The Rif in Northern Morocco is a mountainous, hardscrabble region, home to one and a half million people who are […]
A new continent
The ferry arrived early, slipping quietly into Tangier’s Med Port before sunset. The lowering of the vehicle ramp signalled a […]
Morocco bound
The ferry from Genoa to Tangier takes a languid fifty-one hours, but if you think of it as a Mediterranean […]
Snow
We’ve been parked in an almost deserted campsite for the past few days so P can catch up with some […]
Into Italy
A long drive out of the alps and towards the Dolomites. They are perhaps the most distinctive mountains in Europe, […]
Alpine Austria
If you want to explore mountains, Austria has you covered. I can’t think of anywhere more enthusiastic about getting absolutely […]
Up and over
We’d done quite a lot of pootling through valleys and zigzagging up small roads to farm-stays but we hadn’t crossed […]
Matreier Glacier
There are some things that no amount of photography can really do justice to. They tend to be the bigger […]
Into Austria
Within the EU of course, crossing borders is now almost imperceptable. There may be (as there were) a couple of […]
First days
So, off we go then! Contrary to what Instagram may suggest, not every “overland” journey begins in brilliant sunshine with […]
The Magic Bus 