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MagBazPictures:
This growing website holds photographs from some major past journeys and all
our photos from January 2012 onwards. Several thousands of pictures remain on MagBazTravels and are still used to
illustrate articles.
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Motorhomes,
White Vans and Caravans: For 16 years we lived and travelled in two American
motorhomes (a Ford-based Four Winds and then a Chevrolet Fleetwood
Flair). For 3 more years we experimented with two white vans (a
Mercedes Sprinter and a VW Crafter) and three caravans (a Compass
Rallye, Bailey Ranger and Lunar Quasar). Since July 2014, we have settled on
and travel in a 7-metre Hymer-based Carado T337 motorhome. Here are pictures of
the complete stable.
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Four Winds
Fleetwood Flair
Mercedes Sprinter
VW Crafter
Compass Rallye
Bailey Ranger
Lunar Quasar
Carado T337
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Marquis
Malpractice:
This is the almost unbelievable and continuing story of how Marquis Motorhomes
failed to deal with any of the complaints we made arising from their
mis-selling of an overweight motorhome and how they refused to refund the
money we had paid without inordinate delay and draconian conditions.
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Marquis Malpractice
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| Marquis Strike Again: In about 13,500 words, we summarise the results of a random walk we took around the World Wide Web in February 2017, gathering opinions from people who had used the services of Marquis Motorhomes. None of the comments are favourable, but not as a result of us being selective. It is just that none of the comments are favourable! This is raw data and we have done no editing. | Marquis Strikes Again
& Again |
| Novembr | Looking Out October & November: Our recently re-established Looking Out feature has been updated for October and so far into November this year. | Looking Out
October & November |
| Novembr | German Environmental
Sticker: This update on Margaret's earlier article describes how easily we have just bought a German Environmental Sticker (Umweltplakette) for €6 at a German garage. | Umweltplakette
Update |
| Novembr | En Route to Greece 2018: Margaret begins her account of this autumnal journey to Greece as we pass through Belgium (pausing in Bruges) and visit First World War battlefields south of Cambrai. Our search for the grave of Scottish War Poet E Alan Mackintosh proves more successful than we could have imagined! | En Route to Greece
Autumn 2018 |
| Novembr | Images of the Journey through Belgium & France: Here are the photographic results of a visit to Bruges in Belgium. In France, we explored the World War One CWGC cemeteries south of Cambrai. The focus was on the grave and memorials to the Scottish Poet E Alan Mackintosh, killed on 21 November, age 24, at the start of the first ever tank battle. | Bruges
War Poet Alan Mackintosh
Cantaing Memorial
Cambrai Tank Museum
Orival Wood Cemetery
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| Novembr | Double Land Rover Journey: Martin Jeffes of Camping Sakar Hills fame writes a fine, detailed and illustrated account of his double Land Rover journey (assisted by wife Shirley, son Matt and friend Shaun) from southeast Bulgaria to the south coast of England. | Double Land Rovering
Across Europe |
| October | To Russia and Beyond: Living
in and driving their Globecar campervan in the Summer/Autumn of 2018, Jamie
Walker and Sylvie Mabille de Poncheville travelled from the UK through France, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia,
Georgia, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey and so into Greece. Their full account and photographs do justice to this amazing achievement. | To Russia & Beyond |
| October | Aussies on Tour 2018: Returning to Europe from their home in Western Australia, Martin & Pam made this 4,860-mile hot summer journey through 7 European countries in their Marquis Majestic 125 motorhome. Their daily account gives the co-ordinates of all the free or inexpensive places they stayed for a night, the distances travelled each day and many links to photographs and further information. | Aussies on Tour in
Belgium, France,
Luxembourg,
Germany, Austria,
Italy & Switzerland |
| October | Greece to the UK June 2018: Margaret's account of this summer journey to the UK through the Balkans is now complete. From Greece we travelled through Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and so into England and Scotland. | Greece to UK 2018 |
| October | Looking Out September & October 2018: Our recently re-established Looking Out feature has been updated for September and so far into October this year. | Looking Out
September & October |
| Sept | The Referendum Revisited: Using published statistics, we attempt to answer the question: 'Who are these British People whose Will must be Honoured?' The answer is as surprising as any other part of this crazy attempt at national self-harm. | The Referendum Revisited |
| Sept | Images of England in the Summer:
1. On Northumberland's border with Scotland.
2. On the Pennines in Lancashire
3. Great Camping and Fishing near Leyland
4. In the southeast corner of the N York Moors
5. Riding on quiet lanes and tracks
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2. Rivington & Winter Hill
3. Leyland Fish Camp
4. Langdale End
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| Sept | A Scottish Poet of World War One: Alan Mackintosh of the Seaforth Highlanders was killed on 21 November 1917 south of Cambrai during the first battle in which tanks were used en masse. It was followed by the biggest German counter-attack since 1914. Alan is buried in the nearby Orival Wood Cemetery. | Alan Mackintosh MC |
| August | A Croft on the Isle of Skye Revisited: Taking the ferry from Mallaig to Armadale, we drive almost the length of Skye to spend glorious days with old friends on their croft with its view of both the Outer Isles and the Cuillin Mountains. Reluctantly, we leave over the bridge from Skye! | A Croft on Skye |
| August | Looking Out: Month by month, we record our thoughts, experiences, writings and impressions of the passing scene: places, travel, people, Brexit, politics, events, questions, answers . . . . | Looking Out 2018
Looking Out 2017
Looking Out 2016
Looking Out 2013
Looking Out 2012
Looking Out 2011 |
| August | Greece to the UK June 2018: This is Margaret's travel log of our motorhome journey from Greece back to the UK through Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. | Greece to UK 2018 |
| August | ACSI Reviews of 14 Greek Campsites: Margaret regularly reviews campsites we use along our way: the good, the bad and the indifferent. The ACSI website is a very good place in which to place these comments, along with those of travellers from a number of countries. | Greek Campsites
14 ACSI Reviews |
| August | MagBazPictures in Scotland: Our second visit to a 12-acre croft in the far northwest of the Isle of Skye. | A Croft on Skye |
| July | MagBazPictures in England: Northumbrian Villages on the border with Scotland. | Carham & Wark |
| May | MagBazPictures in Greece: Some images from our 2018 winter and spring in Greece, our favourite country (by far). | A Cat Called Sooty
Finikounda Flood
Pylos Wave Blessing
Ancient Messini
Old Methoni
Ionion Beach Renewed |
| March | Georgia and Armenia: This is Ian and Shelagh's illustrated account (including 4 detailed maps) of their motorhome journey through these rarely visited countries. Not least impressive is their route from France to the Georgian border on the Black Sea coast in the far north east of Turkey. A good read for all; an inspiration for the few! | The Manzies in
Georgia & Armenia |
| March | Five Websites: Here are the stories behind the five websites we have developed over the last 12 years. Starting with this site, conceived in Johor Bahru, we went on to develop sites for the college where Barry once worked, for a Scottish Minister of the Kirk met in India, for the art and design work of the Macdonald sisters and finally a place to house hundreds of the photographs from our years of travel. | The Story of Five
Websites |
| February | Tenant versus Landlord - Who Wins: Illustrated by five battles in the war of attrition waged by a former tenant to this very day, we compare our house with the atrocious and dangerous living conditions in over half a million rented properties in England. Illustrated with seven photographs. | Tenant vs Landlord
Who Wins? |
| February | Green Zones in Europe: Ian Manzie, planning a motorhome journey from France to Norway, shares his discovery of how much more restrictive travel is becoming throughout Europe with the increasing number of Green Zones requiring a variety of stickers, permits and payments. | Green Zones in Europe |
| January | Aussies on Tour in Norway and Germany 2017: Martin and Pam Williams give two useful descriptions of their motorhome tour: an overview based on their impressions, and a very detailed day-by-day account with the places they stayed, (they don't use campsites), distances and co-ordinates which link to a photograph of each stay. Both accounts are illustrated in the text and in linked galleries. | Aussies on Tour in Norway
& Germany - Overview Aussies on Tour in Norway
& Germany - Details |
| January | Winter Stay in Greece 2017: This is the story (with pictures) of finding an apartment and hiring a car for a winter stay in the far southwest corner of the Greek Peloponnese. We contrast Greek ways of doing business with the stressful, bureaucratic and money-centred methods in capitalist countries such as the UK. | Arriving in Greece
Winter of 2017 |
| January | UK to Greece Autumn 2017: In late November we arrive in Greece after a 6,215-mile (9,950-km), 15-country, 4-month motorhome journey. The route included the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria and so in to Greece. | UK to Scandinavia
2017 Baltic Republics to Greece
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| January | Kamping Kromidovo in Bulgaria: After a visit to this 'campsite' in November on our way south from Sofia into Greece, we expose its pretentious claims to be eco-friendly, its unsuitability as a campsite and the absurdity of its situation in a semi-derelict and impoverished Bulgarian village. | Kamping Kromidovo
Reviewed & Exposed |
| | 69 Overnight Parkings/Stopovers in Greece: Margaret has updated this article listing places we know and have used. It also links to other websites, such as that of Pete Jenkins (PJ) and a French website (in English) listing over 800 places in Greece. | 69 Overnight Stopovers
in Greece |
| 32 Greek Campsites Open All Year: Margaret has updated this popular article ensuring that all sites now have GPS co-ordinates. Australians Bob & Lyn Smith have shared their experience of six of the sites as well as adding two new ones: Camping Mani Beach near Gythion and Camping Tsolis near Lampiri. | 32 Greek Campsites
Open All Year |
| 44 Travellers Websites: There are two new entries in our list of recommended websites by and for long-term, long-distance travellers. Sue and Nigel our out for a year in their classic Hymer, visiting every EU country; Australians Michael and Norma have been travelling the roads of Europe in their campervan every year since 2007. They have also made amazing voyages in their 37ft yacht! | |
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Our
33 Greatest Cycle Rides: Gathered together here are brief descriptions and links to
detailed accounts of 33 of what we consider to be the best of hundreds of our
cycle rides over the years. The chosen rides add up to 36,730 miles (58,770
km).
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33 Greatest Cycle Rides
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26 Website Guides to European Campsites & Stopovers: This has been refreshed and updated and now has links to 26 websites which in turn list campsites throughout Europe, including an English Language French site with over 50,000 stopovers - over 5,000 of them in the UK.
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26 Websites
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Campsites
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Motorhome Insurance Agents: Margaret has carried out a thorough review of our list
of motorhome insurance agents. Websites, contact numbers and major
features have been updated and failed agencies removed.
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33 Motorhome
Insurance Agents
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311
Travel Quotations: There are now 311 travel-related quotations in the section
called 'Ramblings'.
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311 Travel
Quotations
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44 Travellers' Websites: There are details and links to 44 recommended
non-commercial websites that have been produced by and for long-distance
motorhomers, cyclists and other travellers
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44 Recommended
Travellers' Websites
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806 Readers' Comments: Collecting a few more Readers' Comments brings the total to 806. Thank you very much. If you would like to add your comment, please just Contact Us.
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806 Comments from
Readers
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Bicycle-Related Quotations: We have selected 53 bicycle-related quotes from the 86
collected by bicycle historian Carlton Reid for his proposed book 'BikeBoom'.
They range from Boris Johnson to Jean-Paul Sartre and from Iris Murdoch to
Michelle Pfeiffer!
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78
Fellow Travellers have contributed articles and images to this website, sharing
their experience of long-term, long-distance travel by motorhome and/or
bicycle.
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78 Fellow Travellers
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64
Useful Links: Selected from the many, here are a number of links to websites
useful and relevant to the long-term, long-distance traveller by motorhome
and/or bicycle.
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64 Useful Links
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147
Books for Travelling: 16 more books for our travelling in the summer of 2010
brings the total to 147, including some recommended by readers of this
website. There are guide books, cook books, fiction and relevant non-fiction.
Why not share the contents of your motorhome's bookshelf/ bicycle pannier?Contact Us!
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147 Books for Travelling
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Fellow Travellers' Collections: These fellow long-distance, long-term travellers and
motorhomers have each contributed a good number of articles to this website;
enough to form a personal Collection. Click on their name to see a clickable
list of their wide-ranging articles.
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Don Madge Collection (34)
Webb Collection (17)
Dr Bob Collection (17)
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