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Tip: Our guide for easy free Internet Access abroad

August 24, 2010 Ryan and Mel 10 Comments

(See the rest of our tip index here) Our definitive Internet access guide for motorhome travellers Whilst I fully accept being away means avoiding the usual internet emails and news, there are times when you need to access the Internet when abroad.  Typically this is very simple to achieve through…

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Tips: Getting fresh water, and dealing with waste

August 22, 2010 Ryan and Mel Leave a comment

(See the rest of our tip index here) For a lot of newcomers and experienced campers alike, one of the regular questions that come up is “how do I get water and empty waste” – especially on long trips. Well the easy answer is to use campsites, but of course…

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Our aires and wildcamping database improvement

August 10, 2010 Ryan and Mel Leave a comment

Whilst this is mainly for my benefit to allow bulk updates, the changes I’ve made to our personal wild camping and aires database should help you. You can now download database as a .CSV file and also search through the entires or sort or do whatever you wish.  I know…

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Do you need an inverter (240v) in a van?

July 16, 2010 Ryan and Mel 15 Comments

(See the rest of our tip index here) There are a couple of electrical questions that keep coming up, this is one of them.  At home, you have constant 240v power supply from the mains, and thus pretty much everything you have connects to 240v.  Most modern “portable” appliances however…

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New Laptop – Ideal for taking in van

July 7, 2010 Ryan and Mel 1 Comment

For those that think we’re just bums and travellers, well can’t really argue, but really I’m also an techncial IT manager.  So for us, having a laptop when away is key.  We have a Samsung NC10 which is a perfect little laptop, but for some things its a little too small…

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Wildcamping for Motorhomes forum

June 27, 2010 Ryan and Mel 3 Comments

On our trips we’ve tried to find good wild-camping and hidden areas to stay in overnight and had some absolutley georgeous spots and some naughty ones….   We’ve found finding spots abroad a lot easier than in the UK. This I’ve just joined seem to havea  good list (1600+ for POI…

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2010 Aires, ACSI, Camping Cheque, Boardatlas – TomTom GPS

June 15, 2010 Ryan and Mel 4 Comments

After my post HERE on an Autoroute 2010 file for the 2010 data I’ve accumulated, too many people have asked me for a TomTom version.  I really don’t want to give it out as most of it is available elsewhere and I do not and never have proclaimed to be…

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Don’t forget your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)

June 2, 2010 Ryan and Mel Leave a comment

Todays email of Martins Money Saving Expert newsletter reminded me to check our EHIC card – which fortunately is still valid but due to be renewed in a few months. (PS:  His weekly newsletter is quite useful if you want to be frugal :)) If you don’t have one make…

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Excellent small outdoor chairs with sun canopy

May 24, 2010 Ryan and Mel 1 Comment

We had some lovely and comfortable chairs we took away with us, but they were too big and space is precious in a van.  We were also on the look out for a sun umbrella so we can sit on the beach without frying. After a thread on Motorhome fun…

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Updated POIs for LPG/GPL/Autogas

May 19, 2010 Ryan and Mel 12 Comments

(See HERE for our other GPS download index page) When away camping, the availability of LPG is quite critical in order for us to fill up our gas tank for cooking and heating.  In some European countries, LPG is easy to find – in others it is not. I have…

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