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The Background – The Tent Problem We have been trying to find the right sleeping solution for the three of us since, pretty much the first trip we ever went on. The problem we have always had is that we would prefer to be able to wild camp or free camp, but having a family […]
I have been meaning to install a CB radio for several years, I finally got round to it this year. On the last few trips, we have found that we could have done with a CB to communicate with others in the group at various stages. It is not always possible to depend on mobile
Needed a lightweight stove for a micro adventure On Friday, I needed to get a lightweight stove for a quick camping microadventure on Saturday night. I did not want to buy one and was considering self heating meals and no coffee in the morning. Until I found inspiration from a post on twitter to a video by
As I mentioned in this post, we had some issues with the MyWay Serengeti tent, we loved it. But we need to get the niggles sorted. Luckily Paul was on hand with advice and apologies. After a few nights in the tent we did discover the first issue with the tent, which we now have a
With the weather getting better and a short camping trip planned for next weekend, we decided this weekend was probably the most sensible time to get the tent on the Landy and the awning set up, ready for opportunities to go camping and the summer trip. The other good thing given that this weekend is
So having found Blogsy which is the app that we would like to use, to write our travel blog posts on the road, we realised that we would still need to be able to get images from our camera onto the iPad. The standard iPad camera connection kit costs about £25 and is fairly expensive
If you have read about our trip last year, you will know that we locked the keys in the Landy in Croatia. We normally have at least a door key on us each, in order to try and prevent this situation. However it was quite late in the holiday and the inevitable happened. Both doors
We have traditionally kept a Moleskin notebook with us when we are on the road, the current one is on its third trip. I would hate for it to go missing. In the back we record all the cool things like mileages, fuel costs and locations we fill up at. This enables us to keep
We have been going thru cheap portable braai’s (aka bbq’s) like cheap toilet paper. They are generally made of very thin pressed sheet steel and don’t last. The cost of these and the disposibles we occasionally resort to has begun to add up. So we have resorted to buying a decent portable… The Boab Braai.
After two years of road trips into Europe and the prospect of more lengthy and exotic trips in the future, the struggle with not having enough cold beer got too much. We decided to look at our options for a portable travel car fridge. In the land of 12 volt fridges all is not equal.