Today was supposed to be a day of getting essential tasks completed before we travel to Finland tomorrow. Getting the dogs wormed (a requirement for travel to Finland) and getting Basil his long awaited service. The first part went well,…

As we were having our dinner last night, I happened to look out of the window and to my surprise spied a British number plate. Compatriots have been few and far between in the last four months and so as…

Today has been my laziest of many lazy days on this trip. In part due to my overindulgence last night and the rest due to some inclement weather. Last night we waited in anticipation for the climax of Latvia’s longest…

After I wrote my post yesterday things began to improve at Camping Apalkalns in a rather unexpected way. At about 7pm four Latvian cars arrived on site, one Mercedes crossing the campsite grass at about 50 Mph! They pitched five…