Walmart Hopping – Crossing Canada Out of Season
There are many places to enjoy and while away your time in Canada – beautiful, stunning and breath-taking but with a motorhome you need some basics at the end of the day (or every few days). Namely – water, a dump station and a place to sleep where you won’t get a knock on the door at 2am telling you … Read More
Where Are We Now? – and a Mechanical Update
So it is Tuesday evening – 27th October 2015 – we are once again in a Walmart carpark – nothing against Walmart carparks though – easy access to toilets and safe flat (ish) parking; we can even get Asda brand clothing if we so wished (but we don’t). I have been a bit lacking in the posting department for the … Read More
We’re off! We’re off! Driving across Canada
So, we have finally set off from Novia Scotia after 6 weeks delay. Hanna still has issues but she works well enough if we drive her carefully. We are THRILLED to be on the move! It’s fun and exciting to be seeing new places everyday, and to be really living the travel adventure we dreamed of. We had our first … Read More
Romantic Autumn Getaway to Digby, Annapolis Royal & Kejimkujik National Park
At the weekend we decided to hire a car and get out of dodge. Even thought it’s now the end of the season here and the vast majority of campsites are closed, our lovely friends at Shubie agreed to let us leave our overheating Hanna with them for the weekend, while they started closing up the campground. We were going … Read More
Our Top 5 Vegetarian & Vegan Food Discoveries in Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Back in Bristol we generally eat a super-healthy diet. Over the years we’ve managed to find the best organic and local foods possible for our area. We are really quite spoiled for choice when it comes to health food shops in Bristol. I have to admit I’ve been a bit concerned about how easy it will be to find the … Read More
Shipping a European Motorhome to North America – With Your Personal Possessions
If your starting point is a desire to drive from North America down to somewhere in Central or South America and you do not yet own a motorhome then I hope this may be of help to you. So you have no motorhome but know that you want to do this by motorhome; rather than say truck/car/flights and hotels. How … Read More
Driving Insurance for a European Motorhome in Canada and the USA
Shipping your own motorhome to Canada or the States is in itself a small piece of the puzzle to doing something like this (see my post on shipping your motorhome) but unless you have desire to drive through the most litigious country on earth without some form of insurance you will need to address the issue of driving insurance. We … Read More
Photos of Nova Scotia, So Far – The Glitter!
Despite the mechanical issues, we have managed to see some gorgeous places (and lots of industrial parks!). Two weekends, when the garage was closed, we headed off for short jaunts along the coast for a few days. Plus we had one majorly false start – “Woohoo, we’re finally off!” we thought. Oh, how wrong we were. Cue massive gearbox leak … Read More
The Reality of Making a Dream Happen
Wishing. Wanting. Hoping. Dreaming. I’ve been practicing these ever since I was a kid. Daydreaming is fun. It’s part of my makeup. It brings me hope and excitement on cold rainy days. On the other hand, making dreams happen (especially on a budget) is bloody hard work! Every time we attempt it, I seem to handily forget this point. This … Read More
Absorbtion Refrigeration Sensei – David Fraser – Day Spring, Bridgewater, NS – The Master!
So in Halifax we are, and at an RV park for the first time, it’s an unexpected 29 degrees outside which is a lovely surprise. The van’s mechanics may have issues but at least the habitation equipment has been checked out and is all working …. isn’t it? The only time we tried to rely on the fridge, water heater, … Read More