Ahhh, the luxury of a hotel night. A bathroom only a few steps away from the bed and a large breakfast just a short elevator ride from the room door. We woke feeling pretty exhausted to be honest, but the gentle start, a splendid shower and big feed soon got us back on track. We… Read more

There was a little bit of rain in the night and a few drops remained as we cycled out of camp this morning with jackets on. We’ve decided to leave the coast now and head for Brugge Belgium. We took a short detour after sighting the impressive church spire of Middelburg, and almost stopped in… Read more

The flowers in the meadow seemed even more vibrant in the morning sunshine. I could have slept more, but we’d decided to push onto a campsite further away, so needed to keep things moving. Packing away didn’t take that long, but when you only have two small panniers, there’s only so long you can take… Read more

We were woken gently by the sound of birdsong through the ships tannoy, followed by a very loud announcement to let us know that it was 05:30am and breakfast was about to be served! We stayed in bed until 06:30 and at 07:00, rolled off the front of the boat and into Holland… Once we’d… Read more

Another day, another country to travel through! This time on bike… To avoid some of the UK traffic, we left The Cottage shortly after 6am and drove with the bikes loaded in the back of the van to Loddington, where we had a happy day flying the kite and catching up with Mom and the… Read more

Conditions were looking good for a night out under the stars, so after the morning of snorkelling at the beach, we packed one lot of kit away and re-loaded rucksacks with camping gear, setting off in to the mountains at around 7pm. There was a good sunset in progress and we made our way uphill.… Read more