Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
We’ve added a link under our ‘Summer Shakedown 2009′ page which is our ‘Find Me Spot’ satellite tracker. We’re leaving in a couple of days for 7.5 weeks worth of travel to help prepare us for our bigger trip next year. Using a link to Google Maps, we’ll be keeping updates in ‘realtime’ for friends, family and [...]
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
We leave in a few days time and Jessica’s main job will be to keep a diary of our 8 week trip through her own 8-year old eyes. She will keep a hand-written version that she can also draw and glue things into. We’ll transfer photos of her diary and translate on her behalf into text via website. We’ve created [...]
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
We have just returned from London in the last couple of days where, we discovered our eldest daughter has a severe form of Scoliosis (curvature of the spine), requiring a serious operation to correct.
SInce Kayleigh (daughter no.1) had her two children, (our grandchildren Aathiya and Aaziya) over the last two years, huge pressure has occurred to her spine which [...]
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
We’ve been busy collecting and stealing cardboard and cereal packets as well as personally contributing by way of buying materials to help us make some homemade stick and lollipop puppet kits for the children of Burlacu, Moldova. We’ve managed to make about 200 kits in total and have sold some at our fetes. We’re hoping these [...]
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Something we hadn’t really thought of before but has become more apparent the closer we get to our summer trip in a few days time:
If your considering towing something as large as we are with the caravan - even smaller like a trailer - it adds to ferry costs and fuel, will probably slow you down, get [...]
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Balloon Race Label Competition - Complete
A total of 23 balloon race labels were found and we have now reached the official close date. Winners will be notified with their prizes 6th July but you can see the list of balloon label finds and their on our page http://www.overlandwithkids.com/fund-raising-and-volunteering/may-day-balloon-race-competition/.
Melbourn Fete
We attended the Melbourn Fete (Melbourn, Cambs) last [...]
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
No sooner has we posted our update regarding Paul White when he sent us the following information;
Unfortunately, I have some very bad news to report. I want to be frank and honest with you as this has always been my policy and nothing has changed there. This is not the sort of problem I have [...]
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Following contact a while back, overland friends need to know where Paul White of Transylvania 4X4 Tours is based and what can be offered en route if travelling through Romania.
Many passing overlanders arrive here from Bran (Dracula’s castle!) via Brasov. The village of Ojdula lies at the base of the Vrancea mountains, on the longer but far [...]
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Following has been updated to our main page re: Jurgens Xplorer and Off Road Caravans
Training
Again on the advice of Loftus from his June 2009 newsletter where he offers training specific to off road caravans, we reckon familiarity with the following advisable to know:
Emergency chassis repairs - how to splint a broken chassis, Emergency suspension repairs, [...]
Thursday, June 11th, 2009
The following has also been updated to our main page re: Jurgens Xplorer and Off Road Caravans:
Canvas Roof Surround
We’ve been advised that the canvas for the Jurgens is made by Howling Moon. Trek Overland are the only distributors of Howling Moon here in the UK. We ordered and paid for a replacement last August 2008 [...]
