Well we survived both Morocco and a “guided” tour with Desert Detours! As we know this is a popular trip and people have asked us already, here is some links to the blogs and summary. Hope it gets you interested in such a trip – it really was superb! The…
(See the rest of our tip index here) Learning languages isn’t natural or easy for us, neither of us came from school with a language or really got taught a language well. Before our travels we asked for tips and we were recommended Rosetta Stone; Michel Thomas; and I also…
As you may know, certain services like BBC iPlayer actually work out where in the world you are and sometimes stop you from accessing certain content. This is a right pain if, for instance, you want to watch the Christmas Day Special of Dr Who when sitting in France… Well,…
(See HERE for our other GPS download index page) Update with 2011 Data (31 Jan 2011) *** OBSOLETE – PLEASE SEE LATER 2012 NOTES AND VERSION HERE *** Autoroute 2010, TomTom & Garmin Download Files When we go away I always tend to scour the internet for all the GPS points of interest…
(See the rest of our tip index here) Our panel van conversion is professionally made and pretty much to a high standard and well insulated, though it was never sold nor suggested it was winterised. I’d guess most campervans aren’t designed with heavy winter use in mind, so I thought…
At last – Bordatlas is now available, and the cheapest place is Amazon. At the time of writing, its £17.35 delivered – so very cheap – as even if you wait till Germany its €19.95 or more! Bargain! [adrotate banner=”45″] This is a great resource for campervans in Europe –…
(For our other tips, see our tip index HERE) My Symptoms For years, when starting from stone cold, the engine wanted to stall at the first junction or two. No idea why, dealer had no idea either, and in fairness it wasn’t ever an issue and it never did stall.…
Hi Something I’ve been meaning to do for ages – I’ve got all our aires imported into Googlemaps and the map embedded into our Aires database page. See http://www.doyourdream.co.uk/resources-downloads/campsite-aires-and-wild-camping-database/ This should make it easier for you to see where we’ve stayed and to get ideas relevent to an area you’ve…
Hi I’ve just created a new section called “Country Facts” where I hope to spell out real world tips and facts for each country that may help visitors – all based on our real world experiences. The new Denmark one is HERE Please feel free to take a look and…
(See the rest of our tip index here) The Best Travel Gadget Ever Whilst I’m fairly technical and like my gadgets, its rare that I am really impressed with a new toy, and rarely does a new toy exceed my expectations. Now having put the new toy through its paces…