A change of plan 15.10.25 Waking up in Hoşkoy was lovely, in my head we were visiting where people from Istanbul take their holidays and we would be able to enjoy the seaside towns at the end of season. I hadn’t taken into account that whilst people were still on the beach and swimming back…
Will she won’t she? Oh the joys … 14.8.23 We bought Naz, our motorhome in May 2021. Post covid, life’s too short, it’ll be fun blah blah. In an ideal world we would have bought a young one, with low mileage. Instead we bought within our means, a 15 year old ex public bus with…
Motorhome travel to Ayvalık and beyond. 15.9.23 After the head gasket palaver Naz had to go back a week later for control.. She has been puffing out huge plumes of black smoke since coming back from the garage. Then they couldn’t actually fit her in til Tuesday. Nightmare. Either way we’re going to Ayvalik, we…
Is it just posh boats and a castle? 10.5.25 An interesting nights sleep by the little harbour, after finally catching the mozzie that was otherwise going to eat us alive. At 4am there was a huge clap of thunder, a bit of rain, and noises that sounded like they were definitely unloading fishing nets and…
Our trip is coming to an end 16.5.25 When we went to bed last night there were street dogs barking, people chatting on the beach and music playing. It didn’t bode well but suddenly just before midnight we realised all was silent. We could only hear the sea. John decided we would take the scenic…
Meeting up with the boy 17.10.24 At 8am the Jandarma woke us up knocking on our door. What are you doing? Ahh, tourists, ok. It’s good that they check everyone is ok and at least it wasn’t any earlier than 8am. It was actually a little chilly this morning. Autumn is here. 28 degrees in…