Our motorhome blog contains over a decade of blog posts. Starting when we quit work for our once in a lifetime tour of Europe.

We returned after two years and transformed our lives, achieving financial freedom, which enables us to travel whenever we want.

Replacing the micro switch on a SOG unit

Repairing a Motorhome Thetford Toilet SOG Unit without Breaking the Bank

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Our motorhome Thetford SOG Unit works brilliantly at stopping smells. The micro-switch broke recently though, but we repaired it cheaply and easily.
fish and chips

Back Home After Our Motorhome Tour

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After three months on the road, we settle into life back home. Catching up with family and friends and getting repairs to Zagan the motorhome and ourselves!
motorhome tour overnight stops on map

Our 2019 Three Month Motorhome Tour of France and Spain

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In January 2019 we set off on a three month motorhome tour of France and Spain. Find out where we went, tour costs and read our posts from the trip.
motorhome breakdown

Breakdown in Chartres Interrupts Our Blast North

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Our motorhome has a breakdown as we head across France for our eurotunnel crossing. We get recovered to a garage in Chartres and wait with crossed fingers.
sunset at Capbreton, France

Across the Basque Country, Donostia to Capbreton

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We've crossed from Spain back into France, driving our motorhome around the Bay of Biscay from San Sebastian / Donostia to the beach-side aire at Capbreton.
drinks and tapas in Spain

An Unexpected Feria in Briviesca, Spain

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We ended up in the motorhome aire in Briviesca by accident as Burgos was full. But the town has a surprise waiting for us - Feria de Los Novios.

Heading East, The Valley of the Fallen

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Zagan the motorhome's edged into one corner of a rain-rutted…
stork nests

Storks and Art in Los Barruecos, Caceres

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Using Camping Caceres as a base, we nip out in our mtorohome to have a look around Los Barruecos Natural Park - full of granite, storks and modern art.
The Alcazaba, Badajoz

Leaving Badajoz

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After enjoying the free motorhome aire and relaxed pace of life in Badajoz, we've driven through the cork oaks of Extremadura to a campsite in Caceres.