Although we aren’t intending to take our van away to the snow covered Alps any time soon, this stage of the build is still crucial. Aside from keeping us warm when we go skiing up in Scotland, insulation also provides protection from condensation. I mean, who would want rusting in their van?! Or to be …
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Author:Steve Barbour
Ticklist Traveller | Bristol
For the second Ticklist Traveller I’m taking you (much) closer to home. Bristol is often referred to as the gateway to the South West, but for me it’s home. I grew up here. I spent my weekends as a kid heading into the city centre with friends for shopping trips. These later turned to weekend …
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Pooch Routes | Mam Tor
For the second piece in the Pooch Routes blog posts we head out to the Peak District. The whole area is great for mountaineering and this absolutely includes bringing along your four-legged friend for the experience! Mam Tor with your pooch is the focus for this post. We went here on our way to Snowdonia …
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Van Build | Crew Cab to Bare Bones
It’s been a quiet few months on the blog, but quite a bit has been happening in life! The van conversion unfortunately took a bit of a back seat, but finally we can write about some of the progress made! The first step for us was stripping the van back to its bare bones so …
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South Coast Sailing | August 2022
Following the UK’s hottest ever days, I had the opportunity to go sailing for a week from Gosport by Portsmouth. For once, it wasn’t on a particular qualifying course where objectives had to be met. The week was ours to decide what we wanted to do. If there were any skills we wanted to practic, …
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Apple Watch Series 7 vs Garmin Forerunner 735XT
For the past few years I was using my Apple Watch Series 4 pretty much every day. I’m a sucker for an Apple product. However, as I started training for the London Marathon, I was having a few problems. I had in my head the Apple vs Garmin question, and knew sooner or later I’d need …
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Pooch Routes | Snowdon
If like me and my fiancée you have a little four-legged family member, you might be thinking of the best walks to do with them. Your usual leg stretch at the local park is great. However, sometimes you all need something a little more adventurous. We went to Snowdonia recently on a family holiday and …
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Taste of the World | Paris
On my fiancée’s birthday this year we took advantage of relaxing travel restrictions to head over to Paris. We spent a long weekend at Disney, then a couple of days in Paris city centre. At her bequest, we took a food-tour of the city; we ate our way from our hotel through to dinner, and …
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Ticklist Traveller | St Thomas
The first of a brand new series of posts where I give you something more than just a write up on somewhere I’ve been. On these, you’ll find an actual downloadable ticklist for various places I’ve been to. See them as a travel bucket list if you will. They are in no way exhaustive lists …
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First Trip in our Conversion-less Camper
Welcome to our series of blog posts featuring our brand new camper conversion project! We’ll be posting throughout the process different elements of the conversion. This will cover everything from what we went for and why, before starting to document our adventures! Finding the Perfect Any Van We spent ages picking the right van. We …
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