Preparing for the new season

Our latest recruit

So the touring season is nearly upon as and we cannot wait to get going. One of the consequences of running a tour business is that the van is in use all year. so we have not really had to winter-down the motorhome or bring it back to life - it just sits there on the drive ready to go!


Admittedly there has been a bit of "Autoglym" applied and we are training our youngest grandson how to apply "Simoniz Back to Black" on the bumper (see photo).


The closed season has seen quite a bit of ebay activity and we are looking forward to using the new low wattage kettle and toaster (Wendy's idea) and the new step ladders to get the bikes off (my idea).

Our first trip of the season is Springtime in France tour, which we will run every year even if we are the only people on it! We find that Springtime is a great time to motorhome generally. The weather is on the turn and the campsites are all still fairly quiet. Paris is particularly appealing (and dare I say Romantic) at this time of year and there should be plenty of activity (in terms of flowers rather than romance) in the Tuileries near the Louvre and a little further out in the Luxembourg Gardens, which are our favourite.

Daffs at Keukenhof

We have been keeping a close eye on the daffodil situation is Holland for our trip there later in the month. Apparently the first one popped out in February, so we are hopeful of another grand display this year.