Another day in my glorious corner of Devon. The site today with it being a weekend is far far far busier than it has been last few days, I assume they have an influx of relatively local weekenders. There is also the American Car show on this weekend so some additional entertainment on and a […]

The plan was to be on a ferry back to main land Europe today but we have an issue…. In a way that only a woman could Lisa decided about 6 weeks ago she wanted new clothes. So she spent an eternity on Moroccan Shein adding stuff to her basket only to find that in

I think it is time to let you into our plans for the next 12 months…. a little while ago we decided to sell our caravan as we had made the choice to live in on the road. Being full time digital nomads, the term Van lifer gets a bit of stick from the likes

Happy 8 month old birthday to the Beef! That means that he has now spent 50% of his life on the road being a baby culture vulture!! And what a little boy he is turning into! He has adopted his own personality and you can now start to see it shine through. For example the

I slept crappy, Mog slept in his basket all night he didn’t make a beep. I slept poor because I was worried about he trying to get out or getting scared and having a go at me or Lisa. The polar opposite happened, like I say he didn’t make a noise. At about 6:30am I

Lisa will kill me as I have not mentioned it!! She has been working tirelessly on writing a children’s series of travel books. We had mentioned it a while back on our FB that she was thinking about doing it. Well, we released it on Friday and we are absolutely delighted with the response. We

The Beef was 7 months old today. It is mad how much and how quickly he has come on! He is absolute belter! He is so funny, I understand parenting a lot more now. How you can go to pulling your hair out 1 minute having had a stressful morning to forgetting about it all

A tough day on the site, on the pitch we are on we get blasted by the sun until about 5 o’clock in the afternoon and by that point the thermostat in the camper is at 36 degrees. The wee man has struggled with it, Lisa has struggled with it and I always struggle with

Every time I see those mountains in the distance they just don’t seem real. More like a painting on the inside of a wall. Honestly I cannot describe how absolutely incredible they are. Truly mind blowing. There is not a picture that can do them justice. At all. In any capacity. I think the fact

It’s only my bloody birthday!! For my birthday we were going to stay in a hotel for 3 nights, all inclusive. But first we did the usual thing where my nephews call and sing me happy birthday on FaceTime. That’s been a bit of a tradition we have had for a few years now and

Was absolutely chuffed to wake up in my own bed with no plans for the day. There was only 1 problem, we had been to the on-site sewing guy and ordered some condensation blinds for the inside of the camper. Only 700dh (only £56) so great value but still not been to a cash point

White rabbits!! 3 month diary anniversary!! Had a really top top day today. Done the best part of absolutely zilch!! The beef is having real trouble with his teeth so that means he isn’t sleeping great which means we are not sleeping great. We eventually got out of bed at 8am to get a start

Pack down day today and guess what? When we woke it wasn’t raining! Result! So the slow pack down process started and how it works is basically a slow pack down is double the time of a normal pack down. So a pack down should take 1 hour but a slow one is 2. I

Woke up with a bit of a sore head today, the first ever gathering of the official Morocco Red Wine club went well and we stayed up until 10ish trading Tavel stories and that was good. We had a pretty decent day for weather today as well. There wasn’t any rain at all which makes

Today was the day we finally went to Africa! We had an alarm set for 6:30am but Rory woke at 5am for his bottle so we ended up going back to bed and set the alarm for 8! Given we had to be at the port for 8:45am I was feeling a bit apprehensive about

I was like a child this morning as today we were going to explore The Rock! I was waxing lyrical yesterday about how amazing it was. Today didn’t disappoint the only thing being Iv done 30k steps and it’s very hilly indeed. But it was worth every step! I alway find that with places of

What a difference the sun makes to VanLife. The previous few days had been so so so windy, but different the sky was blue and there was little wind so it meant we could get the chairs out, the Cadac out etc. we had bacon sandwich’s which was a nice little treat. We had a

In a couple of days time I will be really annoyed that I have wasted the last couple of days. I say wasted but Iv relaxed and chilled. However doing any of the tasks I wanted to do whilst on this site Iv not managed to do. IE empty the cupboards wipe the floor, wipe

This was it! The day we had planned for! A plan that had held us up for 3 days, delayed Morocco, added an extra 100 miles onto our route. However, an opportunity to see 3 of Portugals top 10 natural wonders in a day couldn’t be passed up! So we woke up from our overnight

The novelty of the storm soon wore off as everything was absolutely soaked outside the camper. Trainers, the awning bag, everything, it was still raining as well and we were caught out by it. I tried to take the wee man for a walk but the drizzle was too much and all around the site

It’s Valentine’s Day!! We had big big plans today get up early get off site and try and dust off 3 of Portugals top natural wonders including some caves etc. We were up early, i went down to reception to get some change for a quick laundry cycle. I got down there and the cash

On what we had promised to ourselves would be our last day in Albufeira we got ourselves showered and tidy and then started the mile or so walk into the town. I was adamant I was going to fish so we took my rod and tackle down. I fished for 4 minutes and lost my

I had an admin day today so from about 8am I started trying to catch up on the editing that I needed to do. Annoyingly I had similar problems with this new software as I did with Splice which sort of defeats the object of stopping using Splice anyway. After some faffing about I managed

A day of trying to get stuff done. It’s strange because time goes so fast and before you know it it is lunch time. I’d had enough of doing work by about 10am so we decided to walk down to Albufeira and see if the waves I no the light were as ferocious in the

A quiet day on camp today, we were woken up several times in the night by the rain and the stuff inside the sun canopy was soaked. It must make a better sun canopy than umbrella. We opted to have a day onsite so we could try and get on top of jobs like washing

Another wildly productive day, we were up and out of the camper by 9am in search of a cafe that had some decent enough internet. We found one, called Fradinho it was lovely. I’ll tell you one thing, they love a cake in Portugal. On the way to the cafe we called in to the

I am absolutely knackered, took the wee guy on a big walk this morning so Lisa could write a blog. We ended walking the 3 mile trek into Nazare. The only problem with walking 3 miles away is that you have to walk 3 miles back. I was gone from maybe 9 until 11 ish

Pack down day today, after a few days of having a camp it seems like it takes for ever to get everything put away properly in its place. Especially with the awning and porch door on. It could be done quicker but I like a slow pack down with intermittent sitting down. We packed everything

Another day in Portuguese paradise. Despite getting eaten to shreds by bugs, we are having a wonderful time in Fageira. The site has its quirks but so do most. It only has 1 toilet block of 6 open so not hot water in any of the others so if you want to do the dishes

Been a day of Daddy Daycare today, as Rory’s night time routine has turned to horse sh!t Lisa has done a couple of night feeds. So I said that I will the night feed tonight and id take him out for a few hours so she could do what ever she wanted for a bit.

Had another one of those really amazing days today, the sort that make you feel all fuzzy and gooey inside. Before I get started happy birthday to my Nan who has had a little birthday party this afternoon, us 3 here love you lots x Today started like many others in Portugal which is about

Woke up this morning about 7am to have a nice hot shower, the first one in about 6 days. I think I have mentioned before the frustration of staying on a site and the showers being cold. It is so so frustrating so it was nice today to get 3rd degrees burns for a change.

A very welcome boring day!! Rory has somehow found himself in a routine where he is waking up around 5am so by the time he has his first bottle and his first nap he is awake by p9am. That last week was about 11am. Especially in the chilly mornings here pushing him around the town

Woke up at 3am by the Wee man I instantly worried thinking it was the cold but he was hungry so scoffed a bonus bottle! The camper was actually really warm we have a really good electric heater from Outdoor Revolution do we had no issues with heat which was a relief. It was wild

God. Today was a day of 2 halves. First half was lovely, well actually annoying as hell, had spent the previous day editing a video only for the software to not save it for some reason so I spent 2 hours moping around and packing the awning away etc. Apart from that a nice day,

Strangely enough I have probably had my favourite days of the trip so far. Yes it’s 6 degrees, yes I’ve been caught in 3 different half storms, yes I thought we lost the wallet and do on. I woke up about 08:30 and despite a bit of rain it was nice to see some grey

We packed up… there was snow forecast and we didn’t want to risk being there for another 2 or 3 days and having to take days away from sunnier climbs. So in the piss pouring rain I packed the awning up, the porch door and got soaked in the mean time. But we got it

Last night was tough, Rory is teething so was crying from 4pm until 10pm, it got to the point I was out walking him in the pitch black around the campsite in his baby carrier. That seemed to do the trick and within 5 minutes he was gone, but the fear of waking up meant

Hola!! Day 3 in Spain, weather has been nice today but chilly, like early spring back home. It has been about 10 or 11. I have worn shorts obviously, and went for a walk with Rory in his carrier, he slept the whole time. Standard. Lisa is currently in the camper blasting out away in

Despite the dramatic scenery of the San Sebastián park up we decided to move on from there. A lot of the time you cannot put chairs out and with a little bit of flexibility it is challenging given the lack of space. However, all part of the experience and it was still enjoyable. I am

I have had probably one of the best days of my life today. It’s just been incredible. Do things started dodgy with the Wee man waking at 6am, unlike him but he had his bottle and then after a bit of squawking he went back down till about 9ish. We fed him again and then

Drove for about 6 or 7 hours today ended up south of Bordeaux at Dune du Pillat the largest sand dune in Europe. Currently sat wild camping at a park up. We walked Rory down to the beach front which is about 10 minutes walk over some sand dunes to get to the sea, the

Happy Hump Day!! Iv not worked (a job) since 9th December so the days seem to merge into 1. Had a very quiet day really, not left the camper, I spent most of the morning with the wee man whilst Lisa tidied the van. With the space being small it can quickly get extremely cluttered.

This is the life!! This is VanLife!! I normally put 1 picture up but there’s probably 9 or 10 I could put up. We are currently Sat in Ls Rochelle old town, with the Wee Man and having a Coq Kardi (Lager) and Lisa is having…… SHOCK…. Mojito! We are in a Scottish Pub, we

One thing I am going to start doing is being organised, ending up rushing around again like maniacs getting the van packed, I thought check out was 11 however it turned out to be 10. So it was utter chaos! They let us us stay in till 11:30 thank god. So had to load the

Was so busy yesterday that unfortunately this will be a catch up entry. Been doing some research on teething. The wee man is fine 90% but that 10% is wild wild squawking. It is intense but I have been told it doesn’t last forever. We spent the afternoon yesterday at Dawlish Warren I love it