Neil Hopcroft

Its been such a long time since I’ve been to an attended filling station that I had even forgotten that the ‘self-service’ signs actually mean something. There are some strange microclimates going on here, we can see the rain rolling in over the peaks, sometimes it comes as snow, sometimes its mist. I think my […]

The 9000 made it from the Baltic to the Mediterranean with only a couple of ‘whats that weird smell?’ incidents, both of which were eventually traced to Frenchmen burning tyres in a field. It took us four days, with stops for the night in Denmark, Germany and France. I think it was a good call […]

Driving through Europe these days you notice the changes of driving style more than the borders between the countries. Something about driving through Germany makes the Dutch particularly agressive on the road. I looked up from the road as we came over a range of hills to see all the vegetation had turned mediterranian. From […]

We set off yesterday a little later than planned but made good time. Crossing the malmo/copenhagen bridge into the dusk is beautiful with kastrup ablaze with lights below the thundery sky. We stayed in a small danish motel last night and are now on our way again, rødby puttgarden for the third time, drinking foul […]