Our thrust down England’s south west peninsular has petered out at Looe. Sarah’s hospital appointment has come through and so we have turned Basil’s nose in vaguely the correct direction and started our long journey home. Before we leave Devon…

It’s no wonder us Brits have a reputation for obsessively talking about the weather. Last year, in the eight months we travelled around Europe, we rarely thought about the weather, I think because it hardly ever impinged upon what we…

You may wonder what we are doing skipping. Well it’s because we’ve had some clear blue skies at last – I’ve even had to put some sunscreen on! We are permanently watching the weather forecast to try to find gaps…

As you may have gleaned the last few days have been cold and wet. A consequence has been that Basil’s heating has been on much more than normal. So yesterday afternoon, as we were being almost flooded out by a…