After yesterday’s long drive, we arrived in Hakone, in the pouring rain, planning to stay there until Sunday, when we would make our way to a spot, by a lake. not far from the van hire company. That was last night’s plan, but when we woke this morning, we both felt that we’d already done … More Day 38 – The joy of changing plans
Last night was wet, very wet and we woke to the sound of rain drumming on the roof of the van, before 6 this morning. It may have been soggy, but we still planned to do the walk we had found that would take us along a short section of the Kumano Kodo Pilgimage Trail, … More Day 32 – Following in ancient footsteps
We really liked our little park up, by the quay at Susami, and woke this morning to the sound of rain on the van roof, with grey skies threatening a wet day ahead. Our hopes of a second bike ride went out of the window, so we replanned the day, and ultimately our route for … More Day 31 – Turning silver into gold
Last night’s park-up was just a joy. It was incredibly peaceful, with just the eerie howls of the Raccoon Dogs to disturb our slumber. That, and the rain, which started pounding on the roof in the early hours and hasn’t stopped yet. We had a slow start, and after breakfast, pulled our wet-weather clothes on … More Day 28 – A stunning insight into Shingon Buddhism
After yesterday’s truly hideous day, we’ve slipped back into wonderfully gentle normality today, and already we have started to forget how we felt, this time yesterday. We were exhausted last night, and once again were in a dead sleep before 9pm, which was just what we needed, waking this morning just before 6, to find … More Day 27 – Back to wonderfully normal
We woke with the sunrise and sat watching the boats potter out of the port, as we had our first coffee of the day, and decided what to do. It was a calm morning, and we had wanted to take a short bike ride out along the coast, so planned that, followed by an onsen … More Day 26 – What a terrifying drive
After yesterday’s lovely ride around the lakes, we decided to stay another night and head off, on the bikes, to explore in the opposite direction. It was just so lovely to be able to ride again, especially as we haven’t really been on the bikes since finishing our cycle down through France, just over a … More Day 13 – Another day, another bike ride.
Vaucluse Dreamer 