Author: Kelvin Collins

The empty road. Heading east towards Lugo on a Sunday.  Fiesta Sunday.  The towns are packed.  The big road is empty.  50kms and hardly a car.  It doesn’t feel real for driving to be this easy. Can I leave the van do its thing and climb in the back to make a cup of tea? […]

The first blog is always the hardest. The easy thing is to not write it at all. Writing is like a muscle, exercise and it works better. Let’s test the theory… The Grey Ferry. Llanes and other Spanish adventures. The huge Pont Aven ferry leaves Plymouth 15 minutes late.  The team is stressed, it has […]

The scent of home is lupin and bluebell. Huge drifts of bush lupin surround the caravan. The thicket field is deep covered in bluebell. Heading home. A night in the disused station car park at Roscoff (romantic).  Roscoff in the sunshine.  Next thing we’re entering the gates of Hades again as we board the sixth ferry […]

Last week I posted a short blog. Today it’s a bumper version. It’s varied – I hope you enjoy it. The Alps.  There’s a motorway from Turin through the Alps, including an extremely long tunnel. It’ll set you down near Briançon.  The tunnel is pricey at €70 in a van.  It wasn’t the cost that […]

There are days when there’s no need to move on and the temptation to stay pulls strong.  We have a ferry in four days.  We could cover the distance in a morning.  Or we could see more and be out of the (Taormina) tourist trap. Out before it fills on Saturday morning.  We opt to […]

Caltagirone. Inland, the hill town of Caltagirone is a hotbed of ceramic talent.  The churches are topped with ceramic tiled domes. Every pillar, bollard and practically every wall has tiled decorations. Street planters are huge prettily painted pots. And while we’ve seen ceramics everywhere on the island, here the extravagance, colour and detail pushes the […]