Arrived at 8.03 in France, as the car rolled off the ferry into St. Malo. Minty Tours 2018 across France has started! Stopped off on a poo-covered piece of grass to re-pack (the French do NOT “pick up”!). Suspect that I am back to a 20kg pack. Rang a hotel Brian had suggested for parking: […]

We’re off!  

Happy was NOT moving. She was NOT going to move from Master’s backpack. Wherever the backpack went, so did Master, And Happy wanted to be with Master.   Topsy was NOT moving. She was NOT going to move from her dinner bowl. Wherever her dinner bowl went, so did Topsy, And Topsy wanted to be […]

An exhausting Day. An early morning walk to Abbotswood with old schoolfriend Adrian and the dogs, before bolting down a cooked breakfast and shooting off to the Cricket Field to run the marshalling for the Stow Motor Show. Cars trickled in at first with everything from a tiny vintage Ford tractor to an original Lamborghini […]

Today, Minty Tours, on behalf of its readers, interviewed the BBC. Dominic Cotter from BBC Radio Gloucestershire, appeared at the front gate at 8AM, and was pounced on by Peter with a microphone. The result is on the Audio diary. Dominic and I, with his microphone on, went through the background to my trip across […]