Welcome

The first leg of our trip - 3500 metres up in the Alps.
It was boiling hot and the roads were still closed due to snow!

Hello and welcome to our blog. We are Bob and Wendy Reeves. We run our own tour business - Crossings Motorhome Tours Ltd.

We have been motorhoming for four years in total. Our first trip was a weekend in Scarborough. We quickly followed that up with slightly longer trips to Hadrian’s Wall, Loch Lomond and Snowdon before we embarked on our adventure of a life time around mainland Europe. Over a three year period, we motorhomed through 30 countries racking up over 30,000 miles - and we’re not done yet!

Over the years we have learnt a lot about motorhoming, particularly in Europe. We’ve met hundreds of motorhomers and have learnt an incredible amount from them as well as learning from our own experiences (and mistakes).

The idea behind this blog is to share some of those experiences and to encourage other people to do the same. One of the things we’ve noticed about motorhomers is that they are quite a disparate bunch of people, who do not necessarily all enjoy the same things. In our own house we tend to disagree on what makes the perfect motorhome tour. I tend to like countries where the beer and diesel are cheap and it’s not too crowded. Wendy, on the other hand, would much rather head south, usually to the Spanish coast to soak up the sun.

Therefore, the list of topics for our blog is going to be broad and varied and will range from the common:

Our 'soon to be retired' Hymer motorhome taking a
well-earned rest in the Alps.

• What to take with you on your trip
• Driving on the continent
• Where to go and how to get there
• What to expect of European campsites and camping areas including wild camping
• How much it costs to go motorhoming
• How to choose a motorhome

We will also veer onto the less obvious but equally important topics such as:

Our first stop-over.
Haro, in the Rioja region of Spain

• Motorhome etiquette on the continent
• Continental driving habits
• The best supermarkets to go in each country
• The best places to buy diesel and how to figure out European petrol stations

And we might even cover specialist topics such as:

• How to fix a Thetford toilet at 10pm
• How it’s possible to have three lanes of traffic on a two way stretch of road
• Is Santa real and if so where is he?!

We would love to hear your feedback with any comments or questions you have about the blog or motorhoming in general. We are real motorhome enthusiasts and are always pleased to hear from fellow ‘chuggers’ or anyone considering becoming one.