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Zagan the motorhome is having a little holiday, parked up on the grass on the shores of Lake Raiskuma at Kempings Apalkalns<\/a> (N57.31756, E25.14966<\/a>) in Latvia.<\/p>\n

\"Kempings<\/p>\n

I know what you are thinking, a holiday? Why do they need a holiday? Aren’t they on a permanent holiday? Well we’ve been on the road now for a little over four months, and we’re finding it much harder than we did last time. Not physically harder, I mean let’s face it we’re rarely up before 8am, but mentally we’re struggling a bit to find meaning in what we are doing.<\/p>\n

So, after Riga, we decided to take a little time off from sight-seeing and headed an hour north to\u00a0this great campsite, which was highly recommended by Catherine and Chris<\/a>. Those guys\u00a0blogged while they visited every country in Europe, inspiring us while we were planning our first trip.<\/p>\n

\"Kempings

Zagan and friends<\/p><\/div>\n

While we were parked up in Riga, stinking of garlic (we’ve now uploaded the video of our garlic challenge<\/a>)\u00a0two familiar faces appeared at our window; it was Richard and Gemma who we’d met at the backpackers in Vilnius. They had arrived as we were leaving and\u00a0we didn’t have chance for a much of a catch up with them, so it was great to see them again. They’re also heading to Nordkapp, only on a quicker time scale than us; two months instead of 10. Excusing our breath we sat and chatted for a while and realised they were heading for the same campsite as us, so a rendezvous was set.<\/p>\n

\"Richard

Richard and Gemma<\/p><\/div>\n

We arrived at the campsite around lunchtime and after a look around we opted to park down by the lake – although the pitches further back have their own decking area and BBQ, it was the fire pits that we fancied firing up. With a huge shed full of wood, and a wheel barrow so you can help yourself, it wasn’t long before we were settled in. Washing on and a good clean for Zagan on the inside, as we’re hoping the forecast rain will soften the massive bugs stuck to his front\u00a0before we attempt an outside clean, we felt we’d earned our fire.<\/p>\n

\"Dog

Charlie seems to like a tin of ‘English Ham’<\/p><\/div>\n

When Richard and Gemma arrived we pulled together a mean BBQ between us and cooked it on a griddle over the open fire. Washed down with a couple of bottles of wine and several beers, the light skies had us sitting out until well after midnight. This morning there were a few sore heads on the campsite, but I managed to drag myself out for a run around the lake as for some reason I thought it was only 4 kilometres. I figured I could just about manage with a bit of a hangover, but it turned out to be 7! By the time\u00a0I realised, it was further to go back than carry on. While there isn’t a shop on the campsite, and the nearest supermarket is 10 kilometres away, there are ice creams for sale (63p!), which I felt were a suitable reward for my efforts.<\/p>\n

\"Lake

2.5 km in and I’m at the end of the lake – beautiful<\/p><\/div>\n

\"5km

5 km in and that’s our campsite on the other side of the lake – not good!<\/p><\/div>\n

Richard and Gemma headed off to a hotel spa for a couple of nights, my kind of travelling, just before the rain started. It’ll only be a weather glitch for a day or so, but it means no fire tonight. Around us there are sights to see, but we’re staying put and taking some time out to relax, recharge and enjoy the view of the lake.<\/p>\n

\"Lake

Exploring the campsite<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kempings

Little Glamping huts<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kempings

OK, so it’s a children’s play area but they weren’t using it!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kempings<\/p>\n

Ju x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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