Henley-on-Thames and Oxford: With the London Marathon on this weekend, the London campsite had been booked out for some time so we had to move. Bob and Annette, our neighbours in Sydney who are in London on a posting with Bob's work, had intended to take us out of London for the day. Oxford was always on the cards and with us half-way there already, it was easy to collect us and drive there for the day. First stop for a cup of morning tea was Nuffield H...

Cambridge Having never been to Cambridge, it seemed as good a place as any to spend a day or two before heading to London. The campsite was a short bus trip away and we headed into town - in the rain and cold of course. We booked a walking tour through the city which included looking through some of the Colleges of the University. Queens' College was a collection of stunning old buildings, some with the most amazing Tudor half-timbered structures we have ...

Thurstonland After some glitches with the GPS which sent us to the wrong village, we found the Rose and Crown pub in the little village of Thurstonland. Our room in an old stone building was quite OK and the breakfast that came with it was the typical full English - with the addition of large pieces of Black Pudding on the plate - normal for this part of the country! The village was picturesque, sitting on the top of a hill with stunning views of the cou...

Sydney to London Time to go back to the UK to collect our little motorhome and this time spend an uninterrupted 5 months travelling around. This year we have planned two major destinations - Morocco first for a month and then up to Iceland for a month also. After Iceland we plan to see as much of the rest of Scandinavia as we can in the remaining time we have before heading home again. We had thought that we would keep the van for two years but the way...

Leeds and London After leaving the ferry at around 9pm, we headed north intending to get as far as we could that night. We did not have any campsite booked and since most places would now be closed we knew we would be (illegally) wild camping for the night. After rejecting many places as unsuitable we finally pulled into a layby off the motorway. We joined 3 or 4 huge trucks also bedding down for the night. What a ghastly night! The road was noisy and we...