** This page is fluid until we leave 🙂 If you think we’re missing anything let us know! We need to make a list, so why not here!** We’ve given our packing a lot of thought, and as we’re going for a longish time, we are compromising some extra weight…
Hi all. I know many (most 🙂 ) visitors aren’t interested in the entire content of this site, but in likeliness have a specific interest in an activity or a specific country. Until now, there has been no easy way to see all related information. However, I’ve had a free…
A few people have asked us for details of our route, so here is a clever interactive map showing our route in full detail. Its so accurate, we’re only taking this data with us – and not any paper maps! But, we will have 2x smartphones and a tablet so,…
Well, we’ve committed to cycle from home to the south of France for some sunny beach time! Its only 700 miles or so, so can’t be that tough – surely? But considering we normally just load up and take the ‘van this trip will require quite a bit of planning…
Happy new year to our avid readers who probably think we’ve either died, or just aren’t doing anything anymore! Well, sorry 🙁 we’ve been busy and we only try and put interesting trips on our blog as anything that is short or normal isn’t really worth writing about! After our…
After 8 years of owning our little cavarno, we are having naughty thoughts about selling it. Not because we want to up-size or down-size or upgrade, but because our plans for the next 12-18mths aren’t covering many long van trips. We are thinking cycle trekking, backpacking etc for next year…. …
Low power/boost on Ford TDCi engine On our last trip to France, our van experienced what appeared to be a major fault, such that it struggled going up hills which is unheard of for these vans! It was as if the turbo wasn’t working properly, or for whatever reason the…
All photos from this trip are HERE, previous installment HERE I think that leaving the beach made us feel a bit ill, a bit flu-like and bunged up – the realisation of home set in! We opted to try the Verdon-sur-mer to Royan ferry to avoid a long drive, but…
All photos from this trip are HERE, previous installment HERE Our 5 fun filled and relaxing days by the beach were obviously needed, and most of our aches and bruises went away. My swollen wrist had gone down and no longer made any funny noises. However, you’d have thought a…
All photos from this trip are HERE, previous installment HERE Staying in Crest, we had, or rather tried for a morning run, but I think our bodies were beat! The run was flat but so were our batteries! Once we made it back we just about made the very busy…