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31st August 2019

New Hymer BASF Monocoque Camper

There’s a new kid on the block. And he’s quite a looker. But not only that he’s actually quite capable and is thoroughly modern. At the 2019 ‘Caravan Salon’ Dusseldorf show Hymer have just...

journals / trips

29th August 2019

Greece & the Adriatic coast 2019 part 7 – Bosnia to Brighton

*Click here for parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6. Read on or click straight down to this episodes video here. So the garage came good on their promises… 3 days later than...

journals / trips

22nd August 2019

Greece & the Adriatic coast 2019 part 6 – Montenegro to Bosnia

*Click here for parts 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. Read on or click straight down to this episodes video here. We were off early to try and spend at least some of the...

journals / trips

12th August 2019

Greece & the Adriatic coast 2019 part 5 – Albania & the coast to Montenegro

*Click here for parts 1, 2, 3 & 4. Read on or click straight down to this episodes video here. Archie and I returned to Preveza 2 days later. We drove straight back to...

journals / trips

9th August 2019

Greece & the Adriatic coast 2019 part 4 – Vassilki, Lefkada

*Click here for parts 1, 2 & 3. Read on or click straight down to this episodes video here. It was time to head south. This time to collect an old friend from Aktion...

journals / trips

28th July 2019

Greece & the Adriatic coast 2019 part 3 – Beaches of Northern Greece

*For the first & second instalments click here. Read on or click straight down to the video here. It was a good nights sleep lulled off by the sound of the ship’s engines and...

journals / trips

26th July 2019

Greece & the Adriatic coast 2019 part 2 – Camp on board Anek Ferries

*Read the first instalment or click straight to the video here. It was Monday and we drove on into heavy traffic around Milan and along the motorways of the low lands of the north...

journals / trips

18th July 2019

Greece & the Adriatic coast 2019 part 1 – Brighton to Lake Como

*Read the first instalment or click straight to the video here. I set off optimistically early on a Friday afternoon in late June. 3 hours is usually a silly amount of extra time to...

trips

21st June 2019

Live: Polarsteps updates from Greek Trip Summer 2019

…and we’re off! Join us live thanks to the remarkable trip tracker Polarsteps. It tracks my every move via GPRS (less data & power heavy) and allows me to upload photos and updates as...

trips

13th June 2019

Best UK Campsites

There are more than 30,000 members of the Motorhome Adventures Facebook group. In a recent poll the following websites came top of the charts. If you’re looking for great UK campsites why not check...

overland / trips

9th June 2019

2019 Trip Planning: northern Greece

So there’s two big anniversaries this year: 1) The Florida is 30 years old! and 2) it’s 25 years since I took 5 months out to drive an MWB Mercedes 508d round Europe and...

conversions / layouts / overland / vans

9th January 2019

Torsus: The world’s first heavy duty 4×4 off road camper

Billed as “the world’s first heavy duty 4×4 off road bus” the Torsus Praetorian is a Czech contender for coolest campervan ever! It’s monocoque structure helps it assume the lines for a campervan whilst...

conversions

28th October 2018

Walt Project Update – Orange to Grey

So looking back at my previous post it’s been a while since my last project update. I’ve managed to get over to the barn at least once or twice a fortnight and have been...

conversions / guides

23rd September 2018

Best Practice Camper Van Conversion Build Tips

Despite having converted 2 camper vans in my time[1,2] this time round I’ve been endlessly researching the best methods and examples of self build best practice and thanks to the wonders of social media...

trips

23rd September 2018

Northern France 2018 Camper Van Trip

Archie and I had a great week enjoying a micro-expedition of the north coast of France. Inspired by the “i love northern france – hauts de france region” Facebook page there’s actually masses to...

conversions

20th July 2018

VW LT 4×4 Restoration

So those of you already subscribed to my Youtube know that I rescued a 4×4 VW LT from Lithuania! I now have it stored in a shared workshop space 20 minutes down the road...

journals / reviews / trips

11th July 2018

Brittany 2018 Camper Van Trip

At the last minute thanks to impending snow in April we decided to drive south instead of north to the Lake District & the Isle of Skye as planned. Being based in Brighton for...

events / trips

18th March 2018

2018 Season Intro

Some new drone footage by way of a welcome to 2018! I’ve been planning as I’m sure you have. Hasn’t it been extra frustrating with the bad weather! So keen to get out there...