So it finally SOLD and after 12 years, almost to the month, we are getting ready to move out, we need to sell lots more of our belongings to clear out the house, which will also fund part of our travels, but mainly as our storage going forward is either a small van or a […]
Continue ReadingSelling Up & Downsizing ready for Full-Time Vanlife
Selling the house part 2 Every room we looked in we could just see stuff.. All the things we’d collected over the years.. Alright – all the things I had collected over the years. I’m a bit of a hoarder and John is the total opposite whereas he’ll buy something then as soon as he […]
Continue ReadingWe’re Selling it – We’ve had enough
We have decided to sell the house! “What the fluff..?” I hear you say but it was actually a really easy decision – The house is going and we will be living in the van. We are going to travel as much as we can, i’d love to get to drive through Italy and […]
Continue Reading20 Years of Vanlife – Top Tips
After 20 years of having problems thrown at you enjoying this lifestyle you work out what to carry with you, how to deal with situations and how to protect your belongings and yourself. So we’ve put together some practical tips in the hope that these might help others. (1) Use 12v as much as possible, […]
Continue ReadingCamping Trip – Celebrations in Dorset
We decided to go away with the Whippets as Jo’s birthday is on the same day as our Wedding Anniversary. We thought we’d wait until the last minute before choosing where to go due to the storm rolling in over the UK, and Dorset was earmarked to have the best weather anywhere in the UK […]
Continue ReadingCampervan Trip – Camp Turkey in the Derbyshire Dales
Campervan Tales Weekend Meetup With Friday booked off work we set off nice and early to the meetup at the Waterloo Inn in Biggin, just past Buxton. The sun was shining and the skies were blue which was a massive change to the weekend at Sentry Circle – I think we’d forgotten what travelling in […]
Continue ReadingCampervan Trip – Sentry Circle Camping Weekend
Wonderful weekend celebrating the “almost” finished Betty Boondocker. When we saw Kirsty and Purdy’s video arranging a meet up to see them off we couldn’t resist! We’d seen their videos showing off Sentry Circle and also a little tour from One Man and his Whippet so were excited to go. With a Friday booked off […]
Continue Reading?Campervan Trip: Tan Hill Inn & The Lake District
During the last few days of 2018 we met up with the “Whippets” and camped at the highest pub in England, The Tan Hill Inn, for the night, oh what a night that was with gale force winds rocking the van all night and whistling through the van vents. Then we travelled over the the […]
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