French alps so far, until Switzerland Sunday
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Not been out of the UK in the van so far.
However I did do this trip in a motorbike:
However I did do this trip in a motorbike:
Furthest distance was Norway. Covered 6,000 miles in 5 weeks. Only drove as far north as Bodo too. Sailed/flew the extra distance to Tromso!
Longest time was this year when we did 10 weeks around Spain and Portugal. That was 5,000 miles.
Longest time was this year when we did 10 weeks around Spain and Portugal. That was 5,000 miles.
Nice pic!
We camped a couple down from you at a campsite in the Ardennes, Belgium last year. Your partner handed us a business card
Have a great trip.
This is epic, love it.
2 weeks and 3000 miles in the Alps on a motorbike, exactly 7 years ago!
I'll better this in a few weeks with 3 weeks in the van in Europe.
I'll better this in a few weeks with 3 weeks in the van in Europe.
Pat and myself have done Holland 1998 on motorbike.
Benidorm 2002 motorbike.
Farro 2003 motorbike.
Lloret de Mar 2004 on motorbike.
2010 France, Belgium, Germany on motorbike.
2007 - 2018 regular trips to France and Spain in motorhome.
Not left the Uk in our T6.1 as yet.
Benidorm 2002 motorbike.
Farro 2003 motorbike.
Lloret de Mar 2004 on motorbike.
2010 France, Belgium, Germany on motorbike.
2007 - 2018 regular trips to France and Spain in motorhome.
Not left the Uk in our T6.1 as yet.
Me neither, absolutely zero interest in doing so either.
Furthest trip so far (and ever likely to be) north coast of Scotland.
Do it. They are fantastic.
Lots of trips to French, Italian Alps, Ventoux and Switzerland, Leichenstein etc over the years in L200 pickups.
In my old Caravelle so far- Winter skiing to Venosc, Ventoux and just back from Corfu last night, via France, Switzerland, Italy East coast, to Brindisi, ferry to Corfu stay for a week, West coast Italy to Monte Casino, Rome and then a week in Venosc in France
In my old Caravelle so far- Winter skiing to Venosc, Ventoux and just back from Corfu last night, via France, Switzerland, Italy East coast, to Brindisi, ferry to Corfu stay for a week, West coast Italy to Monte Casino, Rome and then a week in Venosc in France
The Uists/Eriskay/Benbecula are stunning. Spent some time on South Uist as a kiddie while my Dad worked there and we still have a de-crofted cottage that we let the whole family use. Even set the story of one of my books on the Western Isles.
Mrs Sasquatch retires Easter 2026 and we may move there.
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It's an incredible place, but I don't think I'd be able to live there!
They do say that most incomers quit after the first winter. The ones who stay say "it can't be that bad again, surely?", and then quit when it is!
And the isolation!!
I'd love to live in Scotland, in fact when I come to hopefully buy my own house in a few years, Scotland will be something I'll look at.
However, I'd be looking at the slightly more reasonable area of Perthshire (Dunkeld/Aberfeldy/Pitlochry area), not the outer Hebrides...
Edinburgh within 90 minutes, the Cairngorms a stones throw up the A9, Fort William to the west, beaches to the east, and heaps of mountain biking, and hiking literally on the doorstep.
Me too, way too many people down here and only going to get worse.
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