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Got my Irish passport in June this year. Fortunately Dad had all bar one doc needed. He had photocopy of the missing one, so easy to order a replacement. I applied to register my birth in Sep 2019. Got birth registration in February this year. So with demand and Covid, it wasn't a quick...

Last August we followed the Shannon slowly. Lots of free and lovely park ups.

https://vanlifematters.co.uk/ Came across this ... may be of interest.

Agree re bohinj. Cycled to end of the lake and then walked up to the Slap (waterfall!). We spent 5 weeks in SLOVEnia and LOVED it. As it was our first year full time, we were law abiding and mostly used sites. I did come across a book of agrorourism park ups (France Passion), but it was...

Ours faded too ... more noticeable on black. 😕

Having read about LPG shortages in the UK, we filled up before we arrived back. But the time came, we needed gas. How Far would we have to drive? Only 5 miles! The lady that served me said they had never had shortages or lack of supply. Their tank tells Color when it is at 25%. Within 4...

Definitely ageism. Last year I added a 52 year old to my policy who was driving the car back to the UK with Cretan rescue dogs. There were 3 of us on the policy already... 2 older codgers 😆 James and my father. The premium actually went DOWN!!!

Over in Crete, all I can hear is German voices (D and CH) with the odd French. Mostly flown in for holidays, but a few motorhomes.

Know a few folk done it or headed that way. Who are you using for BREAKDOWN COVER? We have RAC Arrivals Zone 3 which covers only European Turkey. Sterling, who covered us before, no longer offer breakdown cover since ******. Tourinsure, seem to be a German company, want about eur4000...

Well done. Quite something to have done. Love that Mrs G always smiling. Were you?

Loved Sicily ... spent 3 months there about 5 years ago. If you do make it to Crete, do shout. Enjoy your trip.

This time we drove via Antibes to see James daughter. But normally we drive free roads through belguim and Luxembourg. Basle pay for annual vignette or 10 days for >3.5 ton. Gotthard Tunnel free but avoid peak times due to trucks. Italian paying motorways down to Ancona. At the moment Italy...

We were fully loaded ... all the things expensive or hard to get in Crete. Unpacking today, think i counted 9 tins of coconut milk and 4 of corned beef. Obviously won't cook those together! No checks at all.

Drove from Fr to Italy on Monday... no border checks. We were 36 hr transit so no need for tests etc. Had done the EU plf but no one asked to see it. And no one batted an eye about us being in Italy. More mask wearing, even when out in the countryside walking than we've seen ... and by a...

Ian, we went onto Boots and got the cert on our phone within an hour. But better was a postal one to home and do in the van ... upload pic of passport and result. We used c19 for entry to Greece said max 12 hrs, but result back in just over an hour (office hours).

Yes. We're back in Crete, will probably leave here mid/end June. Take a week to drive up to cross S of istanbul. No idea of planned route yet. Will need to revisit all our aborted planning... we were just into Turkey when lockdown 1 hit us. 12 weeks on a Turkish campsite, lovely but didn't see...

Amazing weather at Antibes. Left Entrevaux yesterday morning in -1C. Arrived at the campsite ... chairs out and coffee in the 🌞!

Now I KNOW most you you knowing types will know this phrase. But it was a new one to me ... chap checking our gas at Eurotunnel told it to me. Well, it's simple and memorable so I found it useful!

Got delayed with m26 closure... so on 1.20. Bombed down south so now close to Nice and will see family this weekend. Stunning drive with hoar frost and snow. All off peage, so grindingly slow with >3 5 ton speed restrictions. Where you headed?

Lol. No need to empty fridge ... what I've heard, they don't check. So take your bacon! You seem to have it covered ... except ... download app tousanticovid. Scan 3 UK covid vax qr codes. All pretty normal, but quiet in some places and few Brits. Only Swiss border has asked reason for...