Vanlife Moments

Recollections from past trips, notes from current ones and moments that have stayed with me.

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Opening the window

2 weeks ago
The story of a moment, Pico Gilbo in Picos de Europa national park, Spain.

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When your belayer says no

1 month ago
Why try harder, work harder, climb harder? Is it not enough to enjoy where we are? Do we always have to be pushing ourselves to something more?

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Romania 2023 - Part two

1 month ago
Meeting guard dogs, snakes and mosquitos in the mountains of Romania

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Van cat nightmares

1 month ago
It's not all sunshine and rainbows living in a van with a cat!

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The moor the merrier?

9 months ago
Over 1 million acres of moorland in the uk - but is this a good thing?

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Rock climbing in Morocco

9 months ago
A quick summary of the climbing we managed on our first trip to Morocco

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Romania 2023 - part one

2 years ago
Romania is a fantastic country for vanlife with amazing parkups available out in the middle of nature, fresh water from springs and so much to see

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Monumental Discoveries

2 years ago
The Bulgarians do like a monument, and they like them huge, concrete and on top of a very large hill!

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Bialowieza Forest

2 years ago
The first major stopping point on our Europe 2023 tour was Bialowieza forest in Poland. Situated right on the border with Belarus this protected area contains the largest number of European Bison anywhere in the wild, plus several wolf packs, elk and lynx.

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Montenegro: a right old ecological state

2 years ago
Montenegro had declared itself the world's first ecological state in 1991 and the term "democratic, social and ecological state' was in its constitution the following year. But what does this mean? And has the country lived up to it?

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Helen's house of hope

2 years ago
At the start of July 2023 we spent 2 weeks volunteering at Helen's house of hope, a dog shelter in north west Bulgaria. Our previous years Europe trip had included several weeks in Romania and we had been struck by the number of stray dogs roaming the streets.

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Bear road

2 years ago
Stretching for 90km and reaching heights of over 2,000 metres, the Transfagarasan highway is the main road through the Fagaras mountains in Romania.

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Never mind the gap

2 years ago
Two days ago someone cut down the lone Sycamore tree at Sycamore gap in Hadrian's wall. You may have heard about it, or seen the usual rational and considered opinions on social media...

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