Bicycle Navigation in 2024
You will be amazed at how things have come on since our Istanbul trip 5 years ago. Or not.
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Tag: Planning
Hermann’s Winter Holiday 2021/22
In which Hermann takes Sid and Doris on a mighty journey through Spain and Portugal over Christmas and New Year.
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Vamos! Planning the Cross-Country Trip
In which Sid and Doris realise belatedly that it is going to be a really, really long way.
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Vamos! Part 1 – The Plans
Or: How to spend 15 days in Mexico at short notice, with no help from travel agents.
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Vamos! We’re off to America – the long way.
In which Sid and Doris come up with a road trip plan that is complicated even by their standards.
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Route Planning Around Skye
So here we are, two days in to the actual sailing. And things are looking good.
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Speed, Bonny Boat…
…on the wings of the morn, over the sea to Skye, tra la.
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Spring 2021: A Narrow Escape on The Kennet and Avon Canal
In which Sid and Doris plan to menace the peaceful Kennet and Avon Canal in the mighty vessel Lydia.
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Going touring in a Mini, obviously
In which Teal, the Mini, is prepared for a mighty journey to Orkney, the Hebrides, Mull and back.
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The Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Challenge
Tourist farming is an important economic activity in many of the communities we will be visiting on this journey. In recognition that you sometimes have to make the best of the hand that life has dealt to you, the Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Awards
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