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lloydy wrote:no plan as such.. but in 8 years we'll be 48, the mortgage will be paid. Both kids will be over 18. Hoping to rent the house and fund some travelling

You will be still trying to figure out why smoke comes out of your exhaust I bet

Jed

Sounds like enough of a plan to me

want more of this: -




less of this: -

soon to be a thing of the past.......

My 'get up and go' has got up and gone !!!

jed the spread wrote: I was talking about something like this at the weekend with a couple of van owners. All this talk of when a VC should kick in and how some fellas VC is slow and another fellas is fast, bash plate this and winch mount that etc means absolutely nothing.

There are actually people here who think all of this actually matters ......

and then theres always Philip Larkin giving you the bird!

Poetry Of Departures

Sometimes you hear, fifth-hand,
As epitaph:
He chucked up everything
And just cleared off,
And always the voice will sound
Certain you approve
This audacious, purifying,
Elemental move.

And they are right, I think.
We all hate home
And having to be there:
I detest my room,
It's specially-chosen junk,
The good books, the good bed,
And my life, in perfect order:
So to hear it said

He walked out on the whole crowd
Leaves me flushed and stirred,
Like Then she undid her dress
Or Take that you "bar-steward";
Surely I can, if he did?
And that helps me to stay
Sober and industrious.
But I'd go today,

Yes, swagger the nut-strewn roads,
Crouch in the fo'c'sle
Stubbly with goodness, if
It weren't so artificial,
Such a deliberate step backwards
To create an object:
Books; china; a life
Reprehensibly perfect.

Always tomorrow it seems.
Well glad that there are a few other dreamers out there.
I am trying to make it a reality, but never quite get there. My van is mothballed again and still not upto a long trip.
Hopefully I will get time to work on it soon and head for the horizon with my family in tow.
Meanwhile I will watch those romantic movies and try keep inspired.
Anyone else got some inspiring travel movies/blog ?

Well I missed Hotpods TV debut ? Don't catch much telly, sounds interesting what was it on ?


Cheers
Rich

I put the first part of our summer trip to Greece up here if it helps ...

http://vimeo.com/76103723

I was going to wait until it was properly dark nights before putting it up on here; along with part two if I ever get the time

nice work, was there 4 on board for the trip?

jes*b wrote:nice work, was there 4 on board for the trip?

Yes four adults up; after abandoning us last year they both decided at 18 and 22 years that life in a syncro is too much to miss out on. Travelling light and being able to live outdoors is the only way it would work now

I'd find it very hard to tour in a cold climate with 2 kids, i love heading south as we are all outside the van apart from bed time

"Well I missed Hotpods TV debut ? Don't catch much telly, sounds interesting what was it on ?"

It was a show called "pay off your mortgage in 2 years" and I remember having another "I'm doing something wrong.....!" moments after seeing the episode he was in - very talented guy......

Otherwise here is another picture that I look at when I need to be consoled due to not being able to take the camper abroad this year (I think I have posted it before but there you go..)

This was our last jaunt to France following a book which had a lode of wild swimming (and therefor generally phenomenal wild camping) spots. I think It is safe to say it was the best holiday of my life and it cost me s*d all (other than the crippling expense of the Syncro of course!)