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Ive had camper vans since 2020 (yup, lockdown). Travelled mainly in Scotland although a couple of trips to Europe. After getting cancer end of 2023 I decided to retire and travel more. I got my current VW Cali Coast in May 2025 and love it. After some serious MH issues I decided to get away on a long Euro road trip and thats when I thought about starting this blog. Hope you like it. I will hopefully write up here about all of my trips from now on.

Friday, November 7, 2025

Its hot 🥵 (7/11)

 Yesterday pretty much nowt happened.  Settled into my new campsite and relaxed, I was knackered.

One photo and that was when I added the tarp to my awning, exciting stuff


Today was more active.  I was going to head out on the bike but faffed quite a lot and decided nah, going to be too hot.

So a walk along to a nature reserve a couple of miles away.  The walk was pretty good, lots to see, some amazing looking mountains in the distance and a small town the opposite direction, lots of farming area.  Incredibly dry for farming though.
Ready to go:
Some mountains


Got to the reserve was looking forward to this one as it is advertised as having Flamingos. All very unassuming at the entrance and free entry (bonus).  After a bit of a walk I saw the first two Flamingos, very cool. 
Nothing special apart from I just like this image

Further round there was a wooden bridge to view the wildlife a bit better.  So many dragonfly’s, butterfly’s and various bird species.

This is a red knobbed coot, what a great name
I walked further round, it was very quiet, virtually no human and thought id maybe just got to a bit with reeds etc, plus more dragonflys. Then I saw what looked like a bird watching hut, so glad I went up and had a look.  Probably about 50 or so flamingoes out on the water, very awesome to watch.
These two stayed in position the entire time I was watching.
Not a very good pic but you get the idea, was a lot of them out there
A mix of Flamingos and Coots

On my way back I was lucky enough to see this guy just chilling.  I believe its a Little Egret


Then it was the walk home and phew it was hot.  Was a really good walk though and booked myself in for an extra week in this location.

When I got back I decided to walk round the site im pitched at, it’s huge.  Some absolutely massive camper homes, a couple below but im not sure the pic actually shows how immense they are.

I saw this one being brought in, not by a van but an HGV cab - wow

Tomorrow, hoping to get up a bit earlier, no faff and get out on the bike.  Also take a visit to the nearest town to see what’s happening there.

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