Re: Look at Scotland this way..

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 01:23:48 -0000, I read these words from "Nebulous"
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>"Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 19:58:37 -0000, I read these words from "Nebulous"
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>> > . . . I wish I'd done the travelling thing when I was younger,
>> > before becoming responsible for other people, but only as a
>> > temporary arrangement- not permanently.
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>> You've got a caravan, haven't you ?
>> What's to stop you exploring Europe ?
>> Get the maps out !
>>
>> -- jjj
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>I bought the caravan to explore Scotland. Prior to that I tended to do the
>Eurocamp thing in France. We've been about 7 times. I can only get a
>fortnight off in the summer and its a long way to Europe from here.

Rosyth - Zeebrugge is good but somewhat on the expensive side
with the caravan.
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>With Eurocamp I used to do over 1000 miles in about 22 hours.

Don't fancy that day-after-day driving stuff myself. Did it one year
down through France heading for Portugal, never again.
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>My children grew to dislike the journey so much that I stopped.
>Its different with the van though. With a slower pace and regular stops
>the journey becomes part of the holiday, rather than something to be endured.

You can be in the Rhine valley in around 8 hours towing a van
(comfortably) driving via the Netherlands or into the Mosel valley
using a route through Belgium.
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>I must admit I'm actually quite happy with my lot. However when I see
>youngsters nowadays for whom travelling appears to be the norm I wish I'd
>had a chance to take a year off with a backpack.

Driving times to ports take a fair chunk out of a two week holiday !
Four days driving to Dover and back for you ?
And the additional Ferry costs eat into your beer money !

I'd probably wander much more if I was based in Europe.
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>We still may have the chance when our youngest two are a bit older
>to do the caravanning bit.

When you're on your own, switch to a motorhome.
Much more freedom to roam.
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>I just bought a Navman 510 Satnav.
> Going back to Europe would give me an
>excuse to buy the European maps as well as the UK ones!

Got myself a Garmin c330 unit in the Summer.
The UK and European maps are pre-loaded . . . it's brilliant.

-- jjj
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