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Sheila
and Paul:
Since taking early
retirement from busy careers respectively as a Clinical
Biochemist and Health Management Consultant, we now spend from early
Spring to
Autumn
each year exploring wider Europe in our VW Camper. By
 devoting a concerted 5 months period to each chosen destination
(while UK/EU relations allow),
our objective is to learn as much as 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 and uncluttered lifestyle in our
 campervan. Since beginning our
peripatetic lifestyle, we have now completed 22 such trips,
covering Greece (twice), Slovenia, the Pyrenees, Hungary,
Alsace-Lorraine, Sicily, Denmark (twice), Croatia, Slovakia, Sardinia~Corsica,
Czech Republic, Poland, the Baltic States (twice), Finland and
Lapland (twice), Sweden (twice), Norway, Iceland and Faroes
During the following autumn~winter period, we update this web site
with further episodes of our travelogue and photo-galleries,
detailing the previous summer's travels. Our prime aim is to
share our experiences with fellow-travellers; we hope you will enjoy sharing our ventures.
Continued future long-term travelling across the countries of
Europe however now all hinges on Brexit and future terms of
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Our
Family:
Modern
electronic communications enable us to keep in contact
during our extended travels with our two
daughters and families. Lucy graduated
from Bristol University, and now
with dual UK/Australian citizenship is settled happily with Ben in Adelaide, South Australia; her
cycling and running achievements continue to impress. Nicole
and Peter met at Oxford Brookes University, and now live in Devon
with their two daughters, Isobel and Zoë (right) |
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Our
Camper:
Home while travelling is our faithful VW Auto-Sleeper Trooper,
known fondly to us as George, and
 pictured
here in summer 2014 on the Arctic coast of Norway.
The T4's turbo-diesel engine and camper's trim size make
for trustworthy, economic travelling. Autosleepers no
longer produce the Trooper with solid-sided raising roof, so regrettable since this
structure makes for a camper assuredly
comfortable in all weathers. The result is an ideal combination of all the traditional VW charm
combined with the solid reliability of modern technology. |
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