We make a ‘royal’ visit to Sandringham estate with the motorhome, a caravan and motorhome club site just 2 miles from the house and within the estate.  Beautiful area of parkland and woodland, full of walks and quiet roads for cycling around.  I’m still not fully recovered from the broken elbow/wrist/ribs accident so I take the hybrid bike along and manage a few gentle rides with Denise who took her e-bike. Here’s the first ‘reccie’ ride around the estate roads to find our bearings … Then back to the site, very quiet and not much going on and even less on the airwaves so no TV, no data – only…

We set off in Bertie for our first venture abroad, to France and a little day trip into Spain. For our first venture, we decided to keep to ‘known’ territory so that we wouldn’t get confused or anxious about anything since we knew our bearings and local facilities. The first week was in Roque Gageac on the Dordogne, we picked a site just 10mins walk into town and when we registered at the site the owner (Otto) gave us a privileged riverside pitch – fantastic! The second week we had arranged to spend with Rich and Nic and family, they had a villa booked just outside of Hossegor.  However, when…