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Cheap off-peak camping (ACSI, Camping Cheques etc)

May 18, 2010 Ryan and Mel 3 Comments

We’ve seen many questions on the forums asking about ACSI, Camping Cheques and off peak camping, so thought it worthy as an article.  All information here is accurate as far as I know, please let me know of any errors or omissions. What and Why? Campsites, mainly in Europe, are…

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2010 Aires / ACSI / Camping Cheque / Bordatlas GPS

Ryan and Mel 4 Comments

** PAGE SUPERCEDED – SEE HERE ** Autoroute 2010 & TomTom Download File When we go away I always tend to scour the internet for all the GPS points of interest I can for aires and some sites and combine them together in a single Autoroute file in order to help…

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Long range Wi-Fi Access :)

March 25, 2010 Ryan and Mel 10 Comments

(See the rest of our tip index here) The problem with WiFi when travelling We all know the problem when travelling – trying to get Internet access to check our emails isn’t really always very easy.  A lot of the time even legitimate hot-spots always seem to have a flakey…

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Fitting fridge fan

March 18, 2010 Ryan and Mel Leave a comment

As I’ve filled a lot of air gaps around the fridge for winter insulation, we found that in the heat of summer the fridge was unable to lose enough heat to allow the contents to stay as cool as we wanted.  And I mean – beer that isn’t ice cold…

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Autoroute 2010 now available!

January 15, 2010 Ryan and Mel Leave a comment

At last! After waiting 3 years from Autoroute 2007, the 2010 verison is now available. This includes massively updated maps and POIs and a load of new usability features. As usual you can link in with a GPS receiver, and now the display is more TomTom like as it shows…

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Inspirational Books

December 30, 2009 Ryan and Mel 1 Comment

OK – people say we were inspirational to them – but here are a couple of items that inspired us to do what we do! Really quite good reading and recommended to read. Some good and some silly ideas, but inspirational nevertheless! (Clicking links will take you to the item…

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