Van Turismo Diary

What a very very peculiar day i have had. We opted to head south today and get some more sunshine and leave Assileh. The plan was simple. Walk around the harbour, walk around the medina and get in the camper and boom. Off we go! Well, that was the plan at least. Harbour done, we […]

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

I think Chicago is called the Windy City but i bet Tarifa would beat it, easy. It is still blowing an absolute hooley. We have decided that we are going to go into the town of Tarifa today and see what is about and go to the supermarket. So we packed down the pop top,

Probably one of the worst sleeps i have had since we have been away, the wind is like nothing i have ever experienced. You hear the gusts about 20 seconds before they get to you, and the howl is mad!! Had a morning of doing bits of jobs, finished editing a video, had a good

After the day we had yesterday we managed to get as far as Sevilla as we were leaving the final wonder i did contemplate doing the full 4 hour drive but to be fair i wouldn’t have arrived until midnight. We stopped around the back of a sports centre just outside Sevilla and it was

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