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Did You Miss Any Of These? Monthly Round Up July 2025

A tranquil canal scene with a canalside pub and trees reflecting in the water

We’re still in the UK escaping Schengen, but have booked our ferries to France and Morocco. Our application for a Schengen-busting French Long Stay Visa was successful, so we now have 180 days in France, with 90 days in Schengen either side. We depart these fair shores on the 7th August, so watch out for trip updates.

Originally, our plan was to wander down through France and Spain, although when heading to Spain, we have a strange tendency to turn left. Once, that took us to Romania. This time, we’re toying with the idea of Drenmark… We will probably decide when we land, so watch this space!

Four dogs sitting on a sunlit beach with blue sky and golden sand — The Fab Four on their home beach at Southbourne, Bournemouth

Prime Day – Bargain Vanlife Books & Travel Products

Shop & Save for 4 Days: 8th-11th July 2025

If you buy something from Amazon using my Amazon affiliate link, I earn a tiny amount of money. It doesn’t cost you anything extra but when all the little bits add up, it helps me keep all this free content online and ad free. Of course, if you prefer, you can always go direct and let Amazon keep all its profits!

Prime Day is Amazon’s annual deal event, exclusively for Prime members. This year, it’s bigger than ever, featuring four days of big deals on top brands. It’s happening NOW – from July 8-11 2025.

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As part of the Prime promotion, I have discounted THREE of my bestselling travel memoirs:

'Books to get your paws on this summer' Fun fur filled travel memoirs from an award-winning author.' With a picture of paws reaching up for three ebook travel memoirs: Fur Babies in France, Dogs 'n' Dracula, and Building The Beast and a log showing their awards and a discount badge stating ebooks 99p/99c for a limited time only.

🚐🐾 ADVENTURE AWAITS — Discounted to 99p/99c, but only Today and Tomorrow!

Ready to laugh, be inspired, and hit the road – from your armchair or your very own camper? Grab three of Jacqueline Lambert’s bestselling, true-life travel e books for 99p/99c each.

🔴 Fur Babies in France: From Wage Slaves to Living the Dream
Ditching the 9-to-5 for a life on the road, Jackie and her husband set off with no plan – just four dogs and a caravan. This heartwarming and humorous memoir charts their first steps into full-time vanlife in France, where they discover that living the dream isn’t always what you expect…

🟣 Dogs ‘n’ Dracula: A Road Trip Through Romania
From haunted castles to hairpin bends, this tail-wagging tour of Transylvania is packed with myths, misadventures, and a magical mutt who stole not only their hearts – but their passenger seat!

🟡 Building The Beast: How (Not) To Build An Overland Camper
Can two clueless Brits turn a 24-tonne army truck into the ultimate off-grid adventure rig? This is the laugh-out-loud, learn-from-our-mistakes story of dogs, deadlines, and DIY disasters…

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🛻🐶💬 Pawfect for armchair adventurers, wannabe vanlifers, and anyone who’s ever dreamed of escaping the 9-to-5 with a dog (or four – then five!) in tow!

But hurry. This exceptional deal ends first thing on Tuesday 15th July 2025

10 Things I’ve Learned from Life on the Road

My husband, Mark and I, packed up our life in 2016 to embark on a 3-year trip in our caravan (RV trailer.)

Nine years into that 3-year trip, it seems we underestimated how addictive travel could be.

So here we are, still touring, but in The Beast, a rather more rugged 6×4-wheel drive ex-army vehicle we converted to take us even further off the beaten path.

When we set out, we were complete newbies, but in the intervening time, we’ve picked up a few tips. Here, I want to share with you some of the lessons we’ve learned from life on the road.

A picture of three children, including author Jacqueline Lambert as a child in the centre, standing at the front of an old fashioned 1960s home built caravan — My brothers & I with the caravan my grandad built.
When Mark & I started out, this was the sum total of our caravanning experience!

Did You Miss Any Of These? Monthly Round Up June 2025

Photo of a large bull nosed AMF truck with The Beast, author Jacqueline Lambert's bull nosed Volvo N10 camper conversion

Wow! Time flies and here we are, half way through the year.

It’s been a busy month. We’re currently in the UK escaping Schengen, as well as catching up with friends and inter-trip administration, such as doctors, dentists, vet visits (for the dogs!), truck maintenance, and applying for a Schengen-busting French Long Stay Visa. If you’re interested in beating the 90/180 day Schengen rule, that’s a post you won’t want to miss!