Category Archives: The Road Trip

We are a bit behind with our posts, but we did arrive in Slovenia on May 8th and headed for the capital, which Nigel had  visited some years previously on business. We stayed in a charming boutique hotel in the old town, the temperature soared to mid 20’s c, and we spent a fantastic afternoonContinue reading “Lublijana – what a gem!”

The Sunbeam factory is located North of Salzburg at Matsee, which is an impossibly pretty Austrian village on a lake which appears to be populated entirely by ducks and Sunbeams.  Factory visit was interesting to see where the craftsmanship and attention to detail make Sunbeam stand out.  Pleased to hear that the new 42.1 isContinue reading “A visit to Sunbeam”

We made the right decision to take the funicular railway up to the high point of the castle first thing whilst the sun was shining and the sky was blue and we were rewarded with stunning views of mountains to the north, east and south and the rooftops of the city to the west. TheContinue reading “A day in Salzburg – The Sound of (water) Music Tour”

What a difference a day makes! We were woken by the torrential rain and it was not about to let up and with the rain came a significant temperature drop. We wanted to stay in bed but Salzburg was beckoning. Fiona had trouble with the first part of our journey  as it involved a ferryContinue reading “Konstanz to Salzburg”

Fiona excelled herself and we have made her a permanent member of the team, but only on the understanding that her proposals are vetted before we set off and she does a bit more training with postcodes, not her strength, but we can’t be good at everything. She usually puts forward three options for theContinue reading “St Amarin to Konstanz”

We left the champagne region with a few bottles on board and headed to Alsace, but rather than revisit the Colmar area we headed up into the mountains and stayed in a very rustic auberge high above the village of St Amarin, just north of Mulhouse. The drive across beautiful rural France was a delight.Continue reading “Chalons en Champagne to St Amarin”

An early start on a cold grey November, no sorry, May morning, with a ferry to catch from Dover at 1015. Alas it was not meant to be and we found ourselves gridlocked on the M26 just behind a blazing lorry full of burning bananas. We kid you not – the M26 was closed andContinue reading “To Dover, then on to Chalons en Champagne”