Eight years of voyaging, from Sept 1981 to Sept 1989. This account is not written with the benefit of hindsight, but simply records how we saw things at the time, warts and all.
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Since 2007 we have spent several months of each year travelling through Europe in our campervan. On this site you can read a condensed version of our travel diaries.
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Nautical Notes being the journal of a voyage from London to Adelaide commencing 26th April and ending 12 July, 1863 by John Henderson 1841-1903.
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The kingfisher or me? “We have a young kingfisher being attacked by the birds”. I know that rescues are seldom straightforward, and as kingfishers are not the easiest birds to care for I set out with some trepidation . “It is OK, it has been contained by the caller” I am told. The garden where […]
This sweet young Eastern Rosella was brought to me needing care. I could do little for it as it had the acute form of this disease as is most commonly observed in young or fledgling birds during their first feather formation after replacement of the neonatal down. Chicks as young as 2 months of age […]
INTO AUSTRIA We crossed over the short border with Slovenia without interruption and drove towards a camp site that is part of a thermal spa complex, one of many in the area, where the official tourist agency literature said that there was a parking area for motorhomes. However, as we approached it was clear that […]
INTO BULGARIA Friday 5 July Away latish after tidying up some internet stuff, then a fairly undistinguished run through agricultural farmlands as well as long stretches of industry. Bought fuel to use up our remaining Turkish lira, and the attendant asked whether we would like the (filthy) van washed. Yes, we said, but we’ve got […]
INTO TURKEY Monday 10 June Peaceful night, once Norma had requested a talkative group of nearby Italian neighbours to quieten down a bit! Then away and a quite pleasant run of only about 60 km on quiet roads through far-east Greece and to the long-anticipated border with Turkey. Waved easily out of Greece with only […]
