Category Archives: Countries

After the night in the pub in Doolin and the short night due to our loud neighboors on the campsite, we set off early in direction of the famous ‘Cliffs of Moher’. As it was the 10th of August ’22, we were in the middle of high season: meaning many tourists. However luckily there wereContinue reading “Heatwave in Ireland”

After a good night of sleep in the farmers barn we left happy and most importanty: with a dry tent. The weather that day (03-08-2022) changed continuously, from sun to dark grey clouds which made us wet every single time while we were just a minute too late with putting our rain clothes on. ItContinue reading “Impressive Connemara and cosy Irish pubs with tasty Guinness”

It has been a while again since we wrote the last blog. We are not at all up to date, nevertheless we keep on updating! To memorise our stories for ourselves and for you, the ones that are interested in reading them. In the last blog post we crossed the unspectacular border between the UKContinue reading “Ireland and its changing weather”

On 21/07/2022 we took the ferry from Cairnryan (Scotland) to Larne (North-Ireland). The ferry drive only took 2.5 hours. As North-Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, there was no real passport control in both harbours. Since Brexit happened, we expected a border between North-Ireland and Ireland including at least a passport control. However, thereContinue reading “The last kilometres in the UK – impressed by ‘The Troubles’ history”

At the end of June, we entered Scotland. So excited for this chapter of our cycle-adventure! The first nights in Scotland we were welcomed by many midges. They were everywhere and smaller than we could ever have imagined. The bites were itching, and we noticed that our insect spray did not really work very well.Continue reading “Scotland – a wild camp paradise”

It has been a long time since we wrote a new blog. We do not often find the time to write for the blog as the days are quite busy! Most of the days we have been cycling. We have found our routine which we will describe in the next blog, but summarised: waking upContinue reading “From buying spices in a big city – to swimming in a hidden pool : Welcome in The Lake District”