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TweetA final four-day drive across Ukraine, Poland and Germany and finally we are back in Paris, through the centre of the city in rush hour traffic, to the riverside campsite where we spent a final night in our camper van. … Continue reading →

TweetThere is a gentle breeze our island in the middle of Kiev this morning, cleansing an atmosphere which was yesterday heavy with anticipation. Returning from the Olympic Stadium at 3am we saw one of the camper vans which had been staying … Continue reading →

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TweetFor Sean Cafferty the disappointment of England’s defeat by Italy is more than compensated for by his experiences in Ukraine. The businessman arrived in Ukraine with a computer games consul for rescued street children at a foster home run by … Continue reading →

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TweetJosh Bailey is England’s proudest fan after meeting his heroes in Kiev ahead of tonight’s quarter-final game against Italy. The 10-year-old schoolboy chatted with the players, who posed for photographs with him outside the team hotel. Josh and his father, … Continue reading →

TweetAfter two weeks on the road in the camper van we may be feeling slightly simian But if potholed roads, sun burn and hangovers are not enough penitence for England’s travelling supporters, a senior cleric is now warning that they are … Continue reading →

TweetThe permutations of England’s possible progress in the European Championship are mind-boggling and especially daunting for those fans following the team on the road. If England lose tomorrow we simply face the 1,921 drive back to the camper van hire … Continue reading →

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TweetJoe Turbitt blinked on platform one of Donetsk station as he stepped of the sleeper train from Kiev at 9.11am. The 16-and-a-half hour trip was the final leg of an epic nine day train journey from Bristol for England’s group … Continue reading →

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TweetThey sit as monuments to an idealistic past as the new executive salons of the business class speed past the potholed roads. We have seen these extraordinary bus shelters throughout our 2,500 miles journey through the Ukraine. These egalitarian temples … Continue reading →

TweetThe downpour last night at the Kiev Fan Zone was of biblical proportions and as if by divine intervention it succeeded in restoring peace. During the afternoon hundreds of England supporters had set up impromptu camp provocatively opposite the designated Sweden Corner … Continue reading →

TweetBy 8.30am the drinking and singling had resumed at theLiverpool Camping Park on the outskirts ofDonetsk. The Times camper van was parked between the site’s all-night rave and the main road south out of the city where England play France … Continue reading →