Tapp's Travels

We were happy to leave the “snow” in Segovia.  It was two inches deep in places under the poplar trees – which should be renamed un-poplar at this time of year.  The stuff gets everywhere and is very sticky when…

We heard that there was going to be a football match in Madrid at the weekend.  Our site is predicted to be super-full as opposed to just standard-weekend-over-occupied.  So we decided to re-locate to Riaza, about 50 miles further away…

Taking the road south out of our valley, we found a lovely little bakery/cafe in Canencia.  Right on the “main” street.  But “main” is a bit misleading.  In half an hour four bikes and two cars passed us on their…

It’s been so long, I’ve almost forgotten.  After a (weekend) night next to the barbeque area at Haro with about 2.2 amps of electricity, we dashed off south to get away from the cold weather and the crowded site.  And…

Over the last few days we’ve had a few firsts for the trip.  Our first view of a stork was filled fairly swiftly by loads more.  Most nests around the Embalase de Pinilla have young about to fledge.  One nest…

We stayed in our Dutch camping – La Motte – in the middle of absolutely nowhere – for two nights hoping Glenda’s back would get better.  We had a lovely lunch on the terrace at the Bistro de Circuit.  We…

We took “advantage” of the Brittany Ferries 75p offer and booked a hotel at Parthenay – the Villa Ayrault.  To be fair to BF (and that goes against the grain!) they did give us – or at least “promised to…

Well, well.  Off again – and I have only just finished the Myanmar and Oz saga! Those of you who are in the know will have heard the tragic story of our ferry crossing.  Well parts of it anyway!  Our…