I got so carried away last night musing on rural idylls that I forgot to mention our new campsite. It is a beautiful little site run by a Dutch couple and situated next to the river Moldova, from which both…

There were only three of us staying at Camping Vasskert last night. There was a German campervan and a small tent with some relative youngsters, who we had overheard having difficulty with the campsite owner as they arrived because they…

It’s been 100 days since we crossed the English Channel and we have travelled 5,599.4 miles. Team Basil all woke up in the beautiful Romanian sunshine feeling hale and hearty. All, that is, except Basil, who had been looking in…

Basil woke this morning much relieved. The garlic seemed to have worked, there were no suspicious holes in his oil pipes. I was not quite so cheery. I had read, when I awoke, the entry from one of my favourite…