Grote Spouwen, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Belgium 🇧🇪
One of our favourite Belgian stopovers — simple, peaceful and perfectly placed for exploring the surrounding countryside by bike.
Kim Irvine
If You’d Told Me This Six Months Ago
If you’d told me six months ago that I’d be planning European routes, improving my writing and arguing about imaginary larch trees with an AI called George, I’d never have believed you. Yet sometimes the things we least expect turn out to be the most surprising.
Camping Memling — Bruges 🇧🇪
A great base for visiting Bruges, with good facilities, easy cycling and plenty of nearby walking routes.
A Week in Pictures - 30 May - 6 June 2026
A week of family, fresh air and familiar routines as life settles back into shape after three months on the road.
Camping-Car Park Calais 🇫🇷
A secure, well-equipped overnight stop close to Calais ferry port — ideal for breaking the journey between the UK and mainland Europe.
Matilda on Tour - 89 days on the road 🚐
Eighty nine days ago we rolled away from home with only a rough route, a campervan and a sense of adventure. Three months later we returned with memories of mountains, lakes, quiet campsites, unexpected challenges and a new appreciation for just how little you really need to live a happy life. 💛
Matilda on Tour — One Last Adventure Before Home
After almost three months on the road, Matilda is finally home 🚐
The washing is on the line, the garden is in full bloom and normal life feels both strange and comforting again. What an adventure it’s been 🌿
Matilda on Tour - Moselle and the Rhine Valleys - A Whistle Stop Tour 🇩🇪
A few days exploring the Moselle and Rhine valleys — riverside rides, vineyard villages, busy tourist towns and plenty of changing scenery as Matilda slowly heads north again 🇩🇪🚴
Matilda on Tour - From Lakes to Medieval Towns — Bavaria in Spring 🇩🇪
Storm clouds, medieval towns, storks on rooftops and peaceful cycling through Bavaria 🇩🇪
Matilda on Tour - 75 Days In — And Home Is Starting To Appear On The Horizon
As we reach 75 days on the road and home slowly starts
Matilda on Tour - Austria Really Took Us by Surprise 🇦🇹
We only meant to pass through Austria… but somehow it became one of our favourite parts of the whole journey 🇦🇹
Matilda on Tour - Slovenia - Lakes, rides and a few surprises 🇸🇮
Lake Bled and beyond — a few days of riding, exploring and just enjoying where we were.