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*Contains pandemic, pregnancy & miscarriage events* March-May 2020 In the middle of March 2020 we knew very little about this new ‘coronavirus’ that had started in China and made it’s way to Italy. We had just been just travelling around southern Spain, in our usual laid-back manner, leaving our new friends near Cartegena to meetContinue reading “Lockdown, Pandemic and the Great Escape”

Portugal Pt 1 I still have a little bit to write about from our full time motorhome travels but right now the most important thing that has happened is… we have moved to Portugal! Our last blog was about celebrating our first year of full time travel and meeting up with friends from home, backContinue reading “Covid, Brexit and Big Decisions”

Celebrating our first year of full time travel It was approaching the end of August 2020, we were nearing our first year of full time travel and the last days of our time in Norway. Now we had to decide which route to take back down to mainland Europe. Along with keeping covid restrictions inContinue reading “20 countries in 12 months”

Norway Pt 2 One of our favourite things about full time travel is meeting interesting people. During our time in Denmark and Norway we had met up with lots of fellow travellers, many of whom we follow on social media. It was August 2020, after the first lockdown and coronavirus had made meeting new peopleContinue reading “Valleys, Views and Vikings”

Motorhoming in Denmark post coronavirus, summer 2020 After our ‘release’ from lockdown in Spain & France and a couple of weeks pet sitting in Belgium, we were ready to head back out in Stevie (our motorhome) and explore this new ‘post covid world’. Scandinavia had been on our list before we even started travelling butContinue reading “New Friends in New Countries”

What most people want to know is: how much has a year of full time travelling cost us? It’s your lucky day as we look back over the past 12 months and break down exactly how much we’ve spent. This doesn’t take into account the purchase of the motorhome, initial insurance, van equipment (including ourContinue reading “How much does full time travel cost?”

* WARNING: Contains miscarriage, medical and coronavirus events * After 9 weeks of quarantine in Spain it was such a relief to arrive at our friend’s house near Dinan, in France. It had taken three days of non stop driving from southern Spain to finally be with people that we knew & where we wouldContinue reading “French France and Feline Frustrations”

Spain Pt 2 After 22 days in Catalonia we finally said goodbye to our Spanish, Catalonian & Argentinian friends and started to move south. We were sad to leave our friends but happy that our troubles were behind us and to be off on our adventures once again. Our first stop was Benicarló. We stoppedContinue reading “Spanish Motorhome Adventures”