The Journey Begins….

Hi, Thanks for joining me,

Hopefully during the summer you will follow me on my journey from my home town of Lincoln (UK) through Europe up to the Scandinavian countries then back down passing through the Baltic states and Poland into Germany in time to attend the Abenteuer and Allrad show at Bad Kissingen around the 20th to 24th June 2019.

I will be tackling this mammoth journey alone in my prized Mercedes Sprinter camper, its already had a few forays in to France and Germany in the last few years but nothing on this scale.

This is my first attempt at writing a Blog about my travels so don’t be expecting an all singing all dancing site, it was a spur of the moment idea so that friends and family can follow my progress and it also gives me a chance to record the trip for posterity. Please feel free to comment on the blog layout/content or the journey itself as its all a steep learning curve for me using all this new fandangled technology.

The route planning for the trip was literally done in a couple of evenings whilst consuming immeasurable amounts of real ale, this lead to it going from a fortnight in Norway to a prolonged trip of up to around 6000 miles. Searching Google for what interesting sites were not to be missed I realised it would take a year or more to see all the best places so the list was whittled down to a few that interested me and would be on a route that took in a variety of landscapes.

The time I’ve allowed is enough for me to travel 5 days out of 7, so that I can alter the route whilst travelling or lay up in a beautiful place for a couple of days to get in some rest and relaxation. I plan on wild camping for a few days then stop overnight in a proper campsite to allow me to refresh the van and use the WiFi to update this blog.