Everyone knows Miles. On our way to Romania, we stopped at a campsite in rural Hungary. The owner was British. He knew Miles. One evening, as we were watching Ben Fogle’s documentary Harbour Lives on TV, Miles popped up on our screen. It came as no surprise. The first part of this post is theContinue reading “Building The Beast: Expedition Truck Conversion Stage 1 – Insulation”
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Collecting the Beast, Our New Expedition Truck: Part 2 – Rotterdam to Bournemouth
Tuesday: Rotterdam – Calais (By Accident) Mark was in Rotterdam. This was following THE most ill-fated, 26-hour overland journey from high in the Italian Alps to The Low Countries to collect The Beast, a 30-year old ex-army truck that is to become our new, all-terrain mobile home. Lady Luck had already made it clear thatContinue reading “Collecting the Beast, Our New Expedition Truck: Part 2 – Rotterdam to Bournemouth”
Collecting The Beast, Our New Expedition Truck: Part 1 – Staffal to Rotterdam
Monday: Staffal – Pont St Martin As part of our Brexit-Busting plan to abandon Europe for Mongolia, Mark and I have bought a 24.5 tonne truck to convert into our new home. She is a Volvo N10. She is HUGE, so we named her The Beast. We fully accepted that the purchase, unseen, of anContinue reading “Collecting The Beast, Our New Expedition Truck: Part 1 – Staffal to Rotterdam”
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