From Rat Race to Road Trip: Overlanding With Four Dogs!
What’s wrong with this?
“We got up and had breakfast. I had cereal with a coffee but Mark went off piste and had tea instead! I fed the dogs then we went for a walk. It was beautiful! We had sandwiches for lunch, went shopping then had dinner overlooking the beach. The sunset was beautiful. We love it here!!!!”
If you think it’s fine, you don’t need this blog.
If it makes you ask the following questions, read on;
Continue reading “10 Tips to Titivate Your Travel Journal”“What have you been up to lately?”
“Er, nothing much.”
Then I remembered that, in the last few weeks, I had joined an adventure group called Spice UK, which encourages you to ‘Live Your Dream’. “Nothing much” had included playing polo on a horse, flying with the British Aerobatic Champion and learning how to fire-eat.
There was a small advert in the Spice magazine for a log book in which I could record my experiences. I bought one immediately. That was in 1994.
25-years on, following a brutal downsize to caravan nomad, my two Spice log books are my most treasured possessions.
Continue reading “5 Reasons Why You Should Keep A Travel Journal”
Winston Churchill suffered from depression. He called it ‘The Black Dog’.
I want my blog to be uplifting, but I have also vowed to produce an honest narrative of our experience, rather than an “It was all sunshine and rainbows!” account. As such, although it is a tough admission to make, I have something that I want to bring to group;
Continue reading “The Black Dog – Coping with Depression & A Midlife Crisis”Caravanning/RV-ing is pretty eco-friendly anyway. For a start, we’re not flying anywhere for our hols and we’re living in a fairly self-sufficient bubble. But there’s always room for improvement.
The great thing about the tips that I am going to give you is that besides saving the planet, they will save you hundreds of pounds (hurrah!) – as well as space and weight, both of which are a major plus in the confines of a caravan.
In this blog, I am going to concentrate on reducing single-use plastic. The tips here are changes that you will barely notice – and they will also carry over to save you money and space at home too. All I am doing is replacing everyday products with more sustainable alternatives
Continue reading “Zero Waste Caravanning – Save Money, Weight, Space & The Planet!”
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