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Day 13 09/09 Tiermas to Jaca I spent the morning trying to put the blog onto the website, but for reasons beyond my reconning, I couldn't get any photos to load, so frustrating! In the end I conceded and I'll have to wait until I can find Wi-Fi. Maintenance was busy changing the engine thermostat to stop the engine overheating as we climb into the mountains. We then gave Dream Catcher a good sprucing up as everything was still dusty from the desert. After lunch we left our reservoir stop over heading to Anso, we spotted a castle on a hill and took a detour into Binies a very sleepy hill top village dominated by a castle. The castle appeared to be a private residence. The drive took us up a beautiful deep sided gorge along ... read more

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Day 1Pickworth to Gravelines. After saying farewell to all our lovely neighbours we were on the road to Dover on what was an uneventful journey, with 2 exceptions, no.1 - just past Sapperton a badly stowed vegetable box flew off the shelf and peppered poor Logan with it's contents of onions and potatoes, we had a quick stop to clear up the offending vegetables and stow the box correctly.no.2 - we stopped at Birchanger services on the M11 for lunch, where incidentally the toilets smell of old wee! Whilst parked Les who's in charge of maintenance noticed a water drip from the bottom hose of the radiator, he reported that we needed to keep an eye on it and use some clogging up stuff ( technical term) if it doesn't stop, he topped the water up ... read more

Monday. Another day on the road for us, as we were about to set off Les saw a motorbike pass with a large flag attached to it followed by 27 other bikes, quite a convoy! The road takes us through pine clad mountains with lakes in the valley bottoms which open up into mountain pastures. We passed through .Seljord. Where there are many legends about trolls living in the mountains, Selma the serpent is said to live in the lake here, first spotted in 1745, she is said to have two heads and travel at 25 knots on the water's surface. Also one of my favourite children's stories was written here, The Three Billy Goats Gruff. To break our journey we had a planned stop at Heddal Stave Church, the largest of the 28 stave churches ... read more

Friday. There's a short ferry crossing this morning as we head to Geiranger, we arrived just as it was loading, good timing again. Then a short drive to the Ornevegen (Eagles Way), a super spectacular 7km section of road that drops down through 11 hairpin bends giving impressive views of the narrow fjord which is a UNESCO world heritage site.There is a viewing platform halfway down where we parked and took some photos, we're lucky this morning as the sun is shinning. The views along the fjord are amazing and nestled at one end is Geiranger, complete with another cruise liner, a German one this time and slightly smaller then yesterday's. We dropped down towards the village and again good timing, we drove straight onto the ferry that is classed as the most scenic in Norway. ... read more