Roadtrip #2 (England/Scotland) – Overview
Roadtrip #2
(England/Scotland)
Ever wanted to pack your bags, just jump in a motorhome and go off and explore Europe as a family? Well, that’s exactly what we (Catherine, Richard, Lottie & Libby) have done since September 2015.
A normal family just on an extra-ordinary adventure, so here’s the start of the adventure with a trip on Scotland’s NC500 before completing the John O’Groats to Lands End route.!
Long story short
How did it all start….
We’re just a normal family of 4 (& a dog) but when kayaking the Dordogne in July 2015, a switch just flipped! Life’s too short, we needed to ‘live’ not ‘exist’ So we’ve taken up a ‘once in a lifetime’ family opportunity!
So here’s the first steps onto a roadtrip adventure that’s now over 700+ days old and includes visits to over 30+ European Countries….
INTERACTIVE ROUTEMAP (SCOTLAND/ENGLAND)
Route Overview
Miles Covered
Hours Driven
Days On Road
Cost Per Day (4 people)
Could you do it with your family?
Picture this. All your belongings safely stowed in the back of your motorhome. Imagine you sitting in the drivers seat, with the kids in the back, ready and raring to go for yet another family adventure in your trusty motorhome. The chance to discover amazing people, places, food and adventures across Europe. All for under £48/day (average in 2017) or £17,000/year.
Use our experiences to Help You
Hopefully you’ll find plenty to inspire and help you on your journey, but please shout if we can ever be of help… just drop us a line and we’ll get back as soon as we can get wifi signal!!!
We hope you enjoy these Route Specific Blog Posts below but if you have a Question, we'd be happy to help you
FINISHED – Journey completed as we reach Lands End
After a fun filled 20 days of adventure, we pulled into the Lands End car park with a mixture of happiness and sadness. Happy that we had managed to both enjoy and finish such a special journey that mixed great scenery with opportunities to...
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Exploring Corfe Castle & Lulworth Cove
Brilliant day in and around some of the beautiful landscapes of Dorset.... what a special place to live and surely well worth a further visit... Corfe Castle was a picture of brooding menace as we arrived in the wind and rain, but as in Enid Blyton's...
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Discovering Stamford and Burghley House
Our day started with a well needed clean of the van after a particularly muddy series of tracks through North Yorkshire Moors, the Adria was brilliant and barely missed a beat despite the poor weather... but it did receive a fair bit of mud for its...
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Breakfasting in the North Yorkshire Moors enroute to Rutland
Today appeared to have all 4 seasons in one day... One minute being pelted with rain that turned into sleet, yet out of nowhere occasional glimpses of blue sky and sun rippling across the moors... beautiful yet foreboding in equal measure... So we thought...
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Dunnottar Castle, St Andrews & Edinburgh beckons tomorrow
Burns night has arrived…. so morning breakfast centred around what makes a Burns Night and why is it celebrated… yet again the t’internet and Lottie’s history book came to the rescue… thoroughly informative and a great start to the day… Both girls were amazed at the...
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Visiting the lesser known east coast of Scotland – Finding the Glorious Gorse in Gardenstown…
Blustery!!!! Probably the one word for last night and this morning.... but the plus side was that we all enjoyed a relatively peaceful morning.... That said, it was a work day and the girls piled through some English, Maths and their diaries.... with Lottie even...
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Cycling in the Cairngorms
With the winter sun beating against the windows, it seemed too good an opportunity to miss… a chance to get onto the bikes following a well needed ‘lie in’ at Grantown on Spey! With the campsite facilities well used by all, we headed into Grantown and a chance to see...
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Uncovering the Northern edges of Scotland near John O’Groats
Is there a better way to wake up…. perching on a cliff top overlooking a Scottish fishing port in full flow? It was a beautiful sight and made us appreciate the Scottish Salmon that is such a family favourite. Thankfully, we got to stretch our legs as it required a...
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Culloden Moor – A brilliant piece of Scottish History at first hand….
Brilliant day!!!! Loved visiting the atmospheric Culloden Moor today, we had worked hard with the girls beforehand with an excellent book that we got from Loch Ness (on Scottish history). Really informative, but easy to work through.... well the girls loved it!! So...
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Culloden Moor – A brilliant piece of Scottish History at first hand….
Brilliant day!!!! Loved visiting the atmospheric Culloden Moor today, we had worked hard with the girls beforehand with an excellent book that we got from Loch Ness (on Scottish history). Really informative, but easy to work through.... well the girls loved it!! So...
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Two hidden gems of the West Coast of Scotland – Ullapool and Kinlochbervie
So after a week in the new Adria... it seemed both the right time to review the motorhome and give our first impressions.... so over the next day or so, a new page has been created to allow us to post reviews... with the Adria Silver Edition Matrix the very first...
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Loch Ness – 24hrs of Ponies, Nessie and Sledging…
Despite the mad dash from the Isle of Skye last night, the night passed without incident in a fantastic campsite attached to the Highland Riding Centre... having been welcomed last night, it seemed a great idea to spend more time there this morning... So...
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Taking a motorhome onto the paradise that is the Isle of Skye…
With the constant pitter patter of snow throughout the night, we wondered what we would awake to find... suffice to say it was an absolute pleasure to see just enough (but not too much snow). The blanket of snow stretched across the estate where we stayed at Torgoyle....
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Tackling Snow in a Motorhome!!! Glencoe, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness in a day!!
Another busy day draws to a close…. in summary, we’ve woken up in a Scottish ski resort at Glencoe, been sledging and run in deep snow at Glencoe. Then moved onto enjoy the Glencoe National Trust centre and a decent walk in the old volcano. Fort William followed...
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Driving a motorhome from Loch Lomond to Glencoe…
Is there a better way for children to start the day, than with snow falling and the promise of more…. Well, we were royally treated today… it started snowing at 8am and it still hasn’t stopped!!! The wintry landscapes have been truly breathtaking. From...
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