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Van Conversion

10 things to do before buying a sprinter 

You’re excited, you’ve decided that van life is going to happen. This was us around 3 months ago and we’d decided a sprinter was the van for us. Its was just a case of finding a van, easy right!? Far from it we were very particular which didn’t speed up the process but meant we…

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Photography Galleries & Tips

Perseids Meteor Shower 2017 Cornwall

After a day of working on Sandy and getting her ready for conversion we cooked a lovely meal and enjoyed a couple Cornish beers. We’d timed our first day perfectly and the weather was on our side. What are the Perseids? The shower is made up of debris from the tail of Comet Swift-Tuttle, touted…

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Van Conversion

Introducing Sandy The Sprinter

I can’t tell you how much of a relief it is to have finally done it, we bought our van! After weeks of searching, driving up and down the UK to test and invalidate vans we found the one the was mean’t to be. She’s a 2015 LWB Sprinter, a couple weeks past 2 years…

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USA Adventure Travel Guides & Tips

Norris Campground Review YellowStone

Imagine the opening scene of Planet Earth 3, it’s the middle of the night, the moon is full and the air still.  The camera pans slowly up to reveal a steaming, meandering, gibbon river. Bison are dormant on the plains and there is a distant howl from a pack of wolves hunting their prey. This…

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Photography Galleries & Tips

Top 25 Travel Instagrammers You Should Follow

1. Christian McLeod Christian McLeod: photographer. director. Writer From America and Ireland, an Ocean Adventure and Lifestyle Creative. Creating imagery and written content that represents a location or a lifestyle accurately or with dream-like aesthetics. Look for oceans in much of Christian’s work, but all taken from a unique perspective. Username: christianmcld https://www.instagram.com/p/BTxwEVLARKO/?taken-by=christianmcld 2. Sam…

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Watersports

Drone Footage Of Cornwall – Surfing & Sailing

We had the pleasure of a weekend escape to Cornwall last week, boy was it overdue. Just the second time getting down there this year we had a lot of catching up to do. It was my sisters birthday weekend and on the Saturday we headed to the beach to take advantage of the surf.…

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Clothing

Scarpa Terra GTX Mens Review

Everyone has their own idea when it comes to the important features their walking boots must possess. Without a doubt no one would disagree with the fact walking boots have to be comfortable, durable and able to withstand the weather. Having had the Scarpa Terra GTX for 1 year and taken them up mountains in…

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Hiking Reviews, Tips & Recommendations

Hanging Lake Hike – Glenwood Springs

If you go to Colorado you’ll come to learn that no one starts a Hike after lunch. For one of many reasons, thunderstorms, heat, parking etc etc. Everyone is a spring chicken in these mountains. We broke this rule on our penultimate day, we left camp casually at 9:30 with at least an hour and…

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Photography Galleries & Tips

Colorado Road Trip Photo Gallery

We recently explored Colorado on a 5 day road trip which was amazing. All these photos were taken on our Canon G7x, while a great camera next time i’d like to take a full frame with telephoto to really capture the magic of the wildlife we saw.

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USA Adventure Travel Guides & Tips

Silver Bell Campground Review – Maroon Bells, Aspen

On our recent road trip to Colorado we stayed for two nights in Silver Bell campground in the Maroon Bells area. We were in pitch 4, a walk in pitch, nestled right down by the river. I’m going to assume you’re camping with a tent not with an RV as I didn’t have that perspective…