2016

2016 Van Life

All posts and articles relating to our motorhome road trip and van life during 2016, which mainly covers Norway, Finland, Denmark, Baltics, Romania, Poland, Greece and a few stops before and after.

Road Trip

Our road trips around Europe, including famous scenic highways, mountain passes as well as off-the-beaten-path trips.

Inspirational Travel Trips

Inspirational travel ideas to help you plan a road trip for your motorhome, including great destinations, classic routes and self-drive itineraries.


motorhome GoPro 9 Comments
Tick, tick, tick doom. Tick, tick, tick doom. Tick, tick, tick spark. That blinking fridge is doing my nut in! All nights its been struggling […]

On Shoot with Go Pro


motorhome Denmark hojen 11 Comments
Just a hop, skip and jump from Vin the motorhome is the youngest sea on our planet, the Baltic. Such a shame we have a […]

Barefoot Luxury


motorhome Denmark skagen 3 Comments
The sun streamed through every little crack in the blinds creating a wonderful light display inside of Vin. Craig jumped out of bed only to […]

The Danes End




motorhome Denmark Flauenskjold 8 Comments
Rewind a 1000 years and we would be having breakfast with Viking King Gorm and his son Harald Bluetooth. It is so hard to imagine […]

Bluetooth the Viking


motorhome Denmark Jelling 5 Comments
We woke to find rain streaming down the windows and pelting poor Vin, tink, tink, tink on the roof. We slowly peeked through the blinds, […]

Pig’s Do Fly



motorhome Denmark Ribe 6 Comments
Woke up feeling rather sad and could not figure out why and then I remembered, today we leave Romo. We have really enjoyed our time […]

Another Beach Bash


motorhome Denmark Romo
We woke to a glorious blue sky and the sound of cuckoo’s and wood peckers. Perfect, so off for a jog with Mac who was […]

Beach n BBQ


motorhome Denmark Mogeltonder 6 Comments
A nice morning jog in the prince’s garden with the birds singing, the frogs leaping and the bluebells blooming. Tosh was my pace setter for […]

Roaming on Romo



motorhome Denmark Tonder 4 Comments
Not much to report today folks, as a big admin day. We haven’t had internet for a few weeks, so time to catch up on […]

Village Fit for King


motorhome Denmark
Last night, Mac n Tosh were on guard duty and they did a fine job. As folk walked passed Vin they yapped away, guarding their […]

Off for a Bacon Butty


motorhome Germany Damp 3 Comments
Last night was absolutely brilliant. After dinner, we closed all the blinds with the exception of the windscreen. The lakeside at sunset, lined with trees […]

Schloss and Seaweed



motorhome Germany Plon
The batteries are still not performing, so back to our original plan. Disconnect all 3 and just connect 1 at a time and see how […]

Fifty Shades of Grey


motorhome Germany Lubeck 4 Comments
We were snug as bugs in our bed and as we opened the blind to peak outside, the drab, grey weather did nothing to entice […]

Lack Lustre Lubeck


motorhome Germany Bremen
Ding dong ding dong, ding dong ding dong….the church bells echo loud and proud across the village of Visbek. What a beautiful wake up call […]

Fairytale City of Breman



motorhome Germany Visbek
Someone pinched the sunshine, please bring it back! It was a tad grey and cold but still warm enough for a little jog around the […]

The Hunt for the Stone Age Graves


motorhome Germany Munster
The bright morning sunshine peered through the blinds and shouted, wake up! Yeah, another glorious day. Days like this are what make travelling a pleasure […]

Amps Down Then Up To Munster


motorhome Germany Ludinghausen
Last night, I took Mac n Tosh out for their final tinkle and boy it was creepy. Lots of rustling in the forest and plenty […]

Sunshine in Schloss Land



motorhome Germany Raesfeld 1 Comment
Well pleased to report that last nights parking spot did not provide any evening entertainment. Craig prepared our breakfast of yogurt and muesli and a […]

Splendid Schloss Raesfeld


motorhome Germany Belgium France 3 Comments
After breakfast, we filled up with water and set off to Antwerp. We arrived within an hour but it was an horrendous journey along the […]

3 Countries in 1 Day


motorhome Belgium Bruges 3 Comments
Cracking nights kip and now time to move to our next stop, Bruges. Not far just 50 kilometres along the N369 and then E40. The […]

Belgium Waffles



motorhome Belgium Diksmuide 1 Comment
After breakfast, we got out the little motorbike and shot off a few kilometres to Dogengang and the Trench of Death. Entrance fee €4 pp […]

A Tour of WW1 Battlefields



motorhome France Dunkirk Battlefield 3 Comments
Up bright and early to make the most of the day. After filling up with fresh water, we set off to Dunkirk. Only 50 kilometers […]

Operation Dynamo