While Ellen & I were in South Africa in November 2024 there was already talk of a trip for Lynne to Europe; to visit us […]
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🇸🇮 Austria & Slovenia 2025 (II)
⬅️ Continued from part I … Day 5 was the start of the Slovenian section of our holiday, with an exit from Croatia. We drove […]
Read more🇦🇹 Austria & Slovenia 2025 (I)
Keen to try another camper trip, and in particular to test the use of a smaller camper, Ellen & I rented a buscamper for a […]
Read more🇳🇱 Telgt winetasting
Ellen & I were gifted a winetasting at a local vineyard and in late August we had our date at the Wijngaard Telgt, just outside […]
Read more🇧🇪 Spa-Francorchamps 2025
Luc & I once again had a motorsports-themed father-son weekend when we visited the circuit of Spa-Francorchamps for the 24-hour WEC weekend. We went in […]
Read more🇧🇪 Gent 2024
Luc had planned for a cycling trip to the UK, and of course his parents helped him … 😉Ellen & I dropped him off in […]
Read more🇳🇴 Norway 2023 (IV) – history, and generally homeward bound
Our departure from Tungestølen involved the return journey down the valley, past Veitastrond and the Veitastrondavatnet, once again at a relaxed pace. We headed from […]
Read more🇳🇴 Norway 2023 (III) – troll steps & glaciers
Our southbound journey was now a fact, and more tourist routes awaited us – the first would be the Trollstigen, the ‘troll steps’ ascending ±700m […]
Read more🇳🇴 Norway 2023 (II) – Bergen, and beyond
After the volume of rain that we had experienced, our approach to Bergen was sunny; a relatively short drive into the southern reaches of the […]
Read more🇳🇴 Norway 2023 (I) – storm Hans
After months of anticipation, gathering information, and creating a rough plan/itinerary, the first Friday of August brought our 2023 summer holiday up close, with us […]
Read more🇩🇪 Nürburgring Classic 2023
As a treat for Luc’s completion of his final year at secondary school we had a father-son weekend at the Nürburgring Classic during the last […]
Read more🇮🇹 Rome Rugby Tour 2023
The last weekend of February saw Luc & I in Rome on a rugby tour – Luc as one of the HilDogs Colts (the 2022/2023 […]
Read more🇨🇿 Czechia 2022
After our initial attempt to visit the Czech Republic in the May school holidays had a last-minute adjustment (and resulting cancellation), we made our plans […]
Read more🇮🇹 Milan 2019
During the first weekend of October I joined a group of colleagues on a vendor-sponsored trip to Milan; it was a blitz visit just with […]
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