Northern Portugal

Banana trees, oranges and verdant valleys
Day trip to Oporto

It's been ten years since I went to Porto and it's even lovelier! Loads of cool cafes, did a boat trip to see the bridges, ate amazing pizza and watched people jump off the Eiffel bridge more than 20Lue lisää
Camping Quinta Valboom

Really sweet Dutch run site. We are camping under orange trees and can pick them as much as we like. The pool is surrounded by lush banana trees, feels like we could be in Brazil. The hosts cooked usLue lisää
Santiago de compostelo

Lovin this perfect pocket of city living. Medieval streets, beer festival and the very freshest seafood. Music on every corner, including a Galician folk band that lights up the Gallic roots of thisLue lisää
Abastos 2.0 santiago.

Total foodie heaven but the kids weren't too impressed, I asked for a kid friendly meal option and they got fondue with egg and roast bacon and hake empanadas 👀
Marvellous Muros

Missed the Islas cies ferry this morning but made up for it at Muros, where the oyster-laden rias meets the Atlantic in Western Galicia. Colourful houses tumble into the salty water and the beachesLue lisää
Esteiro - low key beach life

Cool vibe, few cervezerias y yesta. Untouched white beach. Lots of picnics going on.
Wild camping on the costa de morte

About to have a beach BBQ. No loos! Camping with a group of really friendly Brit surfers who've been on the road for months in very cool vans. Some have camped on this beach for 3 weeks. EveryoneLue lisää
Camping Sisargas

With our heads full of last nights dolphins and by-the-sea adventures it's nice to get back to a campsite with loos, pizza and stuff for the kids to do. Camping under eucolyptus and pine trees.
Razo beach - surfs up

Messing around on the beach, warm but cloudy so feeling right at home :)
Prai as toradas

A Coruña

A salty city of surf, culture and commerce (and football)
Clifftop camping near Luarca

Wow, laid back camping at the top of a cliff in Asturias - famous for cider and cheese. You have to pour the cider from great height to get bubbles! Weather not great but beautiful inside space if itLue lisää
Parque de la vida

A baby rat peed on my hand!
Luarca

Lovely Luarca, a white town on a green coast. Is this really Spain?
Gijon: our last day in Spain

Another day, another port. Looked around this very handsome town before a long drive into France to our favourite campsite from last year where kids, horses, pigs, bunnies and pot bellied pigs roamLue lisää
Esperbasque day 1: ponies, ponies, ponie

This campsites motto - we have no rules, only love. Ping pong in the hay barn, old French cars to tinker with and the kids can catch and groom and ride the ponies, pet the pot bellied pig and swoonLue lisää
Sauvettere: Sunday river swims

Messing about in the river Bearn, floating on rings and looking up at Sauvettere castle. Bright blue dragonflies are everywhere.
Bbq sunday at Esperbasque

Once-in-a-blue-moon sausage sandwich with home made dill and cucumber pickles and bbq veg with honey and mustard dressing. Who said camping food needs to be boring?!
Sarlat: Just arrived in the Dordogne

Surrounded by sunflower fields, had a 5 hour drive cross country to get here, me as pilot. Stressful for is all but amazing to get here and can't wait to get in the river tomorrow, hire a boat andLue lisää
Sarlat: crowds and cutesey buildings

Teeming with folk but very pretty. The home of foie gras and Perigord truffles.
Perigeaux

Pretty as a peach
Brantome

The Venice of The Dordogne apparently.
Cycling along the Vois Vert

30k with Flora on a follow on and Jemima on her own bike, longest family rode we've done, legs are getting longer!!
Dawdling down the Dordogne

16k from Carzac to La Roque