World Wide Walkies

Tips: Keep Dogs Safe & Cool Your Camper in a Heatwave!

Three dogs on a hot beach wearing sun hats

For the first time in history, the UK Met Office has extended its Red Warning for Extreme Heat in southern England for three consecutive days. The UK Health Security Agency has also issued a series of Heat Health Alerts around the country.

This week, a vet nurse told me that their practice had been inundated with dogs suffering from the heat and humidity.

Although the peak of heatwave has passed, the weekend looks set to be a hot one, so here are some in depth posts I wrote containing advice on how to keep you, your camper, and your furry friends cool.

If you have any further tips, please add them in the comments!

Meet The Beast – & Jim Morrisvan! On Show at the Adventure Overland Show, Stratford Upon Avon, UK

Jacqueline Lambert's truck The Beast with Jim Morrisvan the red and green Bomb Sisposal Morris Traveller on show at the Adventure Overland Show

Come And See Us!

At the UK’s LARGEST GATHERING of Expedition Trucks!

The Beast and our newest purchase, Jim Morrisvan – a 1970 Bomb Disposal Morris Traveller (named after my dad, Jim) – will be on show at the fabulous Adventure Overland & International Campervan Show 2026. (See cover photo!)

One of the UK’s largest gatherings of expedition trucks returns to Stratford Upon Avon Racecourse this weekend of 13-14th June 2026.

These will be displaying alongside hundreds of quirky, self-built campervans, Land Rovers and Adventure Bikes. There will be a Sunday Camper, 4×4 and Landy Jumble – and the usual live music, traders and talks.

As well as sitting around a campfire with friends.

New for this year is the Travel Advice Centre, hosted by the Globetrotters Club.

Confessions of a Nomadic Travel Writer – Jacqueline Lambert Q&A featured in The Writing Wall’s eMagazine

Photo of author Jacqueline Lambert adjacent to her travel memoir More Manchester than Mongolia with the heading emagazine

There’s something wonderfully surreal about talking about your own writing journey while parked up somewhere on the road with dogs snoring in the background and a kettle threatening to boil over. But somehow, that’s exactly where life has led me.

Coinciding with our 10 Year Vanniversary, I’m delighted to be featured in the May edition of What’s Your Story the The Writing Wall’s eMagazine.

In the interview, I reveal how one of my award-winning travel books ended up in the hands of Prince – now King Charles III – and the British Ambassador for Romania.

All because of windsurfing, dogs, and a blog about toilets!

Photo of Jacqueline Lambert author with her books, front cover of her travel memoir More Manchester than Mongolia, & captionsWhat's your Story' and 'Author Q&A'

Photo of author Jacqueline Lambert adjacent to her travel memoir More Manchester than Mongolia with the caption Available Now see link in bio

10 Years On The Road Full Time! First as Adventure Caravanners – Then as Grumpy Old Truckers…

Cartoon of Jacqueline and Mark Lambert with their truck, The Beast, and four cuddly dogs, The Fab Four

Today is a very special day. It is our 10 year Vanniversary! On 10th May 2016, a month after we accidentally bought our first ever caravan, Mark, The Fab Four and I hit the road full-time, and set off on a three year trip around Europe…

It all started when we went out one day to ‘just to look’ and accidentally bought a caravan. We already had a trusty tow vehicle and toy box, Big Blue – and couldn’t fit all our windsurfers, bikes, SUPs and skis in a motorhome!