Swanning around Spain

Leaving Spain today, quite a long journey planned, heading across the Pyrenees to a small town outside Pau called Morlaàs. The weather at the moment is fine ...

So I’m considering the journey back across the Pyrenees and up through France and I thinks to myself I better give the van a once over and check the tyre pre...

Well, well, well Expo Tyres Servicio did a fine job and me and Murvi are back in the game! I didn’t have to waste any more money on hotels and I get the bene...

“The van may be repaired by today.   The ABS cable has broken because of the wheel bearing.   Around 2 in the afternoon I will let you know to see what the f...

The hotel I am booked into had only one night available. Which means if the van isn’t fixed today (Friday) which it probably won’t be then I have to find ano...

As we all know (well we do now) Zaragoza is the home of the famous 19th century painter Francisco Goya. He is said to be a bridge between classical painting ...

So Ive arrived at a rather impressive municipal campsite in Zaragoza. €23/ night including electric. Nice showers and they even have a restaurant. All this i...

So, I tackled the traffic through Barcelona to reach the “gold star” Fiat service centre (according to  ChatGPT). It was massive, servicing the whole of the ...

So I left Sitges around lunchtime and after going through the routine grey water / black water servicing I headed off in the direction of Barcelona , a journ...

I had my first campsite shower this morning and very nice it was too! The van is sitting in a nice spot, not many other vans, however the site is massive. No...

I’ve come down from the mountains and landed in a nice town not too far, about 50 miles from Tarragona called Tarrega. It’s part old town and part modern ind...

I’ve been travelling in the high mountains this morning. Very steep winding roads, right up to the snow line. The weather is glorious and the views are fanta...