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Just got in from a mammoth road trip I did with my beautiful girlfriend Louise and my little lad Isaac. We have seen the lot really, mountains, forest, sea, sand, snow, roads and track.... the hottest it got in the van was 49*c and the coldest was 3*c. The Westy has behaved it self and we only had two mechanical mishaps, the first was a rock that had got stuck between the engine bash plate and sump that made the van rattle really badly and the second was a failed UJ so I had to take the prop off.

We started off at a place some might know of, the wild camping spot on the cliffs at Dover.

Then France-Belgium-Luxembourg-France-Germany-Austria-Italy-Slovenia-Croatia-Slovenia-Austria-Germany-Czech Republic-Germany-France-Belgium-France-UK Its been quite a trip

We bumped in to about 6 other Syncro's and where invited to stay with the owners of one after only meeting them for five minutes (campervan culture innit) and all in all we have had a great time. The fact the engine lasted so well is a testament to the AAZ and it was managing 15% hair pin mountain roads for 10 or more miles at a time in 1st & 2nd on a regular basis. We met a fella in a petrol Syncro on a boarder crossing and his engine was over heating and spilling water out the back quite alot, I wished him good luck and carried off on our way The one thing that was a MASSIVE help was the manual fan over ride switch that helped a hell of a lot keeping the temperatures down when needed. The new compressor fridge and sterling charger kept the beers frosty at all times and holds a hell of alot more than the standard fridge. We were getting Diesel for just over a quid at best but petrol was miles more and lpg was none existent alot of the time.

Here are a few pictures to show you how we use our Syncro,

Dover wild camping ready for the off,




First night camping for free by a river in France,



2 randoms,




Wild camping spot in The Black Forest,



Keeping it real,



My handsome lad,




Black Forest camping,



Austria lunch stop,




Italy mountains wild camping,





Slovenia lunch stop,



Croatia camp site,



Heading further south to Pag Island



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Pag campsite,







The hot Syncro,



Back in Slovenia,











Elvis's mate,



Bavarian Forest, (German side)









Bavarian Forest, (Czech side)






Strasbourg,



USA ww1 monument France,



Random view France,



I have hours of video so will bore you all with that when I get a few days to sort through it all just thought I would share as I am sooooo made up with the van right now

jed

Awesome, you're one lucky fella.
Looking forward to seeing the vids

Great pictures and your son is adorable.

Will looks foward to the video.

Wow, great pics. Looks really nice. I have been thinking of Croatia for a while now... Maybe next year.

After four weeks in the van I bet your house feels massive!! I always find my self sitting in the corner after a long trip to acllimatise myself!

Brilliant pictures.

Isaac's a lucky lad, what fantastic memories for him.

Superb Jed, simply superb mate, glad everything went well. That hot petrol Syncro reminds me of mine, with the water leaks anyway. My metal coolant pipe is holed, but have a Brickwerks replacement on its way. I have just completed my first 1k kms in our Syncro, and loving it. We plan on doing similar to what you have done here.

What would be handy mate is a cost log/spend for the entire trip.

Look forward to your videos!

Very nice.

Amazing pics jed! Wish I had the confidence to embark on a trip like that. Fantastic!

I am very jealous at the moment, may have to prod your brain for some info about the black mountains as we are Planning to head down that way next summer before trundling into Switzerland. I am still VERY jealous though!

WOW..truly stunning Pics Jed, where was the one of the bear and the wolf taken?


Mark

That looks like a great hol, love the pics

Here is part one of a series of videos I am going to make of our trip for those that like to watch them. You will find out what is where through the video series

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jed

nice pics

Great vid Jed

Got to say mate you got it sussed,very nice. Awesome vid. Did you plan the trip or just take off and have a basic idea of a route you were going to take?
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