The Derwent Valley Heritage Way…Week One
The Derwent Valley Heritage away is a 55 mile footpath following the River Derwent from Lady Bower Reservoir in North Derbyshire to the mouth of the river at Shardlow; an inland port where there is a triple confluence of the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Rivers...
A Post Lockdown Break
Back in March 2020, the UK went into lockdown, and for us, our travel plans were cancelled as we were effective 'grounded' - with much disappointment we had to cancel both our trip to Europe planned for April and our camping trip to Wales in May. As a family that...
Disneyland Paris February 2020 Part 1
Despite Storm Dennis, we headed to Disneyland Paris in February 2020. This wasn't our first visit but it was the first time we have stayed at the Disney Resort, and whilst we had a fantastic time, this was definitely quite a different holiday to our previous visits...
Lake Kaniere and Dorothy Falls
One thing we didn't do back in 2007 was explore Hokitika Gorge and we were keen to visit it this time around! However after waking up and swopping over our campervan the heavens opened and rain set in for the day. After a chat with Kevin (at Links View Holiday Park)....
Hokitika
With a slight nervousness, we set off north towards Hokitika, stopping briefly at Franz Josef for supplies and to post letters home. As we drove on the twisting and turning New Zealand roads, yet again we had campervan problems, so we decided we would stop at the...
West Coast to Fox Glacier
After our campervan problems of the day before, we decided we would drive cautiously today up towards Fox Glacier and once we had a phone signal we'd contact the rental company. Just to put it into perspective this is the route we drove, with a campervan that was...
Cromwell to Wanaka and beyond
Having arrived back in Cromwell too late to experience the Otago wines after our day in Queenstown, we were talking to the staff in the Top 10 Campsite office and discovered that there was a vineyard a few minutes away that opened for tasting at 10am so we decided we...
Omaru to Queenstown (and back to Cromwell)
After our first freedom camping experience, we were ready to drive out to Queenstown, given it was winter and we'd read a lot of warnings about some of the alpine roads we were a little nervous about driving over Lindis Pass. We needed to refuel so checked with the...
Whitby in January
For those that don't know Whitby is a traditional Victorian seaside town in Yorkshire, most known for its stunning abbey. As we were all craving a view of the sea, we decided that it would be nice to take a break here as it is one of the closest seaside towns to our...
The Bees Reflections
So we've been home for just over 2 months now and it has taken time to adjust. We still haven't finished writing blogs as life has taken over, however, we thought we'd write a reflection of our trip and how it has changed us. Travelling wasn't our only highlight of...