As Brits, we love to talk about, perhaps even complain about the weather. We thought that we were being a little self centred with our perspective on the weather over the last year, not so. We have talked to people all over Europe, residents and visitors. The common theme is that the weather is, colder [...]
A lovely picturesque country. The people are friendly and helpful, it’s clean, lots of high quality fresh produce. The down side, it’s expensive, two orange juices bought in Interlaken, 17 Swiss francs, 10 quid! There is a tax on everything, which you pay in addition to campsite fees. About half as much again, thats why we [...]
Took the train to Luzern from Meiringen. After about a kilometer the train has to make an assent up a very steep incline, this it achieves by using a third rail which is toothed and engaged by a cog wheel mounted under the loco. The transition and climb were very smooth, over the top and down [...]
We took a circular route up to some of the high passes and then down, and then up, and then down again. In terms of distance driven about 8o miles, Linear measurement on a map about half of that. The snow at the tops is still about ten to twelve feet high in places, (see the pictures). [...]
Since we started our travels, at least since we have been towing a trailer with a car on we seem to generate some interest, at times we feel like a spectacle. Some examples, a site in Somerset. We had literally just pulled onto the site when we were approached by an excited man who stopped us. It turned out [...]
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On Monday 31st May we left the site near Berlin and headed south, roughly. It is quite a distance, so we decided to take two days, selecting a site near Nurnberg for a nights stop over, that was the start of our troubles. We arrived at the site where the welcome was less than friendly. [...]
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