Day 218 - 03/12/19 - Cloyes-sur-le-Loir, France
Last night had been very cold, and we woke up to frost this morning. We headed off on today's journey and needed fuel. The first garage...
Jacksons Escape in a Motorhome
Welcome to our blog - Chris and Diane Jackson's Escape - travelling Europe in our motorhome.  We hope you enjoy following our travels.
Last night had been very cold, and we woke up to frost this morning. We headed off on today's journey and needed fuel. The first garage...
Chris was a little hung over this morning ! We made our way to Virrieres, where we found another free stopover with electric. There...
The sun was out again today, but we had clothes that needed washing, so heading to get that done first. We then headed to Ladaux, seeing...
During the morning quite a few coaches came past and to the shopping area - I am amazed how they travel along the narrow winding lanes,...
We woke up to a much brighter day today, and went for a walk around the medieval village of Onati, via the wooded path. The village was...
We had a relaxing morning, and Chris cooked meatballs and pasta for lunch - very tasty ! I had a quick look if any animlas were out this...
Even though we seemed to be sheltered where we had parked overnight, we didn't half feel the wind rocking the van ! We are still quite a...
Today's journey to Navia, took us across at least 20 individually named viaducts - quite a white knuckle ride as the roads were exposed...
We made our way to Santiago, hoping the rain would stay off today. We arrived at the identified motorhome parking area, but couldn't...
We woke up to see that a couple of fishermen had been out all night, and still there this morning. We had really dismal weather today, as...
We left our spot for the night, and headed to Viana Do Castelo. The sat nav certainly tests Chris as it took us right through the...
Today was the day for Port tasting 😋 We got a taxi into the town, direct to one of the Port Wine Cellars. The taxi‘s Sat Nav was worse...
We had quite a storm during the night; rain, hail, thunder and lightening, right above us - the electricity in the town went out once,...
We had being having problems with our habitaional battery going flat, and made our way to Estarreja, where there was a free stopover, and...
We brought bread rolls from the bread van this morning. We then set off towards Coimbra. We parked up on the stopover in Coimbra, and...
It had rained all day yesterday, and overnight, so it was lovely to see the sun out again this morning, and greeted by a lady peeping the...
It had rained overnight, and continued throughout today. Chris captured the sunrise again today. As we made our way to Tomar, we noticed...
We took some photos of the beautiful view we had woken up to this morning, and Chris even managed to capture the moon and a shooting star...
Day 200 on the road - we have been to 11 countries and seen so much and met so many people - such a great experience, and it's not over...
We left Faro, taking another few photos while we waited for our turn to cross the bridge. We then made our way to Cliff Richard's...