Marsciano to Tewkesbury

Miles: 2564 Total Mileage: 18,354 Bits of the van that fell off/broke: 3 Birthdays in the van: 1 Early ‘Christmas day’ celebrated: 1 Gilet Jaunes protests crept through: 2 Jamon Ibericos snuck back to England: 1 Impulse buy PS4s bought: 1 Total number of countries visited: 16 Vague Route: Marsciano – Italy Siena Parco Nazionali […]

The Slow Road to the North

Miles: 546 (not including ferry crossings) Total mileage: 2794 Ferries taken: 9 Dolphin sightings: 2 Sea otter sightings: 1 Vague route: Halsa Äsen Hoydalsbukt Andalsvågen 66.28′ N, 13.26′ E (Nesna) Holandsfjord Bodo They call it the slow road for a reason, the Fv17 or Kystriksveien, and it could take you half the time if you […]

Van Conversion: Weeks 3, 4, and 5

If there is a person out there who is an avid fan of this blog and could not wait for the third weekly instalment of the van conversion diaries, I do apologise for my blog upkeep sloppiness. Holidays, post holiday blues and bank holidays just got in the way. Three days before our trip to […]

Van Conversion: Week 2

No news to report on the window other than it is still leaking. No news to report on the weather other than it is still raining. Conclusion: no possibility of repair as of yet. But there is always next week! Nevertheless, slow progress has turned into fast progress and Tina is looking fresh. Although, we […]

Van Conversion: Week 1

Slow progress would be the best way to describe this week. As Harry’s father said ”Wasn’t your time after work in Imperia and Marseille meant to be for planning how to do all of this?”, we realised we probably should have done a bit more of that and a bit less of eating cheese and […]

A Van with a plan…lol i’m joking

We finally made it to Marseille, 24 miserable seasick hours and 3 vomits later, meaning we are one step closer to getting home to begin working on Tina. Right now she is just an idea in Harry’s and my head as despite detailed measurements done by Harry’s father and the photos we have, it is […]