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Campervan purchasing notes
Some research on buying a campervan in Europe. Note: This post is a work in progress# General notes Latest fuel figures: Petrol prices (around $US6/gallon), vs Diesel prices (around $US5/gallon) Diesel...
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Home
We’ve found our new home! The whole thing went infinitely more smoothly than we expected — it was the second motorhome we looked at, too. In Birmingham (specifically, Solihull), we stayed with Keith...
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On motorhome insurance
Having just bought a motorhome, the past few days have been primarily spent navigating the maze that is the world of insurance. With my efforts and those of my virtual assistant Louise, at least 15-20...
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Bishop Sutton
Having just loaded our bags into our new motorhome, who we’ve decided to call Nettle, and found places for things (still sitting in Steve the dealer’s driveway), we spent a little while online...
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Staying in Solihull
While setting ourselves up with a motorhome, we stayed in Solihull, a borough just outside of Birmingham where my grandparents grew up. We were picked up from the train station by Trevor, my...
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On the road
It’s our fourth day in our new motorhome, and we’re loving it. Being able to take our house wherever we go is just brilliant, and living in it is a bit like being a kid again: Everything is fun and...
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Oxfordshire, Cardiff and Pembroke
The day after Bath was a bit of a loss, recreationally speaking: A drive to Nettle’s home town to get her LPG tank put in and a couple other bits and pieces, then onwards towards Oxford, with a lengthy...
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Towards Belfast
Having woken up and gone through our morning routine, security intact and all belongings accounted for (it was our first wildcamp, so we were admittedly a little nervous), it was time to start the...
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Lessons and Observations
Here are some things we’ve learned so far, both logistical and otherwise. First and foremost: We’re finding that travel by motorhome is a wonderful way to see the world. It allows one to immerse in the...
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Energy notes
These are my fairly raw notes from working through our energy availability issue after getting some help on motorhomefacts.com — running 2 laptops all day, self-sufficiently, to allow us to wild-camp...
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Nettle’s birthday
We’re terrible with this date stuff — it just occurred to me to check, and we’ve lived in Nettle for a year, a week, and four days now. Happy birthday, Nettle! It’s interesting reading through the...
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Motorhoming like it’s 2009
…Just like that, we’re motorhomers again! We’ve spent a fairly relaxed few days preparing Nettle and ourselves for our reunion — a bit of mould-removal (bloody mould!!), fridge-cleaning, reorganising...
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