Four years pass, Cat and Chris to “escape the expenses and the frantic race to be in the sun. “This meant renting their London home, to which their children had moved, and building their own motor home in which they would travel to Europe.
“The concept of spending six months in the UK and six months in the sun,” says Cat. “I stopped painting and Chris was assigned a task that he can do remotely; I guess you’d call him a virtual nomad. “
The couple wasn’t new to the RV, but Covid replaced the way they thought about it. After converting a moving truck, they moved to Suffolk in July and August, and then headed south through France and Spain to Menorca for the winter.
“We avoid crowds in the summer, but our plans would possibly replace the day,” Cat tells me from the Florry truck, which is parked at Stonehenge. “We only know we want a boat in 3 weeks from Toulon, because it’s the last boat before winter. “
Winter in Menorca is still “hot”, enough for the couple to spend their days diving and strolling with their dog Rolo, who is allowed to be on the beaches out of season. “We swim when we can,” she says. Florry is not like a classic motorhome. It’s a great DAF LF45 truck. We wanted to build our own to know we could live there: there’s a genuine kitchen and a big fridge. the weather: “The outdoors give us more space, so we don’t feel confined. That’s why it’s so smart to be in Menorca.
He adds that it is not easy and that there were times when they spent the night in parking lots. “This life is very fluid, we can’t say that anything is eternal, however my parents are fine and our children have grown up, so they are quite loose at the moment. However, we will never return to London.
While Cat’s European passport allows them to stay in Menorca all winter, Marcus Leach and his circle of relatives want to be more agile. They’ve been on the road for just over 4 months in a two-room VELlum 75, after leaving their home in Monmouth.
“We had 90 days to get to Croatia, so we went around France counterclockwise, went to Belgium so my son could see the Menin Gate, cross the Pyrenees and pass the Alps from Chamonix to Switzerland and the Dolomites in Italy to escape the summer heat because it was about 38°C in Venice,” Marcus told me with a foggy mountain in the background.
From there they went to Austria, “my wife loves schnitzels,” he jokes; and Slovenia and Croatia. “We did 88 days of the 90 we were assigned, so now we are in Montenegro. “
It will be 3 months in the Balkans until the Brexit timer is reset and they can re-enter the Schengen area, but the circle of relatives is still unsure of their plans for the winter. Passing probably to go down to the coast where the temperature is around 15°C-20°C, then return to Slovenia for some skiing, and then pass to head south to take a boat to Morocco.
Traveling with young people can present its own challenges. Marcus and his wife Kim are with their children Harrison (7) and Dorothy (4), but he is positive about their new lifestyle and mentions it as an opportunity that would have shrunk as they got older.
“When Covid came, they gave us the confidence to live this lifestyle. We had to start homeschooling our son, which we enjoyed, and we may continue to do so while traveling.
They are now in a rhythm with a complicated daily routine. For starters, they were in “vacation mode”: they explored all day each and every day, which they found exhausting. Since then, they have learned that some days there is no harm in staying in the van and doing very little.
“Sometimes kids just need to sit and watch a movie,” as they would have done in Monmouth. While school is a daily vital feature, other days they go on an adventure “and some days it’s natural a laugh: I’m not going on to lie, we’re just moving on to some fun activities. I think we’re all very satisfied with our way of life,” says Marcus.
After finishing the lease on their three-bedroom home in Monmouth and promoting all of their furniture except for a “super king bed, which we’d like when we come back” and a workplace they gave Marcus for his 21st birthday, his plan was to be on the road for a year and a half. They are already contemplating features to make their biggest until next winter. “We don’t see any explanation as to why to return to the UK at this time,” he says.
The trip also has a monetary side. ” As a freelance cycling journalist, I’ve traveled a lot for work, but now I can do it with my family. The money I make writing and documenting our lives is more than enough to cover our lives along the way. We also save money every month. If we were in the UK, all the savings would be spent immediately on increasing the burden of living.
They saw a big difference in the collection of life between countries along the way, peaking recently in Bosnia where fuel costs about 40 pence a liter less than in Montenegro. the same value as a night of camping in Montenegro,” Adds Marcus.
For Lewis Nyman, his RV is his life. ” The rental charge in Brighton is astronomical,” he says, explaining how he works from home, i. e. from others. “I take care of the house, I take care of people’s pets. I bought an RV to fill in the gaps between jobs.
He expired in 2019. Soon after, the pandemic “erased his job” and forced him to live full-time in his VW Transporter T4. When restrictions were lifted and he was able to leave the country, he headed south through France to Spain and Portugal.
Now that work has resumed, he is back in Brighton, where he has set up an electric motorhome rental company, and plans to spend summers in the UK. He will depart in November to spend the winter in Portugal, and in all likelihood in Morocco.
“I like being able to move around and not plan too much. If you find a position you like, you can sit still. Every day you know which direction you should go or nothing,” he says. Use the park4night. app to plan where to park at night, explaining that many sites offer loose parking for motorhomes.
“For example, I parked in the most sensible of the mountains of northern Spain overlooking the peaks on one side and the sea on the other. If you had booked at a hotel, you would have paid dearly for this view – I made it pay nothing.
Since then, he bought an electric van that he plans to use for his next trip. “With a diesel van, I felt like I was damaging the beautiful places I was visiting,” he says. “Living in an RV makes me much more attentive to my consumption. I don’t pay for electricity because I have solar panels, but not being connected to the grid has definitely reduced my consumption. »
This winter is also a small recognition, as Lewis will check out the van’s various functions and charging infrastructure in Europe to help it expand its new electric motorhome rental company. Electricity could well be the next bankruptcy in the tale of motorhome good fortune. .
Follow Cat, Chris, Rolo and Florry the Truck on florrythelorry. com Follow Marcus Leach and his circle of relatives @our. roaming. odyssey on Instagram and YouTube Lewis Nyman’s Eve electric van can be rented through Wild Drives, wilddrives. co. United Kingdom
Motorhome ownership has noticed a sharp rise in the pandemic, as many have tried to let go of the four walls of the house. Higher fuel prices have not reduced the attractiveness; in fact, a growing number are now employing the flexibility of the Covid-era office to spend longer periods on the road.
And while Brexit complicates logistics for UK citizens (it is now only imaginable to spend 90 days in the Schengen domain over a period of 180 days), there is another incentive to flee winter in the UK to warmer climates: the burden of living.
For many van users, the resolution is easy, with the burden of maintaining a house in the UK exceeding the prices of operating a van in less expensive destinations, especially as the months of higher energy consumption approach.
Four years pass, Cat and Chris to “escape the expenses and the frantic race to be in the sun. “This meant renting their London home, to which their children had moved, and building their own motor home in which they would travel to Europe.
“The concept of spending six months in the UK and six months in the sun,” says Cat. “I stopped painting and Chris was assigned a task that he can do remotely; I guess you’d call him a virtual nomad. “
The couple wasn’t new to the RV, but Covid replaced the way they thought about it. After converting a moving truck, they moved to Suffolk in July and August, and then headed south through France and Spain to Menorca for the winter.
“We avoid crowds in the summer, but our plans would possibly replace the day,” Cat tells me from the Florry truck, which is parked at Stonehenge. “We only know we want a boat in 3 weeks from Toulon, because it’s the last boat before winter. “
Winter in Menorca is still “hot”, enough for the couple to spend their days diving and strolling with their dog Rolo, who is allowed to be on the beaches out of season. “We swim when we can,” she says. Florry is not like a classic motorhome. It’s a great DAF LF45 truck. We wanted to build our own to know we could live there: there’s a genuine kitchen and a big fridge. the weather: “The outdoors give us more space, so we don’t feel confined. That’s why it’s so smart to be in Menorca.
He adds that it is not easy and that there were times when they spent the night in parking lots. “This life is very fluid, we can’t say that anything is eternal, however my parents are fine and our children have grown up, so they are quite loose at the moment. However, we will never return to London.
While Cat’s European passport allows them to stay in Menorca all winter, Marcus Leach and his circle of relatives want to be more agile. They’ve been on the road for just over 4 months in a two-room VELlum 75, after leaving their home in Monmouth.
“We had 90 days to get to Croatia, so we went around France counterclockwise, went to Belgium so my son could see the Menin Gate, cross the Pyrenees and pass the Alps from Chamonix to Switzerland and the Dolomites in Italy to escape the summer heat because it was about 38°C in Venice,” Marcus told me with a foggy mountain in the background.
From there they went to Austria, “my wife loves schnitzels,” he jokes; and Slovenia and Croatia. “We did 88 days of the 90 we were assigned, so now we are in Montenegro. “
It will be 3 months in the Balkans until the Brexit timer is reset and they can re-enter the Schengen area, but the circle of relatives is still unsure of their plans for the winter. Passing probably to go down to the coast where the temperature is around 15°C-20°C, then return to Slovenia for some skiing, and then pass to head south to take a boat to Morocco.
Traveling with young people can present its own challenges. Marcus and his wife Kim are with their children Harrison (7) and Dorothy (4), but he is positive about their new lifestyle and mentions it as an opportunity that would have shrunk as they got older.
“When Covid came, they gave us the confidence to live this lifestyle. We had to start homeschooling our son, which we enjoyed, and we may continue to do so while traveling.
They are now in a rhythm with a complicated daily routine. For starters, they were in “vacation mode”: they explored all day each and every day, which they found exhausting. Since then, they have learned that some days there is no harm in staying in the van and doing very little.
“Sometimes kids just need to sit and watch a movie,” as they would have done in Monmouth. While school is a daily vital feature, other days they go on an adventure “and some days it’s natural a laugh: I’m not going on to lie, we’re just moving on to some fun activities. I think we’re all very satisfied with our way of life,” says Marcus.
After finishing the lease on their three-bedroom home in Monmouth and promoting all of their furniture except for a “super king bed, which we’d like when we come back” and a workplace they gave Marcus for his 21st birthday, his plan was to be on the road for a year and a half. They are already contemplating features to make their biggest until next winter. “We don’t see any explanation as to why to return to the UK at this time,” he says.
The trip also has a monetary side. ” As a freelance cycling journalist, I’ve traveled a lot for work, but now I can do it with my family. The money I make writing and documenting our lives is more than enough to cover our lives along the way. We also save money every month. If we were in the UK, all the savings would be spent immediately on increasing the burden of living.
They saw a big difference in the collection of life between countries along the way, peaking recently in Bosnia where fuel costs about 40 pence a liter less than in Montenegro. the same value as a night of camping in Montenegro,” Adds Marcus.
For Lewis Nyman, his RV is his life. ” The rental charge in Brighton is astronomical,” he says, explaining how he works from home, i. e. from others. “I take care of the house, I take care of people’s pets. I bought an RV to fill in the gaps between jobs.
He expired in 2019. Soon after, the pandemic “erased his job” and forced him to live full-time in his VW Transporter T4. When restrictions were lifted and he was able to leave the country, he headed south through France to Spain and Portugal.
Now that work has resumed, he is back in Brighton, where he has set up an electric motorhome rental company, and plans to spend summers in the UK. He will depart in November to spend the winter in Portugal, and in all likelihood in Morocco.
“I like being able to move around and not plan too much. If you find a position you like, you can sit still. Every day you know which direction you should go or nothing,” he says. Use the park4night. app to plan where to park at night, explaining that many sites offer loose parking for motorhomes.
“For example, I parked in the most sensible of the mountains of northern Spain overlooking the peaks on one side and the sea on the other. If you had booked at a hotel, you would have paid dearly for this view – I made it pay nothing.
Since then, he bought an electric van that he plans to use for his next trip. “With a diesel van, I felt like I was damaging the beautiful places I was visiting,” he says. “Living in an RV makes me much more attentive to my consumption. I don’t pay for electricity because I have solar panels, but not being connected to the grid has definitely reduced my consumption. »
This winter is also a small recognition, as Lewis will check out the van’s various functions and charging infrastructure in Europe to help it expand its new electric motorhome rental company. Electricity could well be the next bankruptcy in the tale of motorhome good fortune. .
Follow Cat, Chris, Rolo and Florry the Truck on florrythelorry. com Follow Marcus Leach and his circle of relatives @our. roaming. odyssey on Instagram and YouTube Lewis Nyman’s Eve electric van can be rented through Wild Drives, wilddrives. co. United Kingdom
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