I have something different and a little closer to present day for you!
& I didn't make it. 😉
A couple of months ago I had Ryan & Sofie of Liveration on YouTube come to visit to film a video on the land.
If you aren't familiar with the channel I highly recommend a gander, they ...
Two days Into it we eventually climb to the very top of Stelvio Pass.
From it's 2757m peak (Or 58 on some signs 🤷🏼♂️) we enjoy it's incredible surroundings, sheepishly ignoring a fact that is so painfully obvious... There is now the way back down to do. Come the afternoon we...
I have a very different one for you this evening!
So when I last left you we'd postponed climbing Stelvio Pass for wait for better conditions, so now is the time! And MAN was it intense!
The "better conditions" part didn't really go to plan...
From there me and Lance explore the 2757m su...
The last time I was in Italy I shot past and missed something on my bucket list. Seeing as we are heading back that way in the other direction, now I get to correct that and tick it off the list.
What is it? Well it's a slightly damp church.
From there we move onto the main event of...
2024-11-13 15:15:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The storm passes by morning and we are able to amble down from the Waterfall. I was the van and my clothes, refuel, before climbing once again. By change I drive past another park up from the previous trip, so drop in to see, despite being situated on a live hydroelectric dam, if it's still viabl...
2024-10-31 20:47:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I head to the forest I'd sacked off the night before having found a better park up, to use it more of a day spot to set the hammock up and keep cool on one of the warmest days so far.
From there I carry on west and serendipitously find myself chasing a waterfall spotted up a mountain off...
Refreshed for the lunchtime spot of tranquility I was ready to hit the road again and get myself a fair distance over the Alps.
I nearly fall off a mountain on the bike,
We find a riverside spot for some swimming n washing and then hop on the longest downhill road I've ever seen.
Wow...
Now free from the Valley of De-Ja-Vu I was free to mooch on through the Alps where I find myself gravitating towards Cortina D'Impezzo, a beautiful (if not expensive) ski resort town in the most beautiful setting. Once I arrived my vague plan of a campsite didn't really work out, so I improvised....
2024-10-03 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Discovering a damaged brake line on the van only after climbing a ridiculously steep mountain road meant we were a little stuck. tackling the climb down was not something I wanted to do and could easily result in cascading down the seemingly bottomless ravine. I had the spare parts but my WD-40 w...
2024-09-22 15:42:49 +0000 UTC View Post
After a looong walk I make it back to the van to repair the bikes tyre, but the extra time taken meant the aircon drained my batteries, so the want for a serviced camper stop over became a need.
We spend a few lovely days in the town of Barcis before heading out in no definitive direction, onl...
Here we go again!
Following some, lets say less than ideal situations, I find myself drawn back to the open road, and to a location I've longed to return to since my 'big trip" in 2018 - Italy.
There we get back to Vanlife basics, figure out a new life dynamic and remind myself why I wa...
With episode 01 almost ready I feel comfortable giving you the actual trailer to the upcoming series!
As always the beginning is the toughest but there is so much cool stuff that happened on this trip that I'm super excited to getting stuck in.
Today marks my last day in Italy, I'll be...
Hey all!
So Patreon has been paused for a while now and in that time I've been getting back to myself and finding feet again, in many ways but most of all with videos!
I have a lot sat on the hard drives of this trip & I am now sitting through and beginning to make something from it...
Hey all,
I hope everyone is well on this fine Sunday.
I’ve been mooching slowly through the Italian Alps, lots has happened, maybe more importantly lot’s has not happened 😉 I am slowly beginning to feel myself again and adjusting back to the solo life dynamic, well, I’m never...
2024-07-28 11:15:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm really sorry folks, I'm starting the feel like main stream news at the moment with all the less than pleasant shit going on, which is the reason why I've decided to pause Patreon until things have improved over here.
I must stress no Patreon payments will be taken at the end of this month ...
Hey folks,
In this one I venture off the land to meet up with my friend Ken of OKPortugal and we head up into the Gardunha mountains for an explore around a remote and derelict summer school that gav...
2024-06-13 19:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Things carry on forward whilst we're cut off from the online world.
Then all at once things took an upturn. Jobs came together easier than expected, a friend got us back online and me and Lance sit down to a Jacket Spud & a little whiskey to celebrate some good news.
Patience was tested in this episode as the key to communication was knocked out. Again.
But we crack on regardless and get a few jobs ticked off and wait for Skynet to offer a fix.
Lance gets used to his slower pace of life, and a massive f****ng spider wants to sleep with me.
Enjoy....
Hey folks!
Sorry for the delay with this one.
It required a re-edit. Some of the emotions surrounding Lance's injury and that whole situation had bled through into the footage and the last edit, it's a tough subject to cover and even now it's still quite fresh, so I took a few days to l...
Our crossing of the English Channel was over and we were in Calais!
With no real plan set in place I had the first decision to make; North or South?
the first night brought some hurdles, nerves & noises to overcome... and a slip up in mud.
But each day that went by saw the sol...
The last stretch, and man did it have some curve balls ahead!
I can honestly say this video contains the roughest day I had driving to date.
And I got run out of Scotland during a Pandemic 😆.
But through it all, we make it home.
Now over the Spanish border and parked up on the corner tip of the Pyrenees mountains, we wake up to see what that view outside looks like. We arrived in rain and fog but today was kind enough to allow us a dry day to get the first real dog walk and explore in before heading off for Pamplona.
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Continuing on from the previous video, we made it over the pond and now are in France.
Only 1200 miles to go!
The tolls prices had gone astronomical so I try to go off route through more rural France, it doesn't bode well.
I get annoyed quite often by French drivers.
& we get eve...
Hey all!
We're outta here!
In this video we, attempt, to leave the UK and head back south home.
I had some detours on a new route planned but there were plenty of surprises in store for us too.
I honestly thought this was going to be pretty mundane and not much from a video stand ...
It's probably no secret at this point that I've been tinkering away trying to setup a podcast.
What is less known is just how much I have recorded, deemed shit, thrown away and started again. 😆
The procrastination has been real with this one as I couldn't for the longest time decide h...
2024-04-03 14:36:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello!
As promised I've squeezed some internet out of a potato and got the latest video uploaded!
For those that missed the chat here on Patreon (everyone's welcome to natter in there btw) the Starlink has died for the second time this year shunting me into the Stone Age for the past fe...
Rounding up 2023, in this video we tidy up the land. We get a digger in for some long awaited ground work, chop the top terrace olive trees, I talk a lot of shit & we have one last burn & breakdown before having to quickly leaving for the UK. I got some real Deja Vu with this one!
Sorr...
Here’s a peak at a project I’ve been working on this week.
The rediculously large 545w solar panel I bought whilst on a “food” shop with Joe is finally out of the shed and supplying a whole lot of extra juice.
It’s a stand alone system so can theoretically plug into anything...
2024-03-19 14:28:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever get the feeling the universe is against you?
Well this week was the beginning of our bad luck streak, that ended up lasting basically the rest of winter 😆.
I finished this video today and started looking at the next few week's footage, I'm going to have my work cut out as slo...
2024-03-16 18:13:51 +0000 UTC View PostNow that Joe was free from our boggy field we could get on with our time together.
We collect next year's wood.
Go to a woodland party.
Have an accidental shopping spree
Neeeeerd a lot in the rain
& top it off with the first burn of the year.
2024-03-08 18:17:31 +0000 UTC View Post