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Personalised Tow Hitch Cover – A Cool Cadeau for the Caravan!

Tow ho ho! I promised you bags of inspiration for pawsome pressies for you or your caravan chums – and what could be more practical, thoughtful or useful than a personalised tow hitch cover from Bags 4 Everything? This is the photo we used to pretty-up our hitch cover.

(If a tow hitch cover is not your bag, B4E offers bags of choice – personalised wheel covers, dog cage covers, bike bags and many other useful items. There is a list further down – or have a look at their gallery to find out more!)

two_dogs_tow_hitch_cover_no1 (2) — A personalised hitch cover – but it doesn’t have to be a doggy bag!

The tow hitch covers are top quality; crafted from strong, waterproof, UV resistant PVC, They are carefully designed to cover all of your front-end gubbins; hitch locks, handbrake and the jockey wheel winder. Better yet, if you order before Christmas there’s a discount – so bag yourself a bargain!

(Please note that I do not supply tow hitch covers, you will need to contact Bags 4 Everything directly for a quote or to order. Details of how to order are shown further down the blog.)

Prices
- From now until Christmas 2018, personalised tow hitch covers are £24.00 plus £5.99 UK delivery (usually £39.99 plus £6.99 delivery.)
- As a Christmas 2018 special, the Union Jack Flag tow hitch cover is £21.00 plus £5.99 UK delivery.
How Long will it Take? – your cover will be printed and sent within 1-2 weeks.

Gallivanting on Garda – A Few of the Fab Four’s Favourites!

P1080490 Torbole viewed from a 4000 year old road — Torbole viewed from a 4000-year old road!

You are often urged to ‘buy local’ but on our travels, we have discovered that in terms of maps, that can be a serious problem!

In Monte Rosa, we had to send off to Stamfords of London to get a detailed, topographical map of the area. On Garda, we could get any number of cycling and hiking guide books in German or Italian. Maybe the English versions were just so popular that they sold out…

We did finally succeed in purchasing a map showing some of the many walking routes, so we worked out a couple of walks of our own. Here are a few of The Fab Four’s favourites!Continue reading “Gallivanting on Garda – A Few of the Fab Four’s Favourites!”

A Gad on Garda – ‘The Functional Walk’ along the Sarca River

P1080526 (2).JPG — The Sarca River never disappoints!

We leave Campsite Maroadi via the lake entrance and turn left; over the bridge that straddles the slipway and past the watersports centre. We cross a larger bridge over the River Sarca, where it flows into the northern end of Lake Garda. We turn immediately left to join the path along the far side of the river

We usually stop to throw the ball into the water here. A crowd often gathers on the bridge to watch Kai and Rosie swim tirelessly, while Ruby paddles, or bounces up and down on her front legs like a toy dog; barking furious, excited encouragement from the shore. Continue reading “A Gad on Garda – ‘The Functional Walk’ along the Sarca River”

A Life Lesson Learned on a 3000ft Cliff – Via Ferrata Michielli Strobel, Dolomites, Italy

h Summer in the Dolomites, Cortina d’Ampezzo

I felt like I was about to be hanged.

A sleepless night had been a lurid maelstrom of technicolour possibilities; dreams of wibbling on a busy route; being stuck with no option to go back; an exposed move at the top of The Ladder; falling, being inverted by the weight of my rucksack, pulled out of my climbing harness, plummeting head first like the start of the film ‘Cliffhanger’…

The scenic drive to Cortina d’Ampezzo over the dramatic Lagazuoi pass was overshadowed by a growing sense of my impending doom. As soon as we parked and I got out of the car and looked up at our challenge for the day – Via Ferrata Michielli Albino Strobel; 1000m (3000-ft) straight up the sheer, rock wall of Punta Fiames – I felt sick.

So sick that I had to run straight into the woods to vomit.Continue reading “A Life Lesson Learned on a 3000ft Cliff – Via Ferrata Michielli Strobel, Dolomites, Italy”