Yesterday movement on the camper van situation was made. We had narrowly missed out on the chance to buy a great Land Rover Discovery 200 (the seller had first offered it to his mate just before meeting us). Out the back of his workshop we spotted a SORNed VW camper van, just like the one […]

There’s been some interesting movement on the camper van front. Recall that we were deciding between an empty-shell of a camper van and a Land Rover. Here’s where we got with our decision: The shell camper van would have no-doubt made an excellent restoration project for a passionate individual with a lot of time, space […]

Leaving the YHA Youth Hostel, we headed off towards Lulworth Cove and the Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset. Squiffy sheepishly agreed to shun the safe road route and instead follow the daveb hill-climb route. Great choice, I thought. True, the trodden path disappeared early on and, true, we did walk up a […]

Our first night in a YHA Youth Hostel was in West Lulworth, near to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. Some of Squiffy’s friends joked about how difficult I would find staying in a hostel, given my background of relative luxury (in fact it was only today, that I was looking back longingly at the photo […]

My wonderful sister called me recently. She was concerned that, from reading this blog, it seemed that we were having a terrible time as our posts had come across quite negative (thanks for your concern, sista). Just in case anyone else reading this blog is similarly concerned (thanks!), let’s set the record straight. On the […]

As soon as we realised that the IoW camper van plan was going nowhere, we set off for pastures new stopping off at a pub in Christchurch for a cheap meal-deal lunch which raised our spirits. As we journeyed to our first night in a YHA, we stopped stopped off at various garages to have […]

A recent photo that I managed to capture whilst on the road in Dorset has inspired me to create a new section entitled ‘Photo of The Week’. I plan to post a new picture each Friday to give you a smile at the end of the working week. Whilst this week’s is rather amusing, other […]

Yesterday, we decided to buy an old VW camper van in exchange for our car, Goj, plus a bit of cash. A deal had been discussed a few days earlier and we genuinely believed that we were in the decision driving seat. We gave the green light and the seller stalled. He wanted to think […]

For a couple of days we had been mulling over the idea of buying a small camper van to provide an option between staying in a dismal wet tent and the cost/bother of sorting out B&B accommodation. We had previously discussed a part-exchange deal with a seller on the Isle of Wight which seemed pretty […]

Our plan was pure: Drive into the heart of the New Forest. In the morning, walk around the ancient town of Bucklers Hard and in the afternoon hire a couple of push-bikes and cycle an easy route though the New Forest — an easy track because, *blush*, I can’t actually ride a bike! The reality […]