Sunday 6th July Set out for a trip to Waldkirch and stumbled across a sunday street market with classic car festival and lots of stalls serving beer. It would be rude not to have at least a cheeky radler! Watching steve with the cars I thought I had swapped husbands for a minute.( 1st husban used to read the auto trader to me in bed ! ) Had a brief chat with a german chap about the tour de france in leeds - finally someone may talk about something else than manchester united when you say you are from england. Its about 28 degrees and rising Tried to find the tree walk but ended up going to simonswald to find our very first campsite from 2001 europe adventure the town seems to have changed in 13 ... read more

Friday 4th July Set off for ferry in good time leaving time for tea out before last boarding at 7 only to get stuck behind an accident on m62 waiting for air ambulance to land take off . Was only delayed by 15 mins managed a pizza and made it at 6.52 after several tours of the docks due to poor signage. Once aboard bumped into a stag party where the stag had chosen to wear a dress but not a very good one at that . Settled in to watch Brazil Colombia match and steve had to physically move someone who came to visit his red indian friend right in front of the screen whilst colombia where just about to take the penalty! Caught the end of the cabaret beatles turning into take that and ... read more

Friday 24th June After 2 weeks of packing and unpacking its time to go on holiday and pack and unpack yet again. The usual last minute mad rush to set off for 5 o’clock - Steve started at 9am – cats to take back to Lower Dingle sure they are not confused one bit but at least Dave will be able to feed them his last lot of chicken nuggets – just when Tevez seem to have lost weight after all the stairs in the chapel ! Just had the bikes to go on back at Lower Dingle when Steve thought the keys were at the other end of the M62! Now for avid followers of our travels this is a familiar story (2010 – bikes in Surrey keys in Oldham – 2009 bikes chained to ... read more

Got the free bus and boat from campsite to Locarno - shared a pizza for tea , did some people watching at the beer tent outside the square - just to work out who really does go to a swiss Stevie Wonder concert - real mixed bag from 18 -85. Really good setting in the main piazza managed to get around 20 rows from the front so could actually see the stage - Steve disappeared just as SW made his entrance to use the WC. Really good night much better live than on the IPod. Finished around 11pm - bus back to camp at 11.40 there was a very drunken person on the bus who got off three times after nearly falling over each time - checked his surroundings and when it wasn’t right got back ... read more

Friday 2nd July Mostly travel today - more sleeping on autobahn so don’t see how fast steve is driving. Mangaged to get through Austria without buying the compulsory tax - Swiss customs didn’t seeme to be too worried about us either so the illegal immigrants in the storage box are OK and the crack cocaine is still safe ( that is a joke for all concerned relatives who think we are people trafficking and drug smuggling!) . Arrived at campsite about three - beautiful setting right besides the lake - couldn’t get a spot right on the lakes edge but for reasons described tomorrow this was a blessing in disguise. Are sandwiched in between the dutch and the germans - everyone very pleasant , facilities are excellent showers are bigger than our en suite bathroom. Couldn’t ... read more