Loaded and ready to roll

We might even throw a few shapes out on the way

All tested

Only 300 miles to our first stop

Here we are 😊 we just need to keep trucking and hopefully we will get to Italy in \240time to catch our ferry.

Not the chilled out trip we had hoped for but we will make the most of it when we hit Greece.

Booked in parked up having breakfast laughing at people buying a coffee and food for tons of money.

We are brewing up having toast all very nice.

French total tosses at passport control should have let the Germans keep them.

Chez nailed the paperwork so where through.

This is tight about 4” each side of the wheels but we are on :)

Free pitch water and waste free, living the dream.

We got settled in and had a chill but the road up to here was well tight in our bus.

Each day weather getting hotter :)

Verona Italy tomorrow we have broke its back this trip put some heavy miles in but seen and found some places to re-visit.

Sun mad hot and expected to get hotter.

Settling down to some fodder now cheers.

Off to find a beach tomorrow need a swim.

👍

Sunset Just in time to watch footie

That’s the sea I was supposed to be swimming in 30mins ago 😩

This was our detour option but didn’t put in the skies so opted to sit and wait.

Eventually got to our designated pitch for the night only to discover it was closed and looked a sh*****le, so happy about that tramped on and stumbled across a little pitch across from a busy beach.

Handbrake on 15 mins later

4 beers later

Beach bar 6 Peroni 10€

Where moving here 👌

Love the sea will try to get Chez in next time

Off for our tea now bye

🤛 boom

Bye bye Italy 😎

Hello Greece

Roll on down to Preveza

Landed Chez on auto pilot setting up just unloading before it gets too hot.

So happy to be with my boat ❤️❤️❤️

Unloaded

Looks like food time followed by chillax.

All set for our next few days got beach bag packed cool box, scoot loaded.

Great evening with some old mates down at the marina.

Off to bed.

Up the ladders and got a lot of dirt to clean off our boat.

4 hrs later still on it suns getting hot now 30+ today, soon be time to chill.

She’s looking better now she’s all washed off, put my canopy up coz I’ll be inside tomorrow and it’s gets too hot.

Plenty reading and sun and a bit of footie with out tea.

Cheers

A bit jealous but eh

Looking out over the marina looks great.

Well I add some more later if we venture out.

It all ready now for panels n board.

We had a run into Preveza today to sort a bit of paperwork out regarding our residency.

In other words handing more money over.

But we met up with some friends for a beer n chat.

Chez getting better on the scooter.

Heading back now for a chill late tea tonight then off to marina for footie.

A cool 35 here today hotting up, looking to finish work Thursday and head off to the island of Lefkada for the weekend.

Got it out ok but need to wait for replacement, got cleaned up and went for a swim with Chez.

After a cooling off I joined Chez for a cool one.

Scooting into Preveza tomorrow to pickup some gear.

Spending this evening planning our road trip at the weekend looking to go over to Lefkada for few days.

Showered and then off on a walk along the coast.

And another beer.

And a cheeky free pudding.

Nice end to another chilled out day.

Ta da

His beer still good.

It’s really nice here.

Bye for now.

Off to the beach for a good swim.

And a cool one.

Shower chill n changed sun down cooling off nice now.

All bars open but still very quiet, they will survive the season but won’t stand another bad one.

We are doing our bit for the locals.

Bye

Made it to Desimi beach

This is one of our fav places for chilling

Chez checking the sand out ? Or heading to a bar ?

Bar

Had a few hours there then headed back

And just by chance we happen to find out that two of our great friends from Windermere where arriving today.

So we did meet up

And this was the start of a great night

Happy days

Driving back we said this has got to be one of the prettiest islands around here with the sun shining again it’s ace.

We thought we had timed it well but the bridge was late opening so we had to wait, not a bad place to be stopped for 15 mins.

Last few through off again soon.

I sat reading all afternoon whilst Chez was enjoying herself ironing.

T ra

Freezer door hadn’t been closed so I had to de ice the thing and Chez found some water melon lollies had defrosted so she made a Gin with them.

Early tea off to watch footie

Panos for footie n tea

Ended up watching both matches and only leaving gone 12

Bye for now

Was looking at our trip detail on the tracker.

Going on a weekend road trip tomorrow to Vanitsa a little town on the inland sea.

Nice wine beach location so looking forward to seeing how it ends up.

T ra

Got set up and needed a swifty to cool us down.

Got our provisions in then went to the beach for a few hours.

Cheap as chips here free parking free umbrellas.

Love it.

This guy pulled up we said jog on pal it’s full.

Just going to have tea then off out on a reccy to find best football bar tonight for tomorrow.

Cheers

This not so little fellow joined us today for a swim

We will deffo be coming here again in the boat or campaign van.

Had a great tea to set us up before the footie. Chez can knock some ace food up in that little kitchen, I just set the fans up to cool her off.

Showered and out for about 9 .15 ish

And had a great night watching footie with plenty drinks.

Night night

Our salad

But got chatting to locals they said this place is best sea food about.

So Mussles in Ouzo

Then more beer before we met some friends on their boat for drinks.

A cool one

Nice breeze today.

Had a little walk then.

It was just to hot not to

See ya tomorrow

Lucky no rules around here for travelling loaded up.

Chilled went for a swim.

Went out to Preveza with Chez on scooter to meet Alan n Eileen for a couple of beers.

Got back watched footie till full time, then bed.

Night

On our way great looking evening tonight.

Starter 👍 missed a pic of the Greek salad that was massive.

Main

Octopus 🐙

Delicious Chez not like at all.

She had a bit more traditional

We drank more and we won football, all is good.

Bye

Got my anchor all minted up ready for the water.

Finished and tested new wate tank it was a right git to get in but eh it’s done.

And hopefully tried out a couple of new solar panels on my new frame.

Need to get Mick the fish to do a bit more stainless for next year.

The days are flying by, off on a road trip tomorrow back around the inland sea seen a nice little port that looks cool.

Bye

As we expected the inland sea is full of amazing coves and beaches we could have stopped 4 or 5 times and stayed however we arrived in Amfilochia a small harbour town.

Found a random spot parked up

Got running water on tap and solar so where good to go.

Got a couple of new mates joined us they just seem to be waiting for something.

There are several of them some little some massive.

Headed off for a look round. And a Freddo coffee.

Oh and a pie

Nice place suns up getting to about 1

They always give you free food when you drink.

Had a few headed back to the van.

Sat read chatted nodded chilled.

Didn’t eat had too many nibbles at lunch.

Shower out, had a long walk round the bay.

A couple more drink with snacks of course.

We at the first one with pasties on before I could take a pic 😊

Night night

With some swim mates

Lounge around day swimming chilling getting ready for the game.

Got out for a couple in the afternoon.

Then we lost footie

Glass of port bed 😩

Night night

Then these will be exchanged for our bio ones.

Back to boat then scooted into Preveza for a beer with Bonnie and Clydeoss our mates.

Night night

Wired them in with new control box.

Getting loads of power now gone from 100w to 480w.

So now to make Chez’s day I fitted an inverter.

So she can have her two favourite items working from the sun.

Coffee pod machine 👍

And her Iron

I don’t need the latter.

Anyway off to Panos for our 1/2 litre of red and white before bed.

Night night

Had a beer too whilst there.

Had a good scoot back to the campa

30ft walk the beach

Had a chill for a few hours then setup for the Challenge cup final

What a game great to watch.

Thought about looking around no rush found a bar 2 mins away perfect.

Large beer right money stayed till sunset, why not.

Back for supper then bed

Night night

It’s so hot here and no masks 👍🍺👍

Double Greek coffee to start my day strong ain’t the word.

Then on the ferry

Again a beautiful day calm seas

The old port Corfu

Hour n half arrived Corfu. Had a beer thought better to wait at a bar than airport for an hour.

Lifted Gabby back to ferry via a bar.

Ferry back hour n 10 back to Nissos beach by 7 dropped the girls off the I shot off to take car back.

Girls settled in.

Few beers and a sunset before showers n tea.

We where all starving but as usual over ordered but food was great.

So was the Red wine.

Night night

Swim swim swim

This place is very good

The sea is the cleanest yet

Only got back to the van at 9

Food and a chill with a beer

Night night

Finished off with lemonchello slammers

Yamas

Thought these where cool beach safe boxes, not sure needed here but eh

Early night after the biggest tossed salad this side of Texas Chez made there was some left.

Night night

So we hit the road

The steepest hill yet in our bus.

Then hit the open road. To our new destination. Poros.

Stopped at the bridge at Lefkada to let the boats throu then on

Poros nice place great tavernas sea mint.

Beer cold

Chez doing a curry tonight so I’m off

Night night

We went up to the pool bar about 5 ish for a beer.

And a chill it see,s to be getting hotter again here.

Having a late tea and a couple of drinks.

Night night

Landed at Vasiliki parked up on the beach road, sun was up and the day looked to be a hot one. I opened the awning to keep the sun off the van a little. Then went to the beach.

Found a shaded area to chill for the day with a few beers.

Gabby on pints of Mythos.

About 6 sat in a bar near the van, police turned up at the van so I went over they said we where illegally camping on the beach because our awning was on the beach by 4ft.

After a bit of discussion we got a 300€ fine, yes 300€.

No debate needless to say we moved the van stayed the night and looking to move on more educated on the law and the police where jobsworths.

Had a great night out with Alan n Eileen last night they turned up on there boat.

Best Pizza in Greece that’s why we came now the most expensive pizza in Greece 😊.

Our new parking spot was very busy all night with traffic, deffo moving on to new pitch.

Night night

And cocktails

Then some great Seafood Chez shot throu and had stuffed peppers.

Calamari grilled

Fried

Half litre red then bed.

Steady drive over the hills only about 40 mins

Got parked up

Straight to the beach.

Met up with an old friend Pedro who we ended up pissed with so no pictures just us rocking.

Late back to van quick shower and chat with our Romania neighbours then back out.

One of these each then bed

So that sorted straight to the beach.

Food

Now back at Aktio getting Gabby sorted to go to airport.

Getting hot here we need to pick our bio cards up and get north it’s too hot not being on the boat. 38 and rising.

Got parked up in som shade

Then headed to the beach

Another great day

Night night

Found a good beach but no taverna ohhhh nooooo

Shot off whilst Chez setup and picked bags of ice beer n water for beach also nice Greek salad and some other bits.

This place is cull of Pelicans I’ve never seen so many.

Tea time

Then bed things getting a little to hot here in Greece we are heading north.

Back van for a coffee beach bar all day tomorrow.

Night

Good beach service

Great beds

Relax back at the van for early start to Bulgarian border tomorrow

They fed us

We drank local petrol or home made fruit rocket fuel

And got we drunk what a great day

We will be back here

Best of the best

Not a bad drive but like all Ian cities there bad drivers.

Had a beer

Did some sights

More sights

Happy snappers

This was strong beer

Roof top bars

Then a little Shopping for Lee

We can add more Lee

Night night

And still had 200 k to go, shit marathon drive will not be doing that again.

Arrived in Begrade 4 mile out of city parked up Vladamir our host great guy.

Asked about taxi 🙏 no way he said they will shoot you and take your money 🤔

So he said get washed up n changed I’ll drive you in he said he was ashamed at the way his city had got with gypsy maffia.

Got in city it is really smart.

Rain first we have seen since we set off it lasted 20 mins but it was 😊

Strong stuff

Vlad said he would lift us later and he did we decided to stay 2 days here to get the van clean washing etc done and we will be heading out tomorrow afternoon back to the old city our mate Vlad is driving us.

Looks big

First stop highest point in Serbia to see the whole of Serbia

Then off to the tower

This thing is like winter hill but bigger and it’s got a lift.

Could not get Cheryl any closer to the glass.

Then back into town for a walk along the river.

Got lifted at 9 but when we got back to the site Vladamir got the shots out stayed up till 12.

47% proof

Cheryl made me do it.

Got to our location for 2 hot n tired, however the guy said he would run us into Zargreb at 3

So shower change and on

Did the sights

Did some more

Found pub street ate and drank till about 8 pm and wished our lift was at 8.10 we where knackered

Home bed

Perfect got there Croatian no problem straight throu, Slovenian no this border crossing is for local use. 🤬

Turn round found another border crossing 3k away crossed over 80k detour so early start wasted.

Arrived in Ljubljana Slovenia got parked up.

Had a beer chilled.

We think that’s the last of the Ian’s borders.

So here 2 days the Italy

Night night

First impression look great

This place is classy

And sunny

Chez on the Organic wine and Prosecco

Beer n water me

The nibbles where great great bar staff too

Draught Guinness had to have one

Finished off near the van at a micro brewery

Night night

Arrived as as expected it is totally picture postcard everywhere.

When we spoke with people they said hopefully next year after COVID things will get back to normal for trade purposes but it was as they say empty.

We are so lucky we can go anywhere and see anything with no hassle.

This is Sam Marco and it’s normally shoulder to shoulder it was great.

Some more great sights then heading off fo4 the sea bus.

Beers on the way of course, Chez doing a chicken curry tonight, living the dream.

Bye for now

Thought happy days chill here get sorted before we get to Nice.

Italian provences have different COVID rules so all shared areas closed.

Not what we wanted to here but eh let’s crack on.

Chilled out in the shade till about 7 then went into town 20 mins walk easy walking.

Had several beers and Chez had wine a fantastic Pizza, we would expect good pizza here all in 17€ they messed the bill up we think for sure.

We did the right thing, paid quick and legged it.

Off to bed.

Cool place

We got to hot after this and went to the beach.

Chez fed up coz we had to pay 20€ for loungers.

Back to van for some tea and we packed up ready for our trip to France.

All setup in 20 mins and even got the air con running to cool us off.

We knew we where near to where Seb stays at Bobsies Mam n Dads place so we text to see if by chance he was around. He wasn’t but his Mam n Dad was we contacted them and got the best tour of this area we could have asked for.

Mark Margret me n Chez having a cold one.

We spent the rest of the afternoon up at there place in a place called Biot, swimming chilling what a smart pad.

They invited up to a famous steakhouse in Antibes ( la Brulot )

Steak cooked on an open fire to perfection.

Turned out to be one of our best days,

Cheers Mark Margret.

Chez still talking to Gabbyg

My view waiting for Chez to return

The ped it’s been very handy but we won’t be bringing one again.

Chez back off to Nice (old town)

Not sure Love is the right word

Up top looking out over to Antibes great sea

As you can see it’s not quiet but not busy great for us no hassle, every place you go to COVID certs required everywhere.

French nobs

Chez talking to Gabby

Chez still talking to Gabby

Great beer quite strong, Chez still talking to Gabby

A bit of grub mashed up olives and oil wi bread 👍

Headed back to Antibes about 45mins on the ped, couple of beers meal here tonight aircon set at 17 heaven.

Early start tomorrow Montpellier

But we got sorted went to pitch on a parking site it was full so diverted and got sorted on a local municipal

Setup air on on went for a stroll

As you can see the breeze was a real breeze.

Picked up some provisions, went back to the van for tea and a bit of telly.

First time we looked at the telly since Euros.

Chez knocked it up yum yum

Night night

Shading Chez from the sun

Our beer view

Got to the market bought usual tat, then Chez seen Olive stall.

€42 euros later I was carrying back a load of olives and pesto etc

Where on nibbles for the next few days.

Off to Genoa tomorrow or maybe Perpignan not sure we said set off and see.

Tea. \240Telly Bed

Night night

Had to do a running repair to back light it seems to have fallen to bits inside the fitting.

Araldite wonderful stuff

The clip will be coming off 😆

Had a bit f lunch then went into the city.

Nice place like most cities you pay through the nose for most things.

Managed to find a bar full of Rugby League memorabilia

Shopping trip on the way back need a couple of bits.

Loaded up

Off back to the van for some food.

Oh and had the worst pint ever in our lives, it was like drinking lemon juice a week old.

We hadn’t tasted this crap before this picture was taken. But on the plus side after visiting 10 countries so far that’s our first bad beer.👍

Chicken and Chorizo tonight for tea where in the van laughing and crying coz the onions are so strong we got windows open aircon blasting to get rid.

Tea time

Bye

All went well no one checking anything at the France Spain border. Went straight throu.

Chez got us an early check in on the site and we where setup in no time. Thirsty work

Had a beer then went to the beach for the afternoon well till about 7

Chez knocked a good tea up

Then she got me to do her toe nails

She would not keep still, so they where not that good.

Off into Barcelona tomorrow for 4 days hotel booked

Night night

The day went really well

Sangria f

The start of a great day

Litre pots of beer

Josh topping his tan up

My girls soaking up the sun

Trying another beer it’s very hot now

Found this indoor market quite a cool place a bit like the one in Madrid

Getting giddy n drunk

Sangria food time me n Chez said we would order different pizzas eat half then swap

This was mine that I passed to Chez

And this mess is what I got back cheers Chez

Great day looking forward to tomorrow got to get Chez back to hotel she is drunk.

Nigh night

Setting off

Got to this old church for a look

Quite smart really we visited several watering holes and had a great day.

We got back to the hotel for a power nap then back out to the Port area great bars there.

Great cocktails

Great music did a few bars then the Spanish curfew kicks in at 12,30

But we did ok

Night night

Got my cards and a couple of pressies.

Thanks to all for my cards n gifts 👍

There was only me up for some breakfast so off I went.

So on a full tummy we set off to the beach area near the port, great bars around there.

After several beers and Josh new flip flops we headed back for a quick shower and some had a power nap.

Then my choice was to go to the indoor market area for some great tapas.

We found a really great place similar to the one we use in Madrid.

Ate and drank well.

San Miguel

Happy happy happy

Cuddles all round

And more

We stayed a while ate plenty then strolled off for pudding.

Waffle with twin my fav

After that we went to a Irish bar with live music.

He was really bad however as the night progresses he got better, little did we know it turns into a student bar Monday night.

Great night cheap too

Baby Guinness

Josh on jagerbombs

Bad head stuff

Got asked to leave at 12.45 curfew but great night.

Night night

Had a beer at the 1992 Olympic swimming venue.

Looks massive.

Then headed up on the cable car

The views up here are quite something.

Chez would not come up in the lift.

We where away about an hour, came back then headed towards our hotel for the goodbyes.

Gabby off to catch her flight with Josh me n Chez back to the van to crack on with our trip.

The whole weekend was brill great place great company.

Night night

No hassle and we knew we had to get provisions because the site we decided on is a little remote.

Boom we found Family Cash a massive store that give stuff away so we hammered \240it.

Vino top names daft money

And we bought some food too.

Arrived setup in 30 mins stavin so ate then pool

About 6 ish

We tried one or two.

Sound day to start.

Night night