head due north

waking up to a golden Morecambe sunrise

Summertime blues Who doesn’t like the idea of cruising around in the summer sun? Getting out and about, topping up your tan, making the most of your holiday camping in your classic camper. It’s always cool to catch up with friends at weekend car shows or take trips out to the beach. Yep, summers are … Read more

Hastings to Hessisch an everything in between…

time to board the ferry… next stop mainland Europe

Hessisch road trip starts here After all the work getting the interior panels done, it’s finally time for a little road trip to Hessisch Oldendorf for the HO17 Vintage car show 2017. This show only takes place every 4 years so is pretty special. It attracts rare early vintage VW (and associated) cars and people … Read more

crossing the worlds tallest bridge in a vintage VW camper

another ambition fulfilled, seeing and driving over the worlds tallest bridge, the stunning Millau viaduct

Millau – A bridge so high up in the Sky Earlier this year, as part of my European road trip after the vintage VW event in Ninove, Belgium, I wanted to visit and drive across the stunning Millau Viaduct in southern France in my old VW Canterbury Pitt camper. The viaduct is a stunning cable-stayed … Read more

nice rack

the fitted 3-bow roof rack looks the business

With the summer weather in effect, it has been great to be getting out and about in the vintage VW camper and make the most of both the glorious weather and the beautiful countryside and coastline in the south-eastern corner of England. One of the jobs that I had been meaning to get around to, was … Read more

going out West…

a day trip to Pevensey beach

Sometimes you just have to ‘strike whilst the iron is hot’ – this is especially true with the weather in early spring in the UK. If the opportunity arises to make the most of a great looking day, make the most of it! I had been thinking during the week it would be fun to … Read more