Day 119, August 12th.  Bratislava, Slovakia – Bad Aibling, Germany, 28 - 39C, sunny, humid Vienna is wasted on us, at this stage in the...

Day 113, August 6th.  Valea Lunga Romana, Romania – Lakitelek, Hungary, 21 - 34C, sunny We might be back in the Schengen area, but any...

Day 107, July 29th.  Dobra, Serbia – nr. Novaci, Romania 24 - 37C, sunny We smile, nod, and mumble a little embarrassedly as we’re...

Day 105, July 27th.  Sushice, nr. Pristina, Kosovo – nr. Vranje, Serbia, 24 - 38C, sunny Leaving Kosovo is rather less hectic than...

Day 100, July 22nd.  Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia – nr. Pristina, Kosovo, 21 - 37C, sunny Arriving at the Kosovan border, the quiet,...

Day 91, July 13th.  Uvak canyon, Serbia – Biograd Lake National Park, Montenegro, 30 - 41C, sunny It takes us ten minutes to get stamped...

Day 89, July 11th.  Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina – nr. Uzice, Serbia, 28 - 41C, sunny We’re a little apprehensive entering Serbia,...

Day 85, July 7th.  Trogir, Croatia – Blagaj, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 30 - 40C, sunny Five kilometres after we enter Bosnia, the motorway...

Day 80, July 2nd.  nr. Bzuljack, Slovenia – Plitvice, Croatia, 20 - 24C, sunny, cloudy After our packed final day in Slovenia, it’s...

Day 73, June 25th.  Treviso – nr Brestovica, Slovenia, Veneto, 23-30C, thunderstorms, rain, sunny We cross the border to Slovenia in late...

Day 63, June 15th.  Subiaco - Rome, Lazio, 19-33C, sunny Our drive to Rome from Subiaco is enlivened by several things: 1.        It only...

Day 54, June 6th.  Mount Etna, Sicily – nr Palmi, Calabria, 16-32C, cloudy, sunny Anyone arriving in mainland Italy via Villa San...

Day 44, May 27th.  Annaba – Tunis, 24-38C, sunny Crossing into Tunisia is straightforward. All within the confines of the same concrete...

Day 38, May 21st.  Ghardaia – Foughala, 24-29C, sunny It’s a big day’s drive today – nearly 450 kilometres north / north-east, heading...

Capbreton, France, 19th April The French take their food VERY seriously.  In comparison to the British, on a school food comparison...

Day 32, May 15th.  Oran.  24-29C, sunny It’s nearly 10am.  We emerge from our little metal box and walk rather wobblily to the outside...

Day 30, May 13th.  Tangier – Tarifa – Gibraltar - Ronda.  19-31C, sunny Our intention is to cover three countries today – albeit one of...

Day 22, May 5th.  Merzouga – Todra Gorge.  24 – 37C, sunny We aim for a prompt ‘striking camp’ this morning, primarily to be fully packed...

Day 16, April 29th. Tangier – Chefchaouen The days don’t start early in Tangier, despite the muezzin’s best efforts, with his sprightly...

Day 10, April 23rd.  306 miles, Pamplona – Alba de Tormes.  7C – 19C, raining, eventually cloudy, sunny Pamplona isn’t improved by a good...