Peter's Travel Blog

This was our final morning in Europe. We were up at 7:30am, and away by 9am. The drive to the Port of Calais took about 50 minutes. On arrival, we had to queue for, and pass by, three different booths. The first was manned by a P&O operative, who confirmed our ferry booking, issued us with a ticket for the...

This was our final push across Europe, with five-plus hours of driving to get us from Nancy to De Panne, just over the border, in Belgium, overlooking the English Channel. I’d run the diesel right down yesterday, so the first job of the day was to find some fuel. Unfortunately, there wasn’t quite enough in the tank to get us...

Today, we vacated our pitch at Jungfrau Camping Site and checked out about 10am. It was dry and sunny as we decamped, but we were still in the shade, so unfortunately the awning had to be packed away damp. I think we both felt a little bit sad leaving Switzerland – we’d enjoyed our stay so much – and as...

It’s our final day in Switzerland. Tomorrow we will be breaking camp and heading North, back into France, towards home. We had planned to take the awning down tonight, but the forecast tells us it’ll be dry overnight, which means there’s a greater chance of packing it away dry in the morning (always preferable). So it stays up, for now....

We have just two more days in Lauterbrunnen before we have to leave and head towards home. As forecast, today was grey and overcast with low clouds and occasional showers – a good day to stay near to the campsite and do a few chores. One of those chores was to do some shopping. The only supermarket we’ve found in...