Who
Sheila and Paul:
Since taking early retirement from busy careers respectively as a Clinical Biochemist and Health Management Consultant, we spend from early Spring to late Autumn each year exploring wider Europe in our VW Camper. By devoting a concerted 3 months period to each chosen destination, our objective is to learn all we can about the country and its people. Travel has given us the opportunity to pursue our interests: Sheila to study each country's wild-life and flora, Paul to understand its history, culture and language, and for us both to enjoy the pleasures and challenge of living a straightforward lifestyle in our campervan. Since beginning our peripatetic lifestyle, we have now completed twelve such trips, covering Greece (twice), Slovenia, the Pyrenees, Hungary, Alsace-Lorraine, Sicily, Denmark, Croatia, Slovakia, Sardinia~ Corsica and Czech Republic; the list of future travel venues continues to grow.

During our ventures, we maintain this travelogue web site with regular on-the-road updates of news and photos, a prime aim being to share our experiences with fellow-travellers; maintaining self-imposed editorial deadlines and finding the means of uploading new material gives further challenges to an already busy schedule. We hope you will enjoy sharing our ventures via the web site.

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Our Family:
The price we pay for extended travels is to be away from our two daughters and families.  Lucy graduated from Bristol University, and after a round-the-world back-packing venture, she is now settled happily with Ben in Adelaide, South Australia.  Nicole and Pete met at Oxford Brookes University, and now live near Cambridge; they have two daughters, Isobel who is just completing her first school year, and her younger sister Zoë a lively three year old.
Our Camper:
Home while travelling is our VW Auto-Sleeper Trooper, known to us as George, and pictured here autumn 2008 on the Polish/Slovak border. The T4's turbo-diesel engine and the camper's trim size make for comfortable travelling. It's now the only camper made with solid-sided raising roof, superbly comfortable in all weathers; the result is an ideal match of all the traditional VW charm combined with the solid reliability of modern technology.

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