I left Minty in Basel for a week. Not because she’d been bad. And because she hadn’t been bad she got to stay at the lovely Camping Le Petit Port at Huningue, just the French side of Basel. Surrounded by trees, Polly and Minty had a near constant chorus of bird song. From there a […]
Author: Kelvin Collins
VanLife – a new reality.
The 12 month report. Numbers. Countries. Miles. Money. From way north in Norway, to the southern tip of Greece, this is a review of the highlights. It’s gathering of things we’ve learned, and thoughts to help anyone considering a similar life. 12 months on the road. Is that all? What most would consider to be […]
Loaded down with fine wine!
Alsace. After Ribeauville and Riquewhir it would be hard to believe that there could be more prettiness, but then comes Colmar. Near Germany. Near Switzerland. With 67,000 inhabitants it’s a big town, in fact the retail area is huge, yet it retains a small town feel. It’s Gothic. It’s medieval. It’s heaving with tourists, and […]
Champagne to Alsace, wine, wine, wine.
Champagne! Reims was too busy, too full, so rather than stop at what would have been my university town (had I not dropped out), we wandered on to the true capital of champagne, Épernay. Vines dominate the hillsides, but I understand that the big champagne houses are buying up tracts of south east Britain for […]
Take me to your tunnel.
It’s not quite a year since we packed up, rented the house and set off. 18,000 miles and 20 countries later we made it back to Cornwall for a brief stay. Now we’ve hit the road again. Buzzing around England (and Wales) put 1200 miles on the clock before we left home shores. I consider […]
Leaving what you love.
The wild coast, the barren moors, the long empty beaches. The welcoming pubs, the not so welcoming pubs. The people you know and settle straight into conversation with, no need for introductions, no need to bridge the gap, even if you haven’t seen them in months. Familiar routes that you follow without a map, or […]