Languedoc-Roussillon – 26th September-6th October 2015
Eleven days, based for the first five nights in Carcassonne and for the second five in Ille-sur-Têt.
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Road trips
Around Madrid – 25th April-4th May 2015
A day in Madrid followed by eight days circling Madrid and visiting:Segovia – huge Roman aqueduct & alcazabaSalamanca – beautiful architecture throughout this university townAvila – walled townToledo – stunning views of the town from the opposite bank of the riverConsuegra – windmillsAranjuez – Palacio READ MORE …..
Andalucia – 26th April-7th May 2014
The well-trodden trail around Andalucia taking in Mijas, Ronda, Cordoba, Ubeda and Granada but adding in a few extras – Zahara de la Sierra, Almodóvar del Río, a spectacular Parador in Jaen, Spanish Civil War trenches at Cerro del Maúllo and a great trek at READ MORE …..
Dalmatia – 24th September-3rd October 2013
A ten day trip along the Dalmatian coast of Croatia based in Zadar for the first two nights then Split for the next three, Dubrovnik for two nights and finally back to Split for the last night before flying home.
Northern Italy – 11th-25th May 2013
A 14 day road trip across northern Italy starting and ending at Pisa. On the way visiting the start of the Mille Miglia in Brescia and watching the cars cross the Passo della Futa (separate post here), driving round Lake Garda, visiting the Ferrari and READ MORE …..
Jordan – 3rd-11th July 1998
Nine day self-drive trip starting and finishing in Amman and visiting some crusader forts in the Jordanian desert, the Roman city of Jerash, the Dead Sea, Petra (of course) and Aqaba.
USA Coast-to-Coast – 20th June-18th July 1987
A four week trip driving across the USA from New York to Los Angeles via Washington, Niagara Falls, Chicago, Mount Rushmore, Devil’s Tower, Yellowstone, Salt Lake City, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, Death Valley, Sequoia, Yosemite, San Francisco and Carmel. READ MORE …..
France Grand Tour – June 1986
A giant loop around France travelling from Calais down through Normandy and the Massif Central to the Côte d’Azur. Then back up through the French Alps and across through Champagne back to Calais