RogueStorm
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- Jan 8, 2015
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- Three years, Western West Europe 2015, Eastern West Europe (and some Western East Europe) 2016.
Hi, my wife and I have planned a campervan trip for as long I can remember but one thing or another got in the way. Sadly, my wife, aged 49, had a stroke three years ago and is now in a wheelchair and again we had to put it on hold. Last year, however, we bought an aging (2000) Peugeot Boxer Coach Built camper van that ticked a number of boxes and met our needs. (40k (miles not price!)). From East Sussex, we took it to the Lake District, Scotland, Lincoln and Norfolk as a trial run last September and it seemed to go OK with no major problems concerning my wife's disability . This year we, myself, my wife and our boxer dog, plan to be a bit more adventurous. In early March we are taking the ferry from Newhaven to Dieppe, travelling down the left side of France, into Spain, Portugal, back to Spain, along the south coast of France, left side of Italy to Taranto and up the right side. Although we have planned to go from there through Switzerland, Germany and the lowlands I'm having second thoughts and the sun of the Mediterranean in May is drawing me back the way we came. My wife doesn't like to sit still for long but when she does, she likes to be warm. I know there is some fantastic scenery in the middle of Europe but feel that we could always do that another year. We're planning to travel using Aires and Acsi sites on a two days (nights) on the road and three nights at a site to use the washing machines. Any comments and/or advice extremely welcome.