46 Websites by and for Motorhomers, Cyclists
& Other Travellers
Updated October 2018 The
following non-commercial websites have been produced by and for long-term, long-distance
motorhomers, cyclists and other travellers. Please let us know about any other
websites of this type that you can personally recommend. Or perhaps you
can recommend your own site! It is very easy to Contact
Us!
WHY AREN'T YOU TURNING LEFT?
Website: www.whyarentyouturningleft.co.uk Recommended by: Margaret Williamson To Russia and Beyond: Living in and driving their Globecar campervan in the Summer/Autumn of 2018, Jamie Walker and Sylvie travelled from the UK through France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey and so into Greece. A Unique and Outstanding Journey!
You can read our introduction to Jamie and Sylvie's great journey at: To Russia and Much More.
SWIFT EUROPE Website: www.swifteurope.net Recommended by: Barry Williamson Chris
and Gillian live in Vancouver but have visited Europe each year for ten years, cycling a total of 30,000 km (19,000
miles). However, in 2017 they bought a Knaus TI 650 motorhome in France and started
this new website. They give a thorough account of who they are, their
motives for travel and adventure, as well as the mechanics of how they
purchased the motorhome, which they leave in France while wintering in Canada. There are also useful links, details of accessories, the timeline of their travels in 2017 and plans for future travel. OUR EUROPE Website: http://oureurope.co.uk/ Recommended by: Barry Williamson
Susan Dalgety and Nigel Guy's maxim, taken from Mark Twain, is 'The Road is Life' and for a year it will be for them. Starting in September 2016 and travelling in a
classic Hymer motorhome, their aim is to visit all 28 EU countries to learn
more about each one. They are trying to understand what makes 21st century
Europe work and who the British are within that continent. The looming 'Brexit'
fiasco adds poignancy to their search. MICHAEL AND NORMA Website: http://www.michaelandnorma.com/ Recommended by: Paul Barker
Australians
Michael and Norma Henderson are seasoned travellers on land and on the
sea. They have travelled in Europe every year since 2007 in their Fiat-based
Trigano Tribute campervan. Between 1981 and 1988 they sailed their 10-ton, 37 ft
fibreglass yacht 'Cera' out of Sydney to cross the Pacific to Los Angeles. Using
the Panama Canal to reach the Atlantic, they then cruised to the eastern Mediterranean at
Bodrum in Turkey. A highlight of the return journey to Sydney was time spent in
and around the Galapagos Islands. Each journey is written up and illustrated in
what can only be described as a thorough and professional manner, informative
as well as inspirational. MICHAEL AND PAM'S TRAVELS Website: http://michaelandpamstravels.com/ Recommended by: Barry Williamson
Before becoming motorhomers Australians
Michael and Pam had travelled extensively in New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia,
Central and North America. Following Michael's retirement after 34 years as a
firefighter, they bought a Hymer B584, based it in
the UK and made two major journeys within the mainland of Europe. Their website
describing these journeys is very well illustrated with a useful menu system,
further strengthened with maps showing each of their overnight stops, details
of their motorhome, links, galleries of photographs and a full account of their
costs. TRAVELS WITH NICOLLE Website: http://www.travelswithnicolle.co.uk/ Recommended by: Margaret Williamson John and Sue Hughes, along with 'Nicolle' the third member of the team, have travelled throughout Europe, Syria, the Lebanon and South Africa, including Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Zanzibar, Zambia, Botswana, Angola and Namibia. Latest news is that they are planning another motorhome journey in the USA. So far they claim 65 countries. Who is Nicolle? She is their trusty motorhome, a Ford-based Chausson Flash 02 with the number plate: NK08 LLE. And yes, she is French!
MOTORHOME AND AWAY
Website: www.motorhomeandaway.com Recommended by: Paul and Sheila Barker Sheila and Steve Pyke welcome you to their
website about travelling in the UK and Western Europe over the past 10 years.
As well as the journeys, they describe their present motorhome (an Adria Twin)
and their previous Autosleepers Symbol Hi-top, with details of modifications
made. There are useful Tips for Beginners, Costings, an article on fitting a
deadlock to a Peugeot Boxer, and a link to Steve's other website of
photographs:
www.spyke.ukgo.com
TRAVELLING WITH BLUEY
Website: http://www.travellingwithmm.blogspot.com/ Recommended by: Margaret
Williamson
Australians Mireille and Mark have just completed their
third 6-month tour in Europe, travelling in an Italian-built Rimor Blucamp Sky
20 motorhome, bought in France. Inevitably, it is called 'Bluey'. They describe
and map their journeys in Western and Eastern Europe, including Bosnia and Montenegro. As well as giving useful links
and unusually full information on gadgets, keeping in touch and their motorhome, they list their costs in detail. There will be more good information to come as they plan their next European journey. TRAVELS IN A VW CAMPER Website: http://www.langdale-associates.com/
Recommended by: Margaret Williamson
'Travels in a VW Camper' is the most understated title in the
history of internet travel writing. Paul and Sheila Barker have prepared for and
travelled in 15 European countries in the last 11 years - but what travel.
Their preparation, scope and depth are without equal as is the excellence of
their writing and photography. Here is essential reading for any aspiring
European traveller. With prologue, epilogue, decisive campsite reviews, music,
photographs and detailed travel logs based on up to 6 months in each country.
LEIGH AND MARG'S
CAMPERVAN TRAVELS IN EUROPE
Website: www.marg-leigh.blogspot.co.nz Recommended by: Margaret
Williamson
New Zealanders Leigh and Marg spent 4 long summers since
2011 exploring widely in Europe in their Italian-built Coupe motorhome, 'Vanni'.
It was bought in Germany, then registered (and finally sold) in the Czech
Republic. They are now planning a trip to South America for 2016/17, perhaps in
a hired motorhome.
THE MOTORHOME DIARIES
Website: http://www.themotorhomediaries.co.uk/
Recommended by: Barry Williamson
Sheila and Gilroy Coleman have been motorhoming for
about six months of each year for the last 8 years. Initially with an old
Autotrail as a learning vehicle, they soon moved on to a 2005 Autocruise
Starblazer with its much-preferred fixed bed over a garage. More recently, they
added to the range of their travels with a Mazda MX5 car in tow. Altogether, they have travelled in over a dozen countries in
mainland Europe, with Portugal and Spain as a winter destination. Beyond
Europe's immediate bounds they have taken their motorhome to Turkey and
Morocco. They have also hired motorhomes in Japan, New Zealand and Argentina
for tours which, like all their journeys, are written up in fine detail and
fully illustrated.
THE
TRAVELS OF HEIDI HYMER
Website: https://heidihymer.wordpress.com/ Recommended
by: Margaret Williamson
ADVENTURES
WITH HENRIETTA HYMER
Website: https://davehutton.wordpress.com/ Recommended
by: Barry Williamson
We met Peter and Elaine in their 'Heidi
Hymer' at Camping Finikes in the far southwest of the Greek Peloponnese in
December 2014. At the same time, Dave Hutton in 'Henrietta
Hymer' contacted us on his winter journey through the Greek mainland. Their websites speak
for themselves with accounts of intensive travels in Hymer motorhomes,
digging deep into Greek life and history and mixing campsites with a
majority of nights out in the open. Still a destination for an elite few,
Greeks welcome motorhomers who reach out to them.
CLAUDE'S TRAVELS
Website: https://claudestravels.wordpress.com/ Recommended
by: Barry Williamson
Marilyn and Geoff Cass
are travellers who are also motorhomers and they have written this travel
log for motorhomers who are also travellers. It is packed with useful
information about a fascinating and unusual journey through the
Balkans, starting and finishing in Calais. Their experiences are recorded in
12,000 words and 47 pictures giving a depth that brings the route and the
journey to life. In 35 days, they travelled 4,000 miles (6400 km) through 10
countries staying in 25 different places, giving each its key features,
location and co-ordinates. The highlight and focus was the journey through
the Balkans: Slovenia – Croatia – Bosnia Herzegovina (including Mostar and
Sarajevo) –Croatia and so into Hungary. This is an account to inspire others
to travel in these oft-neglected regions. Marilyn and Geoff found a warm
welcome but too few other travellers, with almost none from the UK.
EUROPEAN
NOMAD
Website: http://europenomad.wordpress.com/ Recommended
by: Barry Williamson
ANomad's website has everything that I
look for in an interesting and useful account of a motorhome journey. She tells
something of her history as a traveller from a young age, her motivation in
wanting to travel on mainland Europe in a motorhome on her own, something about
the motorhome itself and her ambitions whilst travelling. She records where
she stays and offers to share information on the costs of the venture. But,
above all, she describes the world through which she moves, its people,
places, sights and tastes. Too many 'blogs' are simply a personal anecdote,
an ego trip, inward looking and clinging to a role in a social world.
Connection is rarely made with the physical world, the real
world. ANomad avoids all these pitfalls.
OLD AGE TRAVELLERS
Website: http://www.oldagetraveller.net/ Recommended
by: Margaret Williamson
John
and Lesley Jefferis have made several major European journeys since 2008.
What makes them unusual, indeed special, is that they travel with a
Burstner caravan and a Hyundai Santa Fe tow vehicle. Retired from banking and
librarianship respectively, their writing and photography is interesting,
articulate and informative. Meeting them in the Basque country was very useful
to us: for once, we were the novices and they were the old hands, sharing
something of their life on the road as caravanners. Our paths had crossed
briefly at Sakar Hills Camping in SE Bulgaria in 2008, and we had interacted
recently on the subject of traversing the Neum Enclave in
Croatia. In an email in early March 2018, John and Lesley explained that their original website was no longer available and they are in the process of transferring content to this new site. After something of a break in 2017, they plan to get back on the road in this coming year. Altogether a fresh start.
JENGOG
Website:http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/JenGog/page-2.html Recommended
by: Barry Williamson
Many years of travelling in mainland Europe by car led
Jennifer and Glenn Jones to buy a Swift 580 PR motorhome in March 2012. Their
aim was for more intensive travel, with opportunities to stay and explore
places they discover. Their first journey took them as far as Croatia;
Jennifer enjoys writing so we can expect
more.
BEVIS
ON WHEELS
Website: http://www.bevisonwheels.blogspot.com/ Recommended
by: Margaret Williamson
Maggie and Pete live in South
Yorkshire but roam England and Greece in their motorhome. They recently
exchanged their Autotrail Apache for a new Autotrail Tracker FB and plan
another summer in the Peloponnese. They explore with their bicycles and
their website includes details of other, non-motorhome travels including a
recent visit to Cuba. Maggie already has five articles on this website which
you can find in the Fellow Travellers section.
CAPE
PACIFIC
Website: http://www.capepacific.com/third-trip/Home.html Recommended
by: Barry Williamson
Tasmanians Elizabeth and Gary Gray
are engaged in a planned 50,000 km (31,250 miles) motorhome journey through 3
continents. Currently (November 2011) they are touring Europe in their
Mercedes-based Autotrail Mohican. Their dream, inspired by the escapades of
Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith, is a third round-the-world
journey. The first was by sea, the second by air and this one will be by land.
Future plans incude a 4wd truck to explore parts of the USA.
The website is beautifully designed,
the photographs excellent and the overall ethos is one of excitement and
enthusiasm. Not least, there is a full description of their motorhome, which
is obviously very close to their hearts. Overall, this is a classic
definition of life lived to the full in retirement.
TRAVELIN-TORTUGA
Website: http://www.travelin-tortuga.com/
Recommended by: Barry
Williamson
Richard and Kathy Howe's website is by
far the most comprehensive motorhomer's website we have used (except, perhaps,
our own!) Starting from their home in California, they have been travelling
fulltime for ten years (in 2011). Their initial focus was on the Americas:
North, Central and South. In the last two years they have shipped their
motorhome to Europe to undertake major journeys, initially right across
the southern countries, including much of the former Yugoslavia, as well as
Morocco and Turkey.
Starting with a motorcycle and a tent,
they soon moved on to a secondhand motorhome. More recently, they
have covered over 100,000 miles in a purpose built 4wd motorhome and it's
a pleasure in itself to read about this vehicle and discover its
unique design and powerful features. As well as full details of their travels
and their vehicles, the Howes share valuable advice on subjects such as
camping (they mainly find the 'free' variety), shipping, Schengen,
electrics and accessories. All this is accompanied by excellent
photographs, links and apt quotations. Their motto is: 'No Checklists; No
Schedules'.
MOTORHOME LIFERS
Website: http://www.motorhomelifers.co.uk/
Recommended by: Barry
Williamson
Mike and
Ali Kingston started long-term travelling by motorhome in 2003. They have
motorhomed in the USA twice. The first time, they shipped their European
motorhome and travelled from Florida to California via the southern states;
returning via Alaska, Canada and the far northeast of the USA.The second time,
they bought a Forest River motorhome and drove from Florida to
near San Francisco, via Alaska. Currently they live and travel in a Wildax
Aurora motorhome, customised for them by Duncan Wilman who runs the business
in Elland, West Yorkshire (right next to Huddersfield). Their European
travels have included Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Italy and brief
foray into Corfu, with ambitions to travel in the far north.
UK GREY NOMADS
Website: http://www.ukgreynomads.co.uk/
Recommended by: Barry Williamson
In 2007,
Alan and Jenny Morris sold up, set up their website and made a 12-month
round-the-world journey (USA and the Cook Islands, before motorhoming in New
Zealand and Australia). Back in the UK, in February 2009 they bought an
Autocruise Starblazer motorhome. Now they were set up to be the UK Grey Nomads
of their dreams - and are they living it! The website uses text and images to
describe their life on the road, on their RTW journey and the length and
breadth of the British Isles. Other pages list some of their equipment and a
long Guest Book speaks to a healthy following from aspiring and actual fellow
travellers.
EUROPE BY CAMPER
Website: http:/www.europebycamper.com
Recommended by: Barry Williamson
Since October 2008, Adam and Sophie
Blacklin have motorhomed in 30 countries, including all the EU except Cyprus
and Eire. In the New Year of 2011, they plan for a new, smaller motorhome and
a new journey to new countries: Albania,
Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia and the Ukraine. Great
extra features include a general guide to buying a motorhome, a guide to
buying and importing a motorhome from Germany and links to other relevant
websites. We look forward to learning from their experience.
CHARLIE DOG CAME TOO
Website: http://charliedogcametoo.blogspot.com/
Recommended by: Adam Blacklin
Lesley and Rob Hale are taking (at
least) a year out from February 2010 to
explore Europe in their panel van motorhome, accompanied by Charlie
Dog. They have made a great clockwise loop from the UK through the
very top of Norway and down through Eastern Europe to Greece for the winter.
Where to next? Find out!
THE
WORLD IS OUR LOBSTER
Website: http://www.theworldisourlobster.com/
Recommended by: Barry
Williamson
Catherine and
Chris have visited 47 European countries and Morocco in their Burstner
motorhome. They have travelled 66,000 miles, including brief visits to Serbia,
Moldova and Macedonia. They know a lot about border crossings, insurance
and the vagaries of travel outside the familiarity of the EU! A real
bonus is the section describing their motorhome in
detail.
THE WORLD IS MY
LOBSTER
Website: www.theworldismylobster.org.uk and www.theworldismylobster.me.uk Recommended by: Christine
Strawson
At the end of December 2013 Sue set out in Thebus, a 28-foot
Daybreak American RV, accompanied by her Great Dane pup, Phoebe. Her first
website describes in detail her first year of travel, the length and breadth of
England, Scotland and Wales. The second website starting in January 2015 covers
her journeys in France, illustrated with many photographs. Not to be confused
with the website 'the world is our
lobster' (see above) which does have detailed information on useful matters such as
costs, distances, maps, number of countries (47), insurance, border crossings,
the motorhome, etc. MOTORHOME VAGABOND
Website:http://motorhomevagabond.com/
Recommended by: Barry
Williamson
Gary Box bought a Hymer B564 and set
off 'on the road to find out', to quote the former Cat Stevens. His
purpose-built website does full justice to his ambition and his achievement;
well laid out, super illustrations and a good background story. It's also an
easy pleasure to follow his journey at your own pace and your own depth. Well
done Gary! MARK AND LORNA'S EUROPEAN ADVENTURE
Recommended by: Barry Williamson
Lorna's writing: http://europeanmagicalmysterytour.wordpress.com/ Lorna's photos: http://www.tripntale.com/me/europeanmagicalmysterytour Mark's writing: http://travelsbymotorhome.travellerspoint.com/ Taking
two years out from work while still young, Lorna and Mark maintain three
websites as they continue their extensive tour of Europe. Known jointly as
MarkLorna, they set out from the UK in their Hymer, with bikes and a kayak on
board, in November 2009 heading south for Spain. But they soon turned their
attention to southeast Europe - Bulgaria, Greece and the former Yugoslavia.
They write a website each while Lorna uses the third site to show how
effectively she uses her camera to capture the passing scene.
GONE BIKE ABOUT
Website:http://www.gonebikeabout.com/
Recommended by: Paul Barker
Darina, from Ireland, met Kurt, from
Switzerland, in China. Kurt was a cyclist, Darina wasn't but soon she shared
his passion. This led to numerous rides around central Europe and a bicycle
pilgrimage to Santiago di Compostela. This in turn led to a major ride through
South America. This excellent website takes you along, through a photo gallery
with a parallel written commentary. Recommended by Paul who, with Sheila,
produces the best and most detailed website for those motorhomers keen
to explore Europe in depth: http://www.langdale-associates.com/
TORTOISE TALES
Website: http://tortoisetales.wordpress.com/ Recommended by: Margaret
Williamson
Frances
Platman uses the facilities of Wordpress to give a well-illustrated account of
her travels with Bernard in their Rollerteam
Granducca, bought from a showroom in Toulouse. Starting in October 2003 with a
graphic description of coming to terms with motorhoming life, Frances intends
to bring the travelogue fully up to date with travels planned in
Portugal and Greece. 'Tortoise Tales'? In her own words, Frances's
account is of 'slow travel in a motorhome throughout Europe by two
adventurous pensioners'. We echo that!
MOTORHOME
TRIPS
Website: http://www.motorhometrips.blogspot.com/ Recommended by:
Barry
Williamson
After his life at sea, Ian Biggar and
partner Sue spend a large part of every year travelling in their
beloved Rapido 741F motorhome, posting regular accounts of their
adventures as well as the occasional article and pictures. Among other
countries, they have travelled in France, Germany, Italy, Greece,
Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia. They have written for the MMM and of
particular interest is the description of their own Rapido motorhome and
their criticism of the general practices of fashion-led European
manufacturers.
CRETE
Website: http://crete.wordpress.com/
Recommended by: Margaret Williamson This is the
most amazing, wide ranging, labyrinthine, complex and enjoyable website I
have ever seen - and all on and around the subject of Crete, the
Mediterranean's most beautiful island. The editor and main author, Ray Berry,
drove a VW campervan to Afghanistan, but was turned back at the Pakistan border. Returning, he settled in Greece and now
lives in Crete. This is an island he knows and loves well and it is a pleasure
to share that love and that knowledge.
ESCAPEES
Website: www.2escapees.blogspot.com/
Recommended by: Margaret
Williamson
Mike & Judith Annan describe
themselves as 2 sexagenarians travelling in a Rapido 972M motorhome,
fortunate to be able to travel many months of the year from their
French base. Their Rapido is on a Mercedes Sprinter chassis and has been
modified to meet their needs for months of travelling to numerous remote
locations. So far, these include the Arctic Circle, North Africa and the
Middle East including Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Tunisia, Libya and Turkey. There
is excellent advice on the preparation of the vehicle and all the
paperwork required for such a journey.
PAPILLON TRAVELS
Website: http://www.papillontravels.net/
Recommended by: Margaret Williamson
Since April 2007, retired Florida
residents Tom and Judy Salmon have toured Europe and Turkey in an
imported Winnebago View motorhome called Papillon. Their splendid website
is arranged as a series of well-illustrated 'narratives' of their journey, as
well as giving background information about shipping from the USA, notes
on camping in Europe and an excellent map of their route so far.
SILK ROUTE
Website: http://www.silkroute.org.uk/
Recommended by: Stephen Stewart
This non-profit Anglo-French club
organises motorhome journeys to distant places, including China. It has
over 500 members and was formed in France in 1993. Currently about 60 members
are native English speakers. Annual membership in 2007 cost £35 (one van/two
people) or £25 (one van/one person.).
ULTIMATE TRUCK PARK GUIDE
Website: Ultimate
Truck Park Guide Recommended
by: Ian Shires
This link takes you directly to the
download of a 6MB pdf file which lists truck parking in every European country
including Russia. This is the detailed 2007 edition and runs to 91 pages!
EUROPE MOTORHOME
Website: http://europemotorhome.blogspot.com/
Recommended by: Barry Williamson
Share the travels of Jacqui
Young's Australian family as they take a 50-day motorhome holiday around
Western Europe. These first timers travel through Germany, Austria,
Italy, France, Scotland and England in their rented motorhome. Fully
illustrated and with a map. Learning from their experience with France
Passion, Jacqui now offers a similar service for motorhomers in
Australia.
SOUL
TRAVELERS
Website: http://www.soultravelers3.com/
Recommended by: Margaret
Williamson
This is an opportunity to see Europe through the
eyes of mature and talented American motorhomers. This family of 3, Dad Da
Vinci, Mum Jeanne d'Arc and 5-year-old Ms Mozart (all pseudonyms), are doing a
multi year RTW trip. They have been in Europe for the last 8 months
(April 2007), with a short trip into Africa with more to come and blogging
as they go.
They write: "As Americans we are kind
of rare birds on this side of the pond with a motorhome, plus the fact that we
are homeschooling as we go including violin and piano via internet. LOL! Add
to that the fact that I am mobility challenged and we are learning lots as we
go and having a blast too. We have lots of adventures planned for the next
7 months including Greece,Turkey,Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary,Romania, Czech,
maybe Poland and a short flight into Russia and 2 months in Italy in
the fall."
EUROPE IN A MOTORHOME
Website: Europe in a
Motorhome Recommended
by: Barry Williamson
Hazel
and Simon Jackson, along with 13-year-old son Jack, took a year out to tour
Southern Europe in an American motorhome. Calling it a 'mid-life gap year',
they kept a thorough written and photographic record of their
journey which they have since turned into a book. The website is
mainly a promotion for the book but it does contain lengthy extracts and so
can be used as a resource in itself. On the other hand - you can buy the
book.
Not
least impressive is the way they continued Jack's schooling during this year on
the road so that he received a double education!
CYCLING TO INDIA
Website: http://www.cyclingtoindia.com/
Recommended by: Barry
Williamson
Thirty-somethings John and Sally Watson are cycling to
India as an adventure in its own right and as a means of raising money
for 2 very well worthwhile charities - the sort where your money doesn't go
straight into overheads. If they are successful, the route will
take them through France, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania,
Bulgaria and then onto Turkey. From there they will head across Iran and
into Central Asia, passing through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan and then over the Karakoram Highway from China into Pakistan. The
final leg will take them from Islamabad to Delhi.
We met
them in Esztergom on the River Danube (on Hungary's border with Slovakia) and
we later heard from them in Edirne in Turkey, just over the border from
Bulgaria. You can read about our meeting and see some images by clicking
here.
PIPPINS
Website: http://www.pippins.me.uk/ and https://dottieonthego.wordpress.com/
Recommended by: Keith Dear
These are the Newton family
(Andy, Rosemary, Bobby and Charlotte) websites, recording in
detailed words and pictures motorhome journeys throughout Europe since 2001. The first
website also contains links to Andy's previous career in the Royal Navy with
connections to HMS Sirius, HMS Minerva and HMS Bacchante. The sites promise
much more travel to come.
ADV-CYCLING
Website: http://www.adv-cycling.org/
Recommended by: Barry Williamson
This is the ultimate resource for the long-distance
cyclist in America. In business for over 30 years, and among much
else, the Adventure Cycling Association (formerly Bike Centennial),
developed the great routes crossing and circling the US of A. They claim to
produce the finest bicycling maps in North America and you can even
download waypoints for your GPS!
BIKE THE WORLD
Website: http://www.biketheworld.at/
Recommended by: Margaret Williamson
We met Austrian cyclists Christoph and
Birgit Oberhauser in west Texas on a hot and windy day. They were heading west
towards Marathon and into the wind; we were pedalling easily east,
towards Sanderson. We had a lot in common and a lot to talk about: we were all
on round-the-world journeys by bicycle.
They had started from Austria, crossed
Europe and rode down in to Spain. From the north-east states of the US they had
followed a long route down the east coast to Florida and then west across the
southern states. Later they were to fly to Singapore and on to Japan.
There is an excellent section on the
equipment they used and the detailed diary (in English and German) is well
illustrated (we appear on 29 March 2001!)
LONG
PASSAGES Website: http://www.longpassages.org/
Recommended by: Margaret Williamson
We met Bob and Judi Burns in November 2003 in the Greek port of Patras,
on the campsite near the old Rion/Anti-Rion ferry. We thought they were
fellow-motorhomers but it turned out they were also
round-the-world yachters (they call themselves 'cruisers'). Living
and sailing in their 38-foot ketch Long Passages for the last12 years,
they have almost completed a leisurely circumnavigation of the globe,
starting on the east coast of the US. They have taken time out in many
countries, living in some and travelling in others, including Europe,
from Spain to Turkey, by motorhome.
This excellent website includes detailed logs
and splendid descriptions of their equipment and graphic accounts of their
worst moments!
THE WHITLOCKS
Website: http://www.thewhitlocks.org.uk/
Recommended by: Margaret
Williamson
We met the Whitlock family in September 2003, on a campsite on
Hungary's Lake Balaton. We were travelling by motorhome and bicycle; they by
train. Lindsay, Nick, Tom (aged 9) and Esther (aged 4) were embarked on a
one-year backpacking tour of the more challenging countries of the world.
From Eastern Europe, they progressed through SE Africa, S America and
Asia, finishing on the Trans-siberian Express Railway. They left us on a
local Hungarian train, bound for a week's WWOOF-ing on a goat farm and then
on to Romania.
Their splendid website includes
maps, photographs and a diary of how to travel round the world by public
transport with a young family.
GREEK TRAVEL
Website: http://www.greektravel.com/
Recommended by: Maggie Bevis
The
site is run by an American called Matt Barrett and it grows and grows. It
really is comprehensive and I can recommend it for when you're far away from
Greece - it'll take you straight there in spirit. Matt responds quickly to
emails too, if you want to contact him. I haven't yet met him, but as
we're off to Athens in the near future, we could meet him for an ouzo or
two.
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