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.
DAY 9: 15 AUGUST Not a long journey today distance wise, but a long journey due to road conditions and traffic. A very muggy day today. Cassie and Dan both sat in the car topless. We managed to successfully navigate our way through Budapest, but only after getting lost trying to find the M3 exit. […]
DAY 7/8: 13/14 AUGUST, Camping costs: 13,264.70 Fontir = €47.20 (281 Fontir = €1) – 2 nights The journey this morning took us up a mountain pass, over and down again. Half way up the pass, Cas’ tummy couldn’t take the windy road and she emptied her breakfast all over the back seat. We had
DAY 5/6: 11/12 AUGUST Camping costs: €38.04 – 2 nights Another wet start to the day and packing up a wet tent. Last night we had discussed staying for a few nights stop at Bovec and then deciding where to go from there. We were now sick of rain and thunderstorms as that is all
DAY 4: 10 AUGUST Camping costs: €21.00 – 1 night We set off for Austria and a camp that Pete had seen on the net and added to his GPS. We saw a Lidl on the way and decided to stop for food for that evening. We got snacks, beer, lunch, chocolate, fruit and dinner
DAY 2 & 3: 8/9 AUGUST 2010 Camping costs: €53.00 – 2 nights As soon as we had packed up and hit the road, the wet set in and continued to stay wet right the way across into Germany. A day for border crossings, wonder what it would have been like if we had had
DAY 1: 7 AUGUST 2010 Camping costs: €17.30 – 1 night Early start today. We set out at 02.45 hrs for Dover to catch our 05.55 hrs ferry to Calais. Pretty uneventful crossing with no major hiccups and successfully remembering to drive on the other side of the road. We headed out on the A16
We sat down one Sunday afternoon in July 2010 with just 4 weeks to go and a rough idea of where we wanted to go. Wendy had done some basic research on the internet about the different countries we had decided to visit and the suggested highlights to see. Dan had plotted these on a
In 2007 we decided on our Big African Adventure trip. We had made the decision to put our flat on the market to fund the trip. Dan and I decided that 8 years together, one daughter later and the beginning of a life-changing trip was a good moment to get married. We broke the news
In 2007 we decided to do our first driving holiday from the UK. We did this before we purchased the Land Rover, in our Vauxhall: Goldie. To say that it was crowded with us and all the gear would be an understatement. This was our first camping holiday, as a couple and with Cassie. At