Travels in vintage vehicles

It’s days like these that we live for. Days that chop and change, twist and turn. Days that are seemingly certain, but actually quite uncertain. Beautiful, unexpected and ones that make you think about what you have and what you do with it. I can’t even say that today started off like any other as…

We’re well into our fourth week. When we arrived in Turkey we didn’t really have much idea of what we wanted to do or see. The first few days were about taking things as they came, one day leading to the next. After about a week it came to dawn that Turkey is a big…

As we entered Austria, Juliet played a rendition of the Blue Danube Waltz on her harmonica. By this time we’d already encountered the Danube as we tracked south and east on our journey in Germany. When thinking about this trip the Danube was never something I’d given much thought to, although a few people mentioned…

It’s two weeks ago now since my last day at work and a lot has happened in that time. I write this sitting on a park bench. The Aegean Sea less than 10 meters away. Mirror like, a gentle breeze passing in the trees above. A white wagtail happily chirping as it sits on the…

The adage goes that you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family.  We possibly disproved that statement on Easter Sunday when we rocked up to stay with an old friend and his family just south of Bonn.  Easter Sunday in the sunshine the scene set for a 10 plus year reunion. A…

We’ve made It down to Zagreb in Croatia. In many ways it’s a miraculous place to find ourselves.  The lead up to leaving not entirely smooth and the early part of the journey not without problems.  Friday was supposed to be a day sorting and packing the van. The first job of the day, a…

We’ve only gone and done it! We’ve actually booked a ticket on le shuttle – so officially we are off to France on the morning of Saturday 30th March. After the last few weeks of near constant rain and floods it feels good to be able to focus on something else as the rain has…

We are in the final few weeks of preparation before we head off for Baku. Most of the van related jobs are done and we have sourced pretty much every seal available and we should be well placed to strip most things down in the event that something fails. Failure is as sure as death…