Russia ep. 2

Miles: 3963 Total mileage: 13,253 Visits to Ford garages: 1 Drunk Russian men trying to hit the van with a crowbar: 1 Police stops: 2 Vague route: Khygat – Mongolian border crossing Ulan Ude Lake Baikal Uyar Chany Kurgan Ufa Samara Lipetsk Troyebortnoye – Ukrainian Border crossing Exhausted and overwhelmed from a week driving in […]

Russia ep. 1

Miles: 3377 Total Mileage: 7734 CV joint guards broken: 3 Police checks: 1 Ford garages visited: 4 Herb plants lost: 1 Language barrier misunderstandings: daily Vague route: Vaalimaa – Finnish border crossing St Petersburg Moscow Kirzhach Nizhy Novgorod Kazan Ufa Ishim Novosibirsk Barabinsk Tashanta – Mongolian border crossing Twas the night before August as the […]

40 days and counting

Asking Harry what he thought of Norway in three words he said ‘Get back to me, not right now’. At that present time he was, if I remember correctly, at a particularly stressful roundabout and when it calmed down he quietly began to ponder and I forgot to get back to him. However, he finally […]

Van Conversion: Weeks 9 and 10

And were outta here!!! We are currently waiting in the local tyre shop to get a new car battery and then out onto the open road, the dusty highway. The last two weeks have been full steam ahead with the final adjustments. The V5C arrived back at HQ far sooner than we had expected. We […]

Van Conversion: Weeks 6, 7, and 8

I was beginning to lose track of time on this project. The setting off date was being pushed back later and later, everyday was basically the same consisting of wake up, convert van, spend a lot of money, go to bed worrying, along with a piling up of unfinished jobs and people constantly asking when […]

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 […]

The First Post

Has this blog has been a long time coming? You could say since 2004 when Harry and I first met at school in Herefordshire but that would perhaps be over the top. You could say since 2012 when I wanted to start a blog to be like Peyton Sawyer from One Tree Hill because she […]