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August 15, 2024
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Saturday, August 10, 2024
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 69 m
Ireland Boyle 53.972954, -8.30986753°58’23” N 8°18’36” W
Bye bye House
August 10, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Setting off from Boyle
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Day 1
Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 5:02 PM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 70 m
Ireland Clones 54.176433, -7.23506754°10’35” N 7°14’6” W
Heading north at Clones
August 15, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Starting my journey north through Ireland up to the ferry. New winter shoes for Toddy tonight needed for Europe. Overnight at the fabulous new canal harbour at Clones.
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Day 2
Friday, August 16, 2024 at 5:13 PM
🌬 17 °C
Altitude: 68 m
Northern Ireland Drumard 54.48682, -7.71276754°29’13” N 7°42’46” W
Farewell Ireland
August 16, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
A day of dashing round vets & last check up in boat refurb. Now up in Northern Ireland at a lovely spot for the Boyz.
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Day 2
Friday, August 16, 2024
🌬 18 °C
Altitude: 51 m
Ireland Aghoo 54.030658, -7.7914354°1’50” N 7°47’29” W
Last check on the boat!
August 16, 2024 in Ireland ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
It’s all virtually stripped out now!
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Day 3
Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 207 m
Northern Ireland Beaghmore 54.719897, -6.92198754°43’12” N 6°55’19” W
Giants of Sperrins
August 17, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
2 of 3 Giants Found
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Day 3
Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 2:11 PM
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 189 m
Northern Ireland Beaghmore 54.720138, -6.91609554°43’12” N 6°54’58” W
Om Dark Sky Onservatory
August 17, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
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Day 3–4
August 17, 2024 at 5:09 PM - August 18, 2024
1 night
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 197 m
Northern Ireland Beaghmore 54.701313, -6.93642554°42’5” N 6°56’11” W
Beaghmore Stone Circle
Aug 17–18, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Ancient Golden retriever ritual of rolypolys in the centre of the circles
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Day 4–5
August 18, 2024 at 12:39 PM - August 19, 2024
1 night
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Northern Ireland Newport Trench 54.632388, -6.50579254°37’57” N 6°30’21” W
The Battery Bar
Aug 18–19, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Cracking parkup on shores of Lough Neagh. £10pn which gives you a voucher to spend in pub shop or off licence so effectively free parkup. Electric £5.
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Day 6
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 10:20 AM
🌬 13 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Northern Ireland Larne Ferry Port 54.848503, -5.79754754°50’55” N 5°47’51” W
Farewell Ireland
August 20, 2024 in Northern Ireland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
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Day 6–7
August 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM - August 21, 2024
1 night
🌬 15 °C
Altitude: 4 m
Scotland Terally Bay 54.72966, -4.91641354°43’47” N 4°54’59” W
Scotland!!
Aug 20–21, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
After Toddy passed his MOT we were full speed ahead on the ferry to Scotland. Then a drive to the most southerly point Mull of Galloway. Free beach view park up tonight.
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Day 7–8
August 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM - August 22, 2024
1 night
🌧 15 °C
Altitude: 19 m
Scotland Dumfries 55.071495, -3.61309255°4’17” N 3°36’47” W
Soggy NeverNeverLand
Aug 21–22, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
A soggy visit to Dumfries. Moved away from the coast as high winds due tonight. Free park up at the University
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Day 8
Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
🌬 16 °C
Altitude: 28 m
Scotland Gretna Green 55.006022, -3.06204755°0’22” N 3°3’43” W
I’m going to the chapel…
August 22, 2024 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Had to be done whilst passing!
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Day 8–9
August 22, 2024 - August 23, 2024
1 night
🌬 17 °C
Altitude: 20 m
England River Caldew 54.894828, -2.93744254°53’41” N 2°56’15” W
Carlisle capers
Aug 22–23, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
After my Gretna visit I headed to Carlisle as yet another storm was forecast. I also needed a new phone as my old iPhone 8 which I use as my uk phone was really starting to struggle. Great campervan parking by the castle £4.10 for 24hrs. I even ended up with a little twin van next to me overnight. Just had a quick walk past the cathedral & round the musical trail in Bitts park before retreating from the weather.Read more
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Day 9–10
August 23, 2024 at 1:19 PM - August 24, 2024
1 night
🌬 15 °C
Altitude: 161 m
England Vindolanda 54.991192, -2.36092854°59’28” N 2°21’39” W
In pursuit of Hadrians Wall!
Aug 23–24, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
Well I seem to be going from tourist attraction to tourist attraction & still not actually seen the wall! Or maybe I have & I haven’t realised it. First visit to Vindolanda which was a massive archeological site. It was £12.50 to go round & there were lots of stones but no idea if any of them were the wall. 😂
Next to The Sill as I fancied the rooftop walk but then got distracted also by the Shaun the sheep walk. On heading out I discovered I had to pay for parking & that you could also overnight park here for £10 so decided to stay put tonight as I’m tucked away in a corner & it’s good here for the dogs.
On wading through all the leaflets I’ve picked up discovered I can walk to the “famous” bit of Hadrians wall from here so will either do that tonight or in the morning. My pursuit of the wall continues ….Read more
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Day 10
Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 11:14 AM
🌬 14 °C
Altitude: 264 m
England Highshield Crags 55.003533, -2.37637555°0’13” N 2°22’35” W
Yay made it to Sycamore Gap
August 24, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
And I even stroked Hadrians Wall 😂
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Day 10
Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 12:51 PM
🌬 15 °C
Altitude: 236 m
England Sewingshields Crags 55.009797, -2.32410855°0’35” N 2°19’27” W
Not worth £11.80 to see the toilets!
August 24, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
A quick stop at Housestead to see the Roman toilets but on discovering it was £11.80 entry I decided not 😂🚽🧻. Quick photo of the wall that was free then onwards we go!
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Day 10–11
August 24, 2024 - August 25, 2024
1 night
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 185 m
England Tebay 54.448662, -2.60891354°26’55” N 2°36’32” W
Tebay Services
Aug 24–25, 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Normally a motorway services is last place I’d stop but tebay either it’s farm shop & amazing view is rather special. It’s £22 to park in campervans area or £26 with a £3 voucher to spend in services with full facilities. So Toddy is full of water toilet emptied everything charged & me showered. It was a beautiful wooded spot for the boyz.Read more
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Day 11–12
August 25, 2024 - August 26, 2024
1 night
🌬 15 °C
Altitude: 57 m
England Shireshead 53.950162, -2.75355853°57’1” N 2°45’13” W
New Parking near Dad
Aug 25–26, 2024 in England ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
My usual parking spot was rammed with Travellers - horses & caravans galore! So we had to quickly find a new spot. Luckily second spot was nice with great walkers round Scorton lake for the Boyz
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Day 12–13
August 26, 2024 - August 27, 2024
1 night
☁️ 18 °C
Altitude: 12 m
England Stanner Point 53.73877, -3.00715653°44’20” N 3°0’26” W
Beach side Parkup
Aug 26–27, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Great beachside park up at Lytham. P&D £10 overnight for campers is designated spots.
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Day 15–16
August 29, 2024 at 9:19 PM - August 30, 2024
1 night
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 61 m
England Otford 51.313549, 0.18766351°18’49” N 0°11’16” E
Otford Reunion
Aug 29–30, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Very long drive today almost 8hrs with queues on M25. It was hot weather too. Parked up near good friends tonight so had a great catch up. Free parking overnight. Pay from 9.30am but I’ll be offski by then.
Discovered my friends Sarah & Jacquie will be in Salzburg pretty much when I am so we’ve planned a catch up.Read more
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Day 16
Friday, August 30, 2024 at 11:01 AM
☁️ 19 °C
Altitude: 17 m
England Dover Ferry Terminal 51.129222, 1.33529751°7’45” N 1°20’7” E
Woohoo on an earlier ferry
August 30, 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Got to Dover 3hrs early in typical Sandra style & they put me straight in a ferry. Virtually first on fab windows seat.
TravelerWhere you heading misses?
8/30/24Reply
TravelerIn a big loop mostly through Germany. Maybe bit of Austria Prague & Netherlands too hopefully. Will see how it pans out.
8/30/24Reply
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Day 16–17
August 30, 2024 at 6:05 PM - August 31, 2024
1 night
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 6 m
France Canal de la Colme 50.830417, 2.21041350°49’50” N 2°12’37” E
Great holiday start
Aug 30–31, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Got last free spot in the Aire. Sussed out my headlight deflectors. Evening drinking vin rouge in Le Buffys with a couple from Wakefield 🤣🍷
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Day 17–18
August 31, 2024 at 1:53 PM - September 1, 2024
1 night
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 22 m
Belgium Péruwelz 50.518363, 3.6096850°31’6” N 3°36’35” E
Peruweltz Boats galore
Aug 31–Sep 1, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Today we headed into Belgium & stopped at a boat heaven park up. €5 pn collected by the Capitaine in an evening. Very hot today just chillaxing after a trip to Lidl.
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Day 18–19
September 1, 2024 at 12:58 PM - September 2, 2024
1 night
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 67 m
Belgium Strépy-Bracquegnies 50.477712, 4.10728950°28’40” N 4°6’26” E
Thieu boat lift
Sep 1–2, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
A very boaty day today visiting the boat lift with a boat trip too. Parked up by canal tonight €0.
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Day 19
Monday, September 2, 2024 at 2:37 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 324 m
Belgium Botselaar 50.753247, 6.02138150°45’12” N 6°1’17” E
The 3 countries meeting point 🇧🇪🇳🇱🇩🇪
September 2, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
A fab spot where all 3 countries meet with lots to f photo opportunities, eateries, shady forest walks, lift with viewing platform & a kids maze
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