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    Impressive National Park

    1 agosto 2025, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Our first major objective on the island is the West Coast and the World Heritage Gros Morne National Park. The scenery is breathtaking-taking with rugged shorelines, fjords and the unique desert-like tablelands area of the national park which is one of the (very) few places where you can walk on the earth’s mantle. Light houses, fishing villages, churches and cemeteries are plentiful (I think this will be a common theme on the island)Leggi altro

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    Tough Fishing Towns

    3 agosto 2025, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    After the West Coast, we head to the centre of the island and its northern coast. They see ice bergs here in spring (unfortunately, we were a little late in the season), and it’s not hard to imagine the tough life carved out by fishermen over the past four centuries. The towns have a rough beauty about them and we were blessed by great wether (which, we were frequently told, is very, very, rare)Leggi altro

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    Our First Puffins

    5 agosto 2025, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    We continue across the North Coast of the island. Small cove (and fishing village) one after another. It’s beautiful, but easy to appreciate how tough life must have been. We go on a few coastal walks with wonderful views and, at last, we come across a Puffin colony.Leggi altro

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    St John’s

    9 agosto 2025, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    We arrive in the Provincial capital, St John’s, under beautiful weather but increasing wild fire threats. The wind is helping on the coast, but the skies are becoming increasingly smoky. We enjoy our time in the city, where the majority of the island’s population lives and works. It’s a great natural habour that has supported fishing for over 500 years. Downtown is lively in the evenings, and you don’t have to look far to see the strong Irish influence.Leggi altro

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    Tough Country

    11 agosto 2025, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    After St John’s, we have a couple of days before we need to catch the ferry back to the mainland. This gives us time to look at the far East and South coasts of the island. First stop is Cape Spear, the most Easterly point of Canada (and North America). This completes our geographical quad - the most Easterly, Westerly and Northern points accessible by road in North America, after getting to the most southerly road accessible point in South America a couple of years ago. After about an hour of driving the population dwindles. The weather here is dominated by thick fogs and fierce winds. The few villages are spread out and life looks very tough. Light houses (which also have very, very loud horns - because you can’t see the light through the fog) are plentiful.Leggi altro

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    A New Deadline

    14 agosto 2025, Canada ⋅ 🌧 19 °C

    Our return to the mainland coincides with advice (finally) from the shipping company of the date to drop the Troopy off in Montreal. We’ve got nine days! So, we go the long way (which, admittedly, was the original plan) - 2,000km following the shoreline of the St Lawrence, and allowing for a few days in Quebec City and a full day to prep the Troopy. It’s a fair bit of driving each day, but the scenery is great. Still plenty of churches, cemeteries and lighthouses and we don’t have to travel far to encounter great views across the river/bay.Leggi altro

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    Quebec City

    19 agosto 2025, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    We find a good campground on the outskirts of Quebec City and spend a full day preparing the Troopy and ourselves for the move across the Atlantic. With this sorted, we then have a couple of days to explore the city. It’s been about 22 years since we last visited. The history is fascinating and the city is vibrant. You’re never left wondering about their French heritage.Leggi altro

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    Success!!

    24 agosto 2025, Canada ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    We get the Troopy to Montreal with only one minor problem - the handbrake is playing up. At this point it shouldn’t be a problem. We give instructions not to use it (shouldn’t be required) and we hand it over. We have a couple of hours to kill before we move to our Air BnB downtown so we visit the bowling alley next door for a bit of fun. We then have a few days before our flight to the US, so we about exploring Montreal by foot. The last time we were here it was about -20, so it’s a completely different experience this time. With the pressure of getting the truck shipped off our shoulders, we really enjoy our time in the city.Leggi altro

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    New York, New York

    28 agosto 2025, Stati Uniti ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    We have about three weeks to fill in while we wait for the Troopy to clear customs in the UK. Our first stop is New York. While we’ve been here on numerous occasions, the city never fails to fascinate us. But while the sights keep us amused, the highlight and purpose of the trip was to see the lovely Cheryl (unfortunately, Paul was in Australia).Leggi altro

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    A New Continent

    31 agosto 2025, Finlandia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    We arrive in Europe with our flight from New York to Helsinki. We’ve been here before and we only have a day and a half, but it’s enough to re-familiarise ourselves with the city. We do a city walk and enjoy some seafood in the stalls along the waterfront. The UN says it’s the happiest country in the world. It does seem very pleasant, although, they can keep their weather.Leggi altro

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    Valletta - Part 1

    3 settembre 2025, Malta ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    It’s going to take a couple more weeks before we can pick up the Troopy, so we toss around a number of options. We come up with a great solution - Malta! We’ve not been there before (it becomes the 82nd country we’ve visited), and the weather (and costs) look far more attractive than the UK. First stop is Valletta, the nation’s capital, and it doesn’t disappoint. The broader capital region covers a number of heavily populated peninsulas. The people are friendly, the water and air are (very) warm, and the history of the place is fantastic.Leggi altro

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    Valletta - Part 2

    6 settembre 2025, Malta ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

    We’re enjoying Malta so much, and a check of British weather confirms our suspicions, that we decide to extend our time in Malta by a couple of days (and still get to Southampton in time for the Troopy’s arrival). There is plenty to keep us occupied in Valletta. We have daily swims in the warm Mediterranean water and exploring Malta’s fascinating history and vibrant daily life.Leggi altro

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    Gozo

    9 settembre 2025, Malta ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Having spent a week in the capital, we get a hire car and head to Malta’s “second” island, Gozo. It takes over an hour to travel the 50kms to the ferry, which only takes about 30 minutes to travel the 15km to Gozo. It’s less populated, but feels very similar to the main island. Great architecture and history, friendly people and clear, blue water (nothing like a paucity of rainfall to keep the ocean clear). There are forts and churches everywhere, and we have no problems filling in our few days on the island. The roads are…….. interesting, designed more for a horse and carriage rather than two-way traffic.Leggi altro

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    Worked out as planned

    16 settembre 2025, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    We depart Malta with the news that the Troopy has arrived in the UK and has been cleared by customs. Fantastic! But we’ve still got a few days to kill before we can pick it up. Fortunately, this period coincides with Mark and Jo visiting London, so we get the opportunity to have a day with them. The rest of the time is spent in the Southampton/Portsmouth area. Apart from a flat battery, the Troopy is in good condition. We pick it up and head for the (next) ferry in North-West Wales.Leggi altro

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    No New Flag

    20 settembre 2025, Galles ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    We managed to get the faulty handbrake inspected in Portsmouth, but unfortunately, it couldn’t be fixed. We need a new cable, which we’ll have to bring back with us on the next trip. So we head (somewhat) cautiously towards the ferry in Northern Wales. For most of the way the weather was atrocious, so only a few stops (the photos were all taken the morning of the ferry trip when the weather cleared, but it was only about 6 degrees). To fill in time while driving in the rain, there was much discussion over the whether or not the Troopy should receive a Welsh flag. Lisa was a firm no, based on the lack of formal nation status, whereas my “yes” argument was based on Wales having an international rugby team and the flag having a dragon on it. I lost.Leggi altro

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    A Glimpse of Ireland

    23 settembre 2025, Irlanda ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    The ferry crossing to Ireland is smooth (a good thing without a handbrake) and we arrive at Dublin port in the late afternoon and make our way to the campground on the Western side of the city. We only have three days, and the focus is on preparing the Troopy for storage and ourselves for the return home. But we do manage to spend a little time looking round the city (and probably a disproportionate amount of time in the Guinness factory). The highlight is the unplanned catch up with Nick and Suzy. We add a new flag to the Troopy to put it to bed an hour North of the city. It’s now going to take a week to get home.Leggi altro

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    2nd Stop-over

    29 settembre 2025, Tailandia ⋅ 🌧 31 °C

    An 11 hour flight from Helsinki gets us to our second stop-over location - Bangkok. We only have 48 hours in the city - not enough to get over the jet lag, but we do have a good walk around Chinatown and the older parts of the city. The Thais are lovely people and the food is great.Leggi altro

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