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Final Stretch of the Big Portugal Adventure
From the Cantabrian Highway to the M5 ...............
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FROM RURAL PORTUGAL TO THE GOLDEN SANDSTONE CITY OF SALAMANCA AND BEYOND
“Once more unto the breach…….” I thought, as I left the relaxation and security of the known, in my son’s lovely house in a Portuguese village, and set…
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Heading Home....
Thank you Storm Aline. Or maybe it’s all the fault of Babette? Whichever, it’s not good news for my trip home. The Portuguese government just sent me a…
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Drifting south from Porto.....
Walking with Toby on the beach at Vila Cha yesterday evening, as I’m always on the lookout for a good place to have a coffee I’d clocked a…
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Joining the pilgrims in Santiago de Compostela, and onwards to Portugal…..
New country, new language, new time zone.......
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Along the Cantabrian Highway to Santiago
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To Plymouth and across the sea……
. “A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step….” So said Laozi in 6th century BC China. Well, this journey, from Rutland to Ulgueira, near…
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COUNTDOWN TO PORTUGAL
Two days to go........
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The Big Portugal Adventure
From a village in Rutland to a village in Portugal, across the sea and 1000 km by land - with a campervan novice and her dog
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Back on the Road Again!
Yorkshire's coast and moorland, and Wet (but beautiful) Wales
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February 2023

From Campervan to Crutches
In two short months
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November 2022

Snapshots of Georgia
Will you allow me a slight detour to Georgia, in this episode of Travels with Toby with no Toby and no George?
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