Chris, Melle, Homer and Roxy on Tour

One of the aims was to experience and learn so this blog tries to capture and share this….. Not to worry so much.  Over the years I think I've become more anxious and anyone who experiences anxiety will recognize that it's an unpleasant and debilitating mental condition.  I'm not talking about not worrying at all - worry has it's place in helping us to survive and thrive but when it constantly wakes you in the night with fear and stops you from enjoying life it is pretty horrible.  While we were in the Alps I had my anxieties from Homer breaking down, freezing over and just generally not keeping us warm to driving up and down the thin and winding mountain roads.  We were also on a budget and so worrying about money could also become and constant thing if not careful.  All of these things could potentially limit the adventure and I was aware of this from the very start.  But what I came to realise was that the difficult times passed and while I was away I li...

Eye Candy 👁️   One of the best things about our trip was the ‘eye candy’ - no not fit ski instructors or cool boarders but some of the natural viewscapes and buildings we saw in the mountains of France, in Switzerland and Belgium.  I have so many photos to share and have put them into a couple videos on our YouTube channel  https://youtube.com/   ‘Scenes’ & ‘Architecture’. But here a few of my absolute favourites 💯 😊 Architecture I was blown away by some of the mountain chalets we saw, like something from a picture book or Heidi film! I particularly liked the traditional wooden ones but also some of the tasteful modern structures too.  Pretty chalet, Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval Munot fortress Shaffhausen, Switzerland Newer chalets, Samoëns Outer village, Samoëns Traditional chalet, Sixt Annecy The 13th century buildings in Annecy were great to look at, with their colours and unusual shapes.    Grenier, Sixt-fer-a-Cheval  Greniers were built to store ...

I n total we spent 81 days in Europe and all but 3 nights we slept in Homer which was very comfortable 😁.  The ability to take your home with you to visit places and use the app 'search for sites' to find suitable overnight stop was brilliant.  We stayed in Homer in 19 different locations (not including our Swiss stop where we didn't stay in Homer) as a result.  14 of those were also free. Homer travelled 39 miles short of 5000 kilometres over the whole trip.  Diesel was the only item where we went over budget - we forecast £600 and actually spent €892 (about £750).  We hadn't originally planned to visit Switzerland which was an amazing trip and gave us the chance to make new friends too. Costs included - £4624 of living costs (inc the diesel costs above), £1,050 season ski passes and £290 euro tunnel. Grand total £5964.  We weren't quite there for 3 months but I estimate costs would have been a little more than £2,000 a month if we had been.   F...