by Pip Adwin | 04 Jun, 2022 | France, New Beginnings - 2022
Trurnaround – New Directions Once More It’s six a.m. on Friday the third of June, and the air is full of the sound of birds welcoming the new day. Iggy the Hymer motorhome and I are the only ones awake in our little spot in Camping Lac Vert Plage, on the banks... 
by Pip Adwin | 18 Sep, 2020 | France, Motorhome Travel Tours, Portugal, Route Maps, Spain
Route Map to a New Life – Scotland to Portugal Hi, and welcome to the first in a new series of Travel Malarkey “Route Map” articles. In this new series I’m going to make up a number of route maps, showing all the destinations we’ve... 
by Pip Adwin | 28 Mar, 2020 | Covid-19, France, Tour Five Spring 2020
The Run For Home – Covid Diaries Part Two The day is Tuesday the 24th of March 2020, and it’s day seven of our self isolation back home in Iggy the Hymer. My fingers hesitate over the keys – not sure what to write. Not sure what my story is anymore,... 
by Pip Adwin | 02 Feb, 2020 | France, Mishaps & Misadventures, Nomad Life, Spain, Tour Five, Tour Five Spring 2020
A Very Scottish Brexit – Two Countries in One Day Iggy the Hymer motorhome has woken after three days in France, to a beautiful -t-shirt weather morning in Saint-Lons-les-Mines in French Basque country. The commune has kindly placed a free Aire at the top of the... 
by Pip Adwin | 28 Aug, 2019 | Autumn Tour 2019, England, France, Our Tree
Yggdrasil the Hymer motorhome begins today, as he ended yesterday. In the familiar and welcoming space of the Cite Europe motorhome parking in Calais. (50.932598,1.811900 ). The ferry has been caught, the channel has been crossed, and we are resting, briefly, in... 
by Pip Adwin | 05 Jul, 2019 | Ancient Ruins & Dwellings, France, Spring Tour 2019
After our quiet “day off” in Belin-Beliec we arrived yesterday at the spa town of Dax, a scant 44 miles as the crow flies from the Spanish border. And now Iggy the Hymer motorhome and I are watching the morning sun burn the frosting from the grass at the...