Welcome to NHS on the run

The partially deflated softness of the mattress was gradually worsened by a slow puncture.

Montreux is a festival you are more likely to go to by Bentley than Ford Transit campervan.

Cornwall and Portugal both famous for their fish. Which will have the best?

Between each sheet of the ledger she places a thin blue sheet. I recognised it, but its name takes longer to come, carbon copy paper...

Pondicherry is memorable for so much more than photograph's. Most of all we will miss the happy ambitious Tamil people we met.

Now settled in Pondi. In this blog I shall confront my own (prejudiced) low expectations of Indian food hygiene.

Settling in in Pondi. Puducherry. South east India. Culture shock is gradually subsiding and we are establishing a lazy and lovely routine.

Please think of this blog as a toasted open shit sandwich. Which, come to think of it, is actually a pretty good analogy for India.

2023 a summary

Having almost fallen out of love with our camper Van Nessa, we thoroughly enjoy short trip to the seaside. Perhaps this is the way forward?

A day out in London. Recovery after eye surgery. The Speedboat Bar London

Further thoughts after our campervan trip to Europe. An attempt to look at the pros and cons of vanlife

After hospital discharge we head home through Germany, Netherlands and Belgium heading for Dunkirk.

After 19 days of travelling mood starts to dip in camp. The world isn't like Instagram. The downside of #vanlife. Warts and all account.

Back in Austria in the summer after a 45 year gap. Old memories are triggered!

The next step on our campervan trip through Europe. Two weeks in we travel from lake Garda to the Italian dolomites. Night in swanky hotel.

5 days by lake Garda northern Italy. Expecting down time, but getting a lesson in the power of geography and the fury of weather.

Stage three of our summer road trip in our campervan. Our plan is to move from lake to lake. This stage follows us from Lucerne to Garda.

Stage two of our European road trip. The Somme to Switzerland.

We are off to Europe. Our longest adventure in Van Nessa. Over a month of #vanlife beckons and thanks to Mrs NHSontheRun we are all...