Stories from our early travels, both pre-overlanding and as we started overlanding on a tight budget, as a small family with our young daughter. We explored on end of europe to the other, top to bottom travelling simply.
Well, the Land Rover left to a new life several weeks ago. I hope she is looked after, it was sad to see her go. Sold to the first viewer at the asking price. I never thought I would sell, but life is full of surprises. If your wondering why? Well we are moving to […]
If you read our blog regularly, you may have noticed that I am new to video editing stuff and that I have recently discovered the fun of the iMovie app for the iPad. Consquentially there are a few video clips starting to appear. We are armed with extra SD cards to allow more of this
After 14 years, the Defender doors had started to droop! It is widely known that Defender hinges wear, they wear at the interface between the pin and the body which is fixed to the door. Mine had so much play my door leaked. In addition to the wear, they also start to corrode from the
This Summer Dan has managed to wangle 4 weeks off work. To add to that, Wendy has changed jobs and now has the school holidays off, so she has 6 weeks holiday over the Summer! This has allowed us to open up our plans, expand our horizons and we have this year decided to travel
DAY 17 – 19: 23 – 25 AUGUST Ĉeský Krumlov – Regensburg (Pielenhofen, Germany) Camping costs: €20.70 – 1 night. 50c for shower. Today was the earliest and quickest we have broken camp so far! We were up, packed and on the road by 8.30am! We parked in one of the tourist car parks and
Church of Bones – In Short The Sedlec Ossuary, nicknamed the “Bone Church”, is a small Roman Catholic chapel located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, Czech Republic. Its macabre fame comes from the artistic arrangement of approximately 40,000 human skeletons throughout the chapel. Originally a 14th-century cemetery, it became a popular
DAY 14/15: 20/21 AUGUST Camping costs: 560 Crowns – 2 nights = €23.00 After an initial hiccup of taking the wrong exit and having to do a big loop, we finally made our way to the Czech. Unfortunately for us the road was VERY slow going. Not a motorway, still a major road, but FULL
DAY 13: 19 AUGUST Hotel cost: €80 double roomUp at the normal time, packed up and made tracks for Martin. Not too much of a journey today thankfully. We reached Martin at about 2pm and parked up to look for a hotel/B&B. We managed to find a B&B, but it happened to be a 4*
DAY 11/12: 17/18 AUGUST Camping costs: €22 – 2 nights for 3 adults, 1 child, 2 tents & 2 cars We decided to stop at the pension we had wanted to stay at for a drink before setting off again. What a pity it had been full, it looked like a lovely place to stay.
DAY 10: 16 AUGUST Pension: €10.00 pppn €5.00 for a child Up bright and early, packed up and ready to leave at our best time yet! Off into Slovakia! Tokaj (pronounced Tokay), is a lovely little town with lovely wine. We bought 3 bottles and a grape juice or non alcoholic wine. The bottles were