Slacky62

We stayed at our beach car park for two night's. We were joined by several Overland Trucks, back in the day these sort of vehicles would have been a necessity to get around Morocco's roads, luckily for us this isn't the case anymore as most and I say most roads are accessible. Of course we have to be careful what tracks we take off but we can normally go as far as we need too. We moved the few miles into Oulidia itself, to some guardian parking, these are a small fee paid car parks. But in this case it sits on a beautiful lagoon to one side and the crashing waves on the other side. It was our favourite coastal stop of 2020 and we knew we were coming back. Although we don't normally do ... read more

Seems odd starting this blog back in Porlock and part of me has thought why bother...but I need to get it down on paper, as one of the pleasures is reading it back months later, so here we go! The border back into the South of France was surprisingly a check point with a good amount of checking, but luckily not us! It was an early start to the day as we were going to spend the day in Monaco. Luckily we had found a coach garage which we could use but not overnight, so we had a few hours to explore. The drive in was interesting as it took us straight onto the F1 circuit and to our suprise the barrier's were going up?!? As it turned out the season starts here some 6 weeks ... read more

As we awake after a good nights sleep after the Turkish Border crossing it's difficult to understand why we both feel more calm, for sure the nights sleep has helped no dogs barking all night, no call to prayer (loved it, just not at 5am) but it's more than that?!? I think travel (and I again reiterate "we wouldn't change it") for the last 4 month's our countries of travel have had their own unique challenges definitely highs but also some lows! When you holiday for two weeks you are somewhat protected from the day to day issues or they are novel but your also not there long enough for them to get you down. Travelling in a Motorhome brings its own challenges, where to go, and park/sleep and it is life, just on the road. ... read more

After Glen and Steve depart we take another day at Serik, it's busier now as other Turkish Vans have arrived as it's the weekend. On Sunday night we make our way into Antalya here we start to see the big resort Hotels and speaking English, although they normally go for German first, is now more common place. Surprisingly for us there doesn't seem to be too many sandy beaches, mainly pebbly but I am sure the resort's pools are the favourite place for a dip! We are here for one reason only some new batteries, we have with the lack of decent sunshine to charge using our solar panels been on a few occasions empty by the morning and with an electric drop down bed its an issue?!? On one occasion in Croatia it saw Graeme ... read more

As we leave Sumela and head back to the village we provision with more fruit and vegetables, perhaps another sign of perhaps my snow anxiety. The road starts to climb. We have been mindful to the fact that it is winter and I have been watching the weather radar with regard to snow and there appears to have been a lot. My cousin sends me a link to a news feed 'Snow has arrived in the East' our nerves are a little on edge, well mine really. Graeme is a really competent and the main driver of our trip, but if we have snowstorm and even though we're on winter tyres and we carry snow chains we could come a cropper!! Our newly purchased map doesn't go this far East so we have no real idea ... read more