On the Road Again – Racing the Brexit Clock to Bulgaria Sunday the eleventh of October and my eyes creep open to the early morning light in Medinaceli, Spain. One day, 612 kilometres, and a lifetime away from yesterday’s awakening near Monsanto in Portugal....
Residency in Portugal – Travel Malarkey Get Our CRUE It’s Thursday the first of October 2020 as I wake up for the first time as a legal resident of Portugal. The early morning sun is glinting through Iggy’s not quite shut blinds, and it is a pleasantly cool...
A New Deadline – Dreaming of a September Migration The heat of a perfect day is cooling, and the crows caw raucously as they jostle for roosting space in their trees by the stream. Iggy’s windows are still wide open, mosquito nets firmly shut, and I loll lazily...
Lockdown Fitness Day Two – A New Bike Day Two Saturday 11th April dawned clear and sunny as we prepared to leave the farm for the first time in twenty-four days. I could feel butterflies jumping in my stomach at the thought of going out among people again. But...
The Big Lockdown Fitness Challenge – Day One Day One It’s Friday the 10th of April as I type up the first day’s results of “Fi & Jay’s Big Lockdown Fitness Challenge”. We’ve been wanting to up our fitness levels –...
From Gijon to Quarantine – Part One – The Covid Diaries It’s Saturday the 21st of March and I have woken reluctantly from a sleep that was broken by coughing. It is day four of our self isolation in Iggy the Hymer motorhome. It is possible I may have the...
