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Days 2 and 3 Amsterdam to Bremerhaven
I successfully picked up Patty from Schipol airport and we spent the first night together in the van about 1.5 hours North East of Amsterdam. It was a nice little campsite in the middle of the very flat and rural Dutch countryside. It gave us an opportunity to…
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Day 1, Southampton to Caen
I am on the Brittany Ferries ship Guillaume de Normandie half way across the English Channel. This is a very new ship (2024) and i am very impressed. Everything is clean and bright, there is plenty of room aboard and the food excellent, and is not expensive. I…
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Preparing to go
Hi everyone, and welcome back to my travel blog. I am preparing for a 4 week trip in the camper van, leaving in 2 days time. Patty will be joining me on this trip and we will be blogging here with notifications going to my facebook page. The…
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Coming Soon – Scandinavia
Starting 25th September 2025 Patty and I will be traveling in the Camper Van from the UK to Finland and back. We will be on the road for 3.5 weeks. We will be traveling from through France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.…
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Back to a ‘normal’ life
After Patty flew back to Argentina, I was at a crossroads with a number of options. 1. Lady Cindy had not sold with the Italian brokers over the summer so I could return to the boat, work on it over the winter and sail or sell her next…
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Back in the UK to Lands End
On returning from our month in Indo China, we settled back into van life and completed our circuit around the UK by travelling to Lands End and back. This was to be Patty and my last trip together. Patty wants to return to, and settle in Argentina. I…