1st Trip to Europe in Leo

settembre - novembre 2022

Un’avventura di 54 giorni di LeoLove & Stephen Leggi altro

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- 6 giu 2023, 09:13
- 🌧 20 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Croazia Splitsko-Dalmatinska Županija Dugi Rat Općina Jesenice 43.460999, 16.59775743°27’40” N 16°35’52” E
Giorno 269
We tried……
6 giugno 2023, Croazia ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
So after battling through raging thunder storms with rain drops the size of golf balls and the East coast of Croatia seemingly no more than looking very run down with little in the way of promenades, restaurants or even a bar to while away the hours…….oh and the odd hundred games of Rummikub, we’ve decided to speed up our journey North. Lack of any cycle routes/paths and a very scary looking coastal road meant we couldn’t even get soaked on our bikes (again!)
Onwards to Krk to take stock of the weather forecast for next 10 days before making a decision on what comes next.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Oh no 🙈
06/06/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Oh very sorry to hear this, it reminds me of our last year's trip, I thought the sun would never come out. Fingers crossed you get some great sunshine soon. If it's any consolation it's freezing here at least you have some heat. Safe travels as always xxx
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- 3 nov 2022, 21:20
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitudine: 18 m
- Scozia Moray Elgin 57.633125, -3.30060757°37’59” N 3°18’2” W
Giorno 54
And thats a wrap!
3 novembre 2022, Scozia ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
So it’s the end of the road for now! Thank you to everyone who has followed us on this trip and for your comments and likes. It has also been a journey of discovery for us being our first big trip and we are so glad we decided to use the FindPenguins App to record it. 54 days on the road and we loved every minute of it! 5184 miles! Met some great people who have now become forever friends who we will definitely keep in touch with. Lovely to be home though of course. Ronnie is ready to start saving his pennies again! Steve finally got his Birthday present - an El Camino wrist strap with a loop with each country we visited on this trip.
Now it’s on to planning the next one……….Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore What a fabulous adventure for your first road trip, so many lovely places you have visited, been great following you with Find Penguins. Lots of great memories made. Pleased to hear you are home safe and sound and already planning the next one. Hope to see you on the road sometime, best wishes xx
04/11/22Risposta
Viaggiatore Well done to you both 👏👏
04/11/22Risposta
Viaggiatore It’s been great following your trip, and I’m looking forward to your next one! 🌎 xx
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- 2 nov 2022, 20:25
- 🌬 10 °C
- Altitudine: 78 m
- Inghilterra Belmont 54.795987, -1.53165854°47’46” N 1°31’54” W
Giorno 53
Last night……
2 novembre 2022, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Sad that it’s come to an end but we’ve just had the best adventure!
Spent our last night with fellow motorhomes Gillian & Stu who kindly picked us up and dropped us off from Durham Grange Caravan Park. Drinks at their house and on for a lovely meal with a red wine shower included! Pretty unique! Ha ha Love you guys and hope to catch up again soon xxLeggi altro
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Viaggiatore Aw it was brilliant to see you both. Great to share our European travel stories together. Sorry about the red wine, something to remember us by 😂 , I really hope the stains come out of all our clothes. Safe journey home, looking forward to seeing you at some point soon xxx
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- 1 nov 2022, 21:57
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitudine: 8 m
- Inghilterra York River Foss 53.951094, -1.08013353°57’4” N 1°4’48” W
Giorno 52
York
1 novembre 2022, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Couple of nights in York at Rowntree Park Caravan site. Lovely team who’d reserved us a nice big pitch. Very quiet and lovely facilities. Perfect location for visiting the centre of York.
We visited some friends who live here and as Patsy is ‘The Rhino Lady’ we thought it only right that Ronnie had his photo taken with her and her husband Jim today.
Weather was a bit grim so after a quick look in Cycle Heaven we headed back to Leo for an evening of Rummikub and Yahtzee.
Onwards to Durham tomorrow for our last night of the trip.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore What a joy to see you both - and to get my dripping tap fixed! Best friends ever x
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- 31 ott 2022, 11:05
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitudine: 111 m
- Inghilterra Lenham Sandway 51.225882, 0.69433551°13’33” N 0°41’40” E
Giorno 51
Welcome Home
31 ottobre 2022, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Belgium, France, Italy, France, Spain, France - no bother and then the UK. And then this 10 minutes from the tunnel.
90 minutes to do 7 miles. 5 miles to go. I wish I’d stayed in France 😤😡 And not a workman in sightLeggi altro
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Viaggiatore amazing how the road works hold you up work no-one around eeerrrr
31/10/22Risposta
Viaggiatore Oh no 😯
31/10/22Risposta
Viaggiatore And it gets worse……now got a 2hr 19min delay on the M25 - complete standstill 🤦🏼‍♀️
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- 30 ott 2022, 21:24
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitudine: 6 m
- Francia Hauts-de-France Quend Monchaux 50.319045, 1.60727750°19’9” N 1°36’26” E
Giorno 50
The last supper
30 ottobre 2022, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Well today was a day for reflecting on our trip - ie it was pouring rain!
We chilled, read and planned tomorrow’s getaway before heading up to the campsite restaurant for a our last supper!
We both decided it had to be Moules! Steves were marnière and mine were à la crème. Both delicious but not a patch on the ones we had at the Mussel Farm! Rounded off with a Chivas and a Baileys, this trip has been extra special in so many ways. And hey, a bonus that there hasn’t been a murder! Ha ha I think the fact that we’ve been married for 37 years has something to do with this!
Anyway Eurotunnel tomorrow and onwards to see friends in York.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore safe travels uou two. catch up soon.
30/10/22Risposta
Viaggiatore Have a safe journey xx
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Viaggiatore Cheers guys x
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- 29 ott 2022, 17:30
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitudine: 11 m
- Francia Hauts-de-France Quend Quend-Plage 50.323362, 1.54585350°19’24” N 1°32’45” E
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Giorno 49
Are we there yet
29 ottobre 2022, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Not quite 😉, but the channel is in view . Pushed on today and ended up at Camping Les Vertes Feuilles not far from Plage Quend . Last two nights before the tunnel beckons . The end is very near 😢, on the mainland anyway. Then the long trek up to Scotland
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Viaggiatore Drive safely Leo x
30/10/22Risposta
Viaggiatore We certainly will, see you soon x
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Viaggiatore what a beautiful photo
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- 28 ott 2022, 13:48
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitudine: 87 m
- Francia Pays de la Loire Le Mans Les Maillets 48.010042, 0.19839548°0’36” N 0°11’54” E
Giorno 48
Le Mans
28 ottobre 2022, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
So into Le Mans in daylight today after a night time soireé yesterday. Beautiful weather today so sleeveless tops and shorts!
Headed straight for Plantagenet Cité - it did not disappoint! So so pretty!
The houses of ‘Green’ ‘Red’ and ‘White’ pillars along with the House of Clefs!
Ronnie basked in the Fontaine du Jet d'Eau as we coiffed a couple of vin rouge. So wonderful to sit out on an autumn afternoon enjoying the wonders that this country has to show us.
Back to base at Camping Le Pont Romain for our second night and bbq’d burgers are on tonight’s dinner menu.
Northwards tomorrow but who knows where……Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore get your rain gear ready.....
30/10/22Risposta
Viaggiatore looks s very old city bit like ancient style by some photos betty pretty to
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- 27 ott 2022, 14:06
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitudine: 67 m
- Francia Pays de la Loire Dissay-sous-Courcillon 47.642333, 0.48867447°38’32” N 0°29’19” E
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Giorno 47
CAMPING-CAR park
27 ottobre 2022, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Joined C-C park as we ended up at one of their sites last night in Vatan travelling North. 5 Euro to join and 10 Euro for the night with all facilities and EHU - a bargain. A peaceful night 😴😴😴😴
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Viaggiatore So nice the parks you stay at
27/10/22Risposta
Viaggiatore where to next or you staying a few nights there
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Viaggiatore France is fantastic. Most Cities, towns and villages cater for Motorhomes , different story altogether in the UK
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- 25 ott 2022, 11:08
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitudine: 102 m
- Francia Nouvelle-Aquitaine Escoire 45.219733, 0.86536345°13’11” N 0°51’55” E
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Giorno 45
Heading North
25 ottobre 2022, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
With 5 nights to go before we go through the tunnel and a few miles to go yet our stops are undecided - major towns or village aires - either way it’s one nighters. And the temperatures are getting cooler. So to catch up. After leaving the Garlic Farm we stopped off at Camping Le Bois Du Coderc somewhere in the Dordogne. Loads of room, good pitches right on the river. We had a great bicycle ride through some amazing little villages - if I was fluent in French I would have certainly considered living here. It’s beautiful.
After a hearty, not so French breakfast we headed to Oradour Sur Glane. It’s one of the places I’ve wanted to visit because of my interest in WWll. Check it out on YouTube. And here we are Wednesday morning wondering where next .
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Viaggiatore Your photos are very autumnal now but still lovely. Stu would love your breakfast 😜. the WWII place is somewhere I would like to visit it looks amazing
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Viaggiatore Definitely worth a visit Gillian albeit quite upsetting
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Viaggiatore You have both had quite an adventure, making memories superb.
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Viaggiatore It’s been some trip mate
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