Author: h&b

  • Crème de la crème

    1st – 7th May 2026

    The final ascent out of Dubrovnik was again awful – coaches, cars and lorries honked their horns and came hurtling past us with mere inches to spare. They didn’t care and at times it felt like they wanted to teach us a lesson. I was done with it and close to breaking. Fortunately, things were about to get a lot better (and then temporarily worse again for a bit).

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  • The many errors of our way through Croatia

    If I have learnt anything in Croatia it’s that I have a rather vivid and overactive imagination that seems to hinder rather than help in all sorts of situations:

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  • Considering our options

    20th April – 1st May 2026

    There are many ways to cross Croatia. Over the course of just over a week it feels like we have attempted them all, and contended with a few challenges which have made us recalibrate our route.

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  • Into the mountains

    13-20th April 2026

    The Alps! Holly had seen the Alps. I hadn’t as I’d been so keen to take her photo coming through the tunnel that l sped through it without looking up in a bid to capture her pic as she emerged. Thankfully, in addition to taking her photo l also captured her expression as she set eyes on the impressive mountains for the first time.

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  • The errors of our way

    We are still in the trial and error stages of setting up our daily routine, and I thought I’d share some of the errors we encountered on our way in Germany:

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