We have just added a new interactive map that will allow you to keep track of our progress through Europe. You can even zoom in and navigate around the map for a more detailed view. Under the map is a key to the destinations, marked on the map with a green Balloon.
The page can be accessed any time by clicking on the ‘Where we’ve been (map)‘ link in the top right-hand corner of this page.
This has to be a good forum to spread the word!
The inspiration for our trip came from a few sources, but one in particular which we can’t stop sharing with family, friends and anyone who will listen.
We saw Reverend and the Makers for the first time at Lowlands festival in Holland. During a break in our schedule of bands we knew we wanted to see, we stumbled (drunkenly I expect) into the tent where they were in full flow. I think the first attraction for Simon was the Yorkshire accent - a band talking his language! But as we watched it was clear that the frontman, John (the Reverend) was just having a great time doing his thing - by being totally un-demanding of the audience he seemed to command attention even more.
When we came home to Dorset and had to slip straight back into ‘normal’ life we were listening to ‘RATM’ constantly and the lyrics of some of the songs, playing LOUD in the car on the way to work, had us both thinking how this was BORING! And surely we could do more than this… Read the rest of this entry »
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