My Beast And I #MybeastandI

24/11/2023

There is always 1 bad day per trip and yesterday was that day. Hopefully the only 1!!

Slept overnight in a lovely farm 45 minutes from Toulouse, then headed towards a parking just outside Toulouse to take the metro into town.

As always no entry for cars over 1.90. 😭. No idea where I am supposed to park? Drove further on to a secondary parking and found I could catch the bus from here. Bitterly cold I waited at the bus stop but decided to change my mind.

Back at the car I saw something in the tyre, big mistake I decided to remove it.
A huge bolt that punctured the tyre. Oops down it went. Tried to fix it with my tyre repair kit but no luck.

No body around, then luckily I spotted 2 guys in the next parking in a land rover discovery, maybe they can help. Walked over to them and they too had a blown tyre but no jack, so I asked if they could help me then I would lend them my jack.

Luckily they said ok, but we are waiting for a tow truck. 1 of them was spaced out but luckily the other guy was OK.

3 tries, and a phone call to my friend in South Africa we managed to jack the car high enough. Between the 2 of us it took over 2 hours but finally it was done, just in time as then their tow truck arrived.

I drove to a tyre repair shop, waited almost 2 hours to get the tyre fixed and changed again. Absolutely shattered I found a place to stay for the night and crashed out.

Dissappointed that from the few people who passed my way not 1 of them asked if I needed help. This is not Africa!!

Lesson learnt, never pull a bolt out if your tyre. And there is no way I could have done this alone. No more punctures please.

16/11/2023

And a quick stop over in Orange, where unfortunately the roman theatre was already closed. Lovely little town

29/10/2023

18/10/2023

Good morning to all. Tried the rooftop tent at a camp site last night. 2°and very humid as I slept by the Elbe river and the condensation in the tent was bad........ But I survived. Woke up to this view this morning.

16/10/2023

My trip so far from Sweden by ferry to Germany at Keil. At the moment I am in Görlitz bordering Poland, where I Di a quick in and out to top up on diesel €1.50/ltr as opposed to €1.82 to €1.92 in Germany and of course a top up on Vodka and more.

https://www.polarsteps.com/ChristineAquilina/9199286-germany-and-more?s=2db77433-ed68-490d-a0b5-a536ad8b6f31

13/10/2023

First night in Germany and guess what?

ITS RAINING. Surprise.

Luckily at a Natur camp site with some kind of cover. Might stop soon, the forever optimist😂🔜

07/10/2023

Thank you all for all the birthday wishes.
64, this year and spent in Norway Trondheim. 🎂🇳🇴❤️

27/09/2023

A long day yesterday. I left Moskenes harbour on the ferry on 25. 09 at 20.30. Ferry left late so only arrived in Bodo at 00.38. Luckily my airbnb host waited for me. I was shattered. Surprise breakfast at airbnb and then I was off.

Due to my FOMO I decided to take the scenic route. Mistake!! it pi**ed down with rain all day. No scenes to see. Missed it all due to heavy rains meaning I really had to concentrate on driving. Low clouds and mist. Even missed the famous glacier.

Missed the ferry by 5 minutes. Waited another hour. Got to next ferry at 16.30 but would have to wait until 18.30 for next ferry so I decided to turn and find a near accomodation.

At least it had a nice kitchen and I prepared a great steak, mash potatoes and cauliflower au gratin. Even did all my washing and dried it all. So good end to a sh*t day😂.

Here is the only picture of my route and I only got half way just after F the blue dot.

Today is another day and for now it's not raining so off I go.

15/09/2023

What a treat.

Nature at its best

08/09/2023

Driving around Senja island for the day.8 hours drive in 20minsAll videos and pictures have not been edited

06/09/2023

More video of my driving trip and museum visits in Tromso

None of these videos or photoes are edited. They are just taken from my phone at the dash of the car .The road ...

03/09/2023

Yesterday was a cold, cloudy possibly rainy day so I stopped off in Tromso and visited a few museums. The troll Museum, the polar museum and the perspective Museum. (pics to follow when I have WiFi)

Being a tourist is tiring😂, so after 3 museums I decided to leave Tromso and try and find a place for the night. Not an easy task. All Tromso is paid parking kr 40/11.5€ per hour minimim🅿️😭.

I drove for a good 2 hours to the places I wanted to see like Ersfjordbotn, Grotfjorden and finally after so many no camping signs I found an ideal spot in Tromvik.

Picnic table, fire pit and finally some free wood but so wet it took over 2 hours of hard work to get a decent fire.

I read there might be some northern light activity around 11pm to 01.00 this morning so I needed to keep warm outdoors.

At 11 pm I was gifted with the lights. Not magnificent as it was almost full moon and lots of street lights, but it was the 2nd time in 30 days I finally had a clear sky and could see the moon and the stars.

I resisted in the cold and damp cuddling as close as I could to the fire. I was on a mission. Pics are not as great as the actual dancing lights so I apologise.

Its an incredible feeling by the way to be able to stop almost anywhere, park and open the rooftop and sleep feeling safe. I am not in any hidden area in fact just off the main road on the way to the harbour, anyone who passes by just waves. I have never slept this well in my 5 years of travelling with

01/09/2023

This is me tonight. In the mood to cook and relax.

30/08/2023

Can you see the difference. How I do it an embrace the outdoors and how they do it😂

30/08/2023

Kick-start also part of the museum

29/08/2023

Good night 😴