Travelling with Pets – not as easy as it was…

Travelling with pets is now more complex post Brexit. Get it right or risk losing your animals.

Italy in the Spring Time, in a Syncro Pt1

Italy is awesome, a van life paradise, so you really must go. This is part 1… Oh and.. you’d be forgiven for thinking we are in Italy. We aren’t. Basically we finished the trip and set about planning the next one and life got in the way. Now we are broken down in France (a story for another day) and I am catching up on posting our trips. Sorry. Stick with it, we’ve lots more to share!

Travelling to Morocco with pets

Just a quick guide to the requirements to take your dog, cat or ferret to Morocco. It’s easy to get it wrong and there’s a lot of misinformation out there, much well intentioned but wrong or outdated. Hope fully this short guide will help.

Croatia – a country of two halves Pt2

Finally! The next part arrives…. In this chapter we move up the west coast, between Split and Pula. This really is a stunning country.

Croatia – a country of two halves (Pt1)

Croatia is a beautiful country which is ripe for exploration. Get away from the coast and be adventurous: it’s worth it!

Slovenia – an old favourite!

Back in a country we love, we say goodbye to the snow and make some new friends!

Continuing around the Bloc! Slovakia & on to Austria

Having spent a short time in Slovakia in the early 2000s, I have had a hankering to return. My memory was of a beautiful country, unspoilt by many of the trappings of Western Europe (Starbucks, McDonalds etc), with wide open spaces and castles. We crossed the border into Slovakia near Zakopane, taking the road less … Continue reading Continuing around the Bloc! Slovakia & on to Austria

Poland in deep winter….

Having travelled across Western Europe, over the old East German border and through the Czech Republic, we reached Poland. Now we encountered deep snow, heavy snow showers and diesel heater failure. We entered Poland through the region called Lower Silesia, planning to route down to Zakopane , where we would cross into Slovakia. Now Poland … Continue reading Poland in deep winter….

So what does a European winter bring for a camper? Not as easy as we hoped…

After leaving the U.K. we quickly set into a routine in the van, but also quickly started to find problems we hadn’t necessarily expected. Western European winters are a bit wet and dreary, but snow was quite quickly evident. There had been a fair bit of localised flooding and some landslides, which meant a lot … Continue reading So what does a European winter bring for a camper? Not as easy as we hoped…

The next adventure has started – winter in Europe!

Late January we set off on a trip which is the start of something we had long discussed and left our jobs to try to fulfill. We will spend 3 months travelling with our dog, in our 1988 VW T3 Syncro. The plan is spend winter, travelling throughout Eastern Europe, looking for snow, mountains, forests … Continue reading The next adventure has started – winter in Europe!