covering 1 April to 30 July 2007.
In all Modestine travelled 6337 miles and consumed 611 litres of diesel. To this should be added about 500 miles for the ferry crossings and journeys by public transport. The total cost of the four months away was about £4565, including £697 for an overhaul of Modestine before we set out. Campsites accounted for about £900, diesel about £435 and ferry crossings about £275. The remainder was made up of items such as food and wine, public transport, internet access, gifts to friends and £50 for the complete works of Bach on 155 CDs!
The details given for each of the postings listed below are: a running number, the first day of the posting, the title - which is a hotlink - and the main places included.
01. You-can't get too much of a good thing!
Setting the scene.
02. 6 Apr. Normandy
Trouville, Deauville, Bavent, Regnéville, Abbaye de Hambye, Bayeux
03. 9 Apr. Normandy and Franche-Comté
Suisse Normande, Caen, Clécy, Orne, Sées, Gien, Vézelay, Champagne-sur-Loue, Arbois
04. 14 Apr. Lake Annecy to Lake Maggiore
Annecy, Gorges de Fier, Salgesch, Chamonix, Col de la Forclaz, Simplon Pass, Lake Maggiore, Baveno
05. 18 Apr. Lake Maggiore and Milan
Isola de Pescatore, Isola Bella, Isola Madre, Pallanza, Milan
06. 22 Apr. Lake Iseo and Brescia
Lake Iseo, Iseo, Brescia, Lake Garda, Peschiera, Cislano
07. 24. Apr. Verona and Vicenza
Peschiera, Verona, Vicenza
08. 26 Apr. Venice and Aquilea
Venice, Burano, Torcello, Lido, Murano, Aquilea
09. 1 May. Trieste and Slovenia
Duino, Triste, Lipica, Postojna, Predjama
10. 4 May. Vrh to Krk
Krk
11. 6 May. Down the Dalmatian coast
Krk, Dalmatia, Vodice, Skradinski Buk, Skradin, Sibenik, Primosten, Trogir, Stobrec
12. 9 May. Split and Dubrovnik
Split, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik
13. 13 May. Bosnia
Magistrala, Mostar, Neretva Canyon, Sarajevo, Butmir, Slavonski Brod
14. 17 May. From Croatia into Hungary
Slavonsi Brod, Pécs, Szekszárd, Tihany
15. 22 May. Balaton and Budapest
Székesféhervár, Budapest, Veszprém, Balatonfüred, Badacsony, Hegymagas, Keszthely
16. 26 May. In north-west Hungary
Keszthely, Héviz, Szombathely, Köszeg, Gyömöre
17. 29 May. Bratislava
Bratislava, Modra, Senica, Hodonin, Trebric
18. 2 Jun. Prague and Karlovy Vary
Benesov, Konopiste, Jesenice, Prague, Karoly Vary
19. 7 Jun. Down but not out in Germany
Potucky, Zwickau, Gera, Weimar, Tiefurt, Apolda
20. 12 Jun. Goslar and Göttingen
Bad Frankenhausen, Wernigerode, Goslar, Salzgitter Bad, Okertal, Seeburger See, Ebergötzen, Göttingen
21. 16 Jun. Fulda and Frankfurt
Fulda, Frankfurt am Main, Bad Homburg
22. 18 Jun. The Rhine and the Moselle
Rhine, Lorch, Lorelei, Sankt Goar, Moselle, Burg Eltz, Cochem, Hunsruck, Saarburg, Trier
23. 22 Jun. Luxembourg
Nennig, Luxembourg, Diekirch
24. 24 Jun. Nancy and Domrémy
Ars-sur-Moselle, Pont-à-Mousson, Nancy, Domrémy
25. 26 Jun. Verdun
Verdun
26. 28 Jun. Beauvais, Rouen, Honfleur
Chalons-en-Champagne, Champagne, Beauvais, Lyons-la-Forêt, Rouen, Honfleur
27. 4 Jul. Caen and the Cotentin
Caen, Luc-sur-Mer, Saint-Vaaste-la-Hogue, Gatteville, Barfleur, Omanville-la-Rogue, Omanville-la-Petite, Cap de la Hague, Joburg, Vauville, St.- Germain-le-Gaillard
28. 8 Jul. The Cotentin and Mont St Michel
Carteret, Lessay, Hauteville-la-Guichard, Coutances, Granville, Avranches, Mont-St.-Michel, Pontorson, Mortain
29. 12 Jul. Calvados
Domfront, Bagnoles-de-L'Orne, Carrougers, Falaise, Caen, Arromanches, Port-en-Bessin
30. 16 Jul. The Loire
Pocé-sur-Cisse, Chaumont, Amboise, Chambord, Chedigny, Chenonceau
31. 22 Jul. Southern Brittany
Ancenis, Nantes, Port-Louis, Lorient, Pont-Aven, Concarneau, Rosporden
32. 26 Jul. Finistère
Pleyben, Guimiliau, Saint-Thégonnec, Huelgoat, Guissény, Brest, Landerneau, Roscoff