you can tell mine and Mike’s sense of direction leave much to be desired. Up relatively early as we have had a few really early mornings recently with me doing a 2am - 6am shift at Samaritans and then some late night zoom calls on strategy and then to cap it all an early start at Garth Prison (as a Samaritans and not an in-mate ... read more

So we wer up early this morning and decided to go to the funicular to see if it is running as it is a Bank Holiday Monday just like at home. Anyway, thank goodness it was working so we decided not to get a return ticket but a single and we would walk down. It is the first ever funicular that I have been on that was carved through rock so there is absolutely nothing to see apart from a tunnel. However, when you get out and you see the views from the top of Lycabettus Hill they are truly amazing and take your breath away how big and sprawling Athens is. There is a chapel at the top and I went into the Chapel of Saint George of Lycabettus which was founded in 1834 - ... read more

We arrived in Santorini and it was as beautiful as it is in the photos with the blue domes and the white buildings. We found an amazing spot to have lunch, and of course a drink, which seemed to hang off the cliff front - probably why the bill was quite large for what we had but hey ho we are on holiday. Not much else to tell you about apart from it is a stunning island. The next day we sailed to Monemvasta which we have been to once before and it is a walk to get to the walled city which does not allow cars. Once again what a pretty place, not as touristy as Santorini but beautiful - again we had a spot of lunch on a balcony overlooking the sea. You would ... read more

Our adventures carry on in Egypt. Well after arriving yesterday at Port Said and having to give all our passports over even if we were not getting off the ship and then being allowed to get them back - this Egyptian passport fiasco is getting a bit annoying. Anyway this morning we decide that we are going to have a stroll around Port Said. What can I say about Port Said. Well the streets are really disgusting with glass, rubble and just general rubbish so not a good start there to be honest. We walk around a corner and there is a church and if there is a church there is Eric wanting to go inside. Now normally that would not be a problem in most countries but we are in Egypt. We should have known ... read more