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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 withContinue reading “Tips: Keep Dogs Safe & Cool Your Camper in a Heatwave!”

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

Did You Miss Any Of These? Monthly Round Up January 2026

Jacqueline Lambert's dogs, The Fab Four, wearing bright fleec coats, in a wintry landscape

Since 1st of January, we’re back on the road! On 7th of January, we were supposed to catch a ferry from Sète in France to Nador in Morocco, but we cancelled it because of my teeth! I broke two crowns and needed a root canal, apparently, which kept us near Castelnaudry in southern France forContinue reading “Did You Miss Any Of These? Monthly Round Up January 2026”

Dogs, Diesel, & Disaster: 2025 in a Nutshell!

Large wooden troll sculpture in Denmark with The Fab Four, Jacqueline Lambert's dogs posing on his arm.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We’re just evacuating ‘the brick’ – the farmhouse in southern France, where we enjoyed 3 months’ down time from travelling, after a hectic and disaster-prone year. We started 2025 with our usual ski break in beautiful Monte Rosa – break being the operative word. The disasters started happening when our friend’s friendContinue reading “Dogs, Diesel, & Disaster: 2025 in a Nutshell!”