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Campervan travels in the Uk and Europe.
We are two ageing and appreciative adventurers looking to turn the page on a new chapter of our lives.....

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The untimely death of William Armstrong….
Since our last post from Falkland, we have been back to Glasgow for a night, set off again and visited Leadhills, Moffat, Lochmaben and...
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Apr 2, 20246 min read


Iona’s Song of the Week - No 14
This weeks “Song of the Week” kinda picked itself! It comes from an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frederic Handle...
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Mar 31, 20241 min read


Everyday is a school day….
We have had some great days at the "Pillars of Hercules" in Fife and enjoyed a few pleasant walks into Falkland, the nearest town. While...
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Mar 25, 20241 min read


Iona’s Song of the Week - No 13
It's time for 'Song of the Week' again, and this time, I have chosen the tune I was going to use last Sunday until I discovered that...
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Mar 24, 20241 min read


Iona heads east in 2024….
Friday and Iona is out and about again; we are heading east, where Scotland has less rain just now! We set off towards the Larick...
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Mar 23, 20242 min read


Iona’s Song of the Week - No 12
This week’s “Song of the Week” changed during the day due to receiving the news that its composer, Stephen Malcolm Ronald Nice, better...
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Mar 17, 20241 min read


Iona’s Song of the Week - No 11
This week's "Song of the Week" is prompted by a gig we went to last night in Kinross. The band are a tribute band, and I first...
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Mar 10, 20241 min read


What is Life without music? (Iona’s “Song of the Week - No 10”)
Iona’s Blogs have, in the past, featured a few musical selections, and for those of you who follow Iona Cali on Telegram...
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Mar 4, 20241 min read


A recap of our last trip…..
Here is a montage of images and videos from our latest trip…..
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Feb 29, 20241 min read


2024, trip two continues….
As we set off from Moffat, we had several options for our next destination; however, neither of us seemed to be in a decisive mood, so we...
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Feb 25, 20243 min read


2024, month two, trip two…..
With a hiatus in our social calendar, Nadia and I jumped at the chance to give Iona another early season spin, so we decided to head...
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Feb 19, 20242 min read


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Jan 18, 20240 min read


‘24, I think, is gonna be a good year….’
“Got a feeling '21 is gonna be a good year, especially if you and me see it in together. I had no reason to be over-optimistic but...
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Jan 4, 20243 min read


Go West, Young Man!
Le Corbusier's masterpiece seems quite a while ago, so let's see what we have been up to since...... After leaving Ronchamp (sigh!), we...
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Oct 15, 20232 min read


Forgive my indulgence…….
I hope you don't mind if I take some time to describe how I ticked off a bucket list item next! However, before I get to that, we spent...
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Oct 7, 20235 min read


Luxembourg and further south…..
It is fair to say that we enjoyed our time in Belgium, and Bruges was a delight! And so, as we made our way south, we stopped off in...
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Oct 4, 20233 min read


and on to Belgium…
After we visited Amsterdam, Jackie and Jim headed south to Britany, so we bade them farewell before we sauntered south to Oosterhout in...
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Sep 29, 20234 min read


Amsterdam it is, then….
As we approached Amsterdam, we made our way to our campsite, Camping Zeeburg, on the city's east side and were soon settled on our...
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Sep 25, 20232 min read


Europe, here we come….
And so our last planned trip of the year just kicked off! The fact that the journey has been thought through meant that we knew from the...
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Sep 21, 20233 min read


The Mid Sussex Music and Ale Festival, Hassocks
On Friday morning, as we sat enjoying a mug of freshly brewed coffee, we were joined by another caravan as new campers turned up. This...
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Aug 27, 20232 min read

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