/ 29 December 2020 Well, Merry Christmas folks and all the best for 2021! It’s been a year like no other, and perhaps not the best time for van life in the UK. Hoping for better things in the coming year – stay positive and look after each other.
Van life in the UK and farewell 2020! Read More »
/ 22 July 2020 Looking back at lockdown in a van – 2 adults + 2 dogs in a box 6m by 2m – at times strange, intense and worrying! But in many ways we count ourselves lucky.
Van Life in Lockdown Read More »
/ 15 January 2020 Two of the most read posts on the blog are “How much does it cost to run a campervan?” and the update I did after a few months in the newer, bigger motorhome, “75 days into our van life and European adventure – progress and costs”. I promised another update – so here’s the fun
Update on van life costs Read More »
/ 18 September 2019 Part of van life is to try to make it feel like a home from home, especially if you’re using it as a long term base. For me, this means eating as healthily as we did at home, and to trying to ensure a varied diet. So, I’ve been out foraging – trying to find
Foraging, baking and fishing… Read More »
/ 4 August 2019 All through July I took a few pics of where we parked/camped/slept each night: Nature reserves, marinas, a bison farm, town and city centre car parks, fjords, lakes and being spoilt rotten at our Swedish friend’s houses. Our Benimar Mileo van ‘Stargazer’ is the star of this one 🙂 The ditty is a sketch of a new
Where we ‘live’ !?! Read More »
/ 23 May 2019 Rustling up delicious food in a tiny motorhome kitchen can be a challenge, but I was keen to see if I could manage things I make at home, whilst travelling. I had started a file of recipes we eat regularly and that I’d like to keep making if possible. This is, after all, our ‘home
Cooking in the motorhome Read More »
/ 21 May 2019 Spending abroad can result in lots of charges on ‘normal’ UK bank accounts, especially getting cash out. There’s got to be an easier way than having to join the CIA and stash wads in various currencies in a safety deposit bank in a Swiss bank, à la Jason Bourne. I thought our main bank, HSBC,
Apps for travel: Wise (formerly Transferwise) Read More »
/ 5 May 2019 Fixed bed? Transverse? French Bed? Fuel efficiency? Length? Weight? Extra kit for wild camping? Fully winterised for year round adventure? All the things we pondered when we upgraded from a VW campervan to a motorhome.
Choosing a motorhome Read More »
/ 24 March 2019 For a special birthday treat this year, and thinking ahead to our upcoming tour, I got a new digital camera. We’ve had a Panasonic TZ20 for years – great pictures in good light, good zoom, really compact – but it had some fluff in the lens that we couldn’t shift and the zoom motor was
Panasonic FZ2000: Trying the new camera Read More »
/ 20 January 2019 So, I mentioned some big changes for 2019… Well the balls are definitely rolling now! I’m finishing work at the end of March, we’ve got the house up for sale and I put down the deposit on a motorhome yesterday! Our current plan is to tour Europe for a few months and see where things
