The 30th October 2017 started just like any other day on our trip. I woke up first, ate breakfast, tried to remove the excess ice from our windows, and began trying to coax Konstantin out of bed. We eventually got…
Fire Truck Update
The last few months have been an interesting time with some fairly dramatic developments on our adventure! On 30th October 2017 we crashed our van (after hitting a patch of black ice) in the middle of nowhere in northern British…
10 Days in the Canadian Rockies
We’d been told by a lot of people that we should concentrate our exploration of the Rockies in the Jasper area – it’s a lot less touristy they told us. Unfortunately Konstantin and I heard “not touristy” rather than “less…
Lake Superior
West from Algonquin we hit Lake Superior. The early settlers thought they’d hit the Pacific, and you can see why – the rugged coastline, the endless horizon, the choppy water. But instead it’s the largest fresh water lake in the…
Canoe Camping in Algonquin Park
“Fuck off!” I hear Janneke hiss in front of me as she wildly flails her arms around. She’s shouting at mosquitoes and horse flies. I’m also being attacked, but I can’t flail my arms because I’m carrying our canoe, which…
La Mauricie National Park – Quebec
“This way” “No this way” We are standing at a crossroads, and the map on a post in front of us, is less than helpful. Countless other hikers before us have stabbed their grubby fingers over the “you are here”…
Mont Sainte Anne Downhill World Cup 2017
Ever since I got into mountainbiking almost 20 years ago (fuck, I’m getting old) I wanted to go and see a downhill world cup race live and in real life. It never worked out with the dates. Someones wedding or…
Our First 1000km (Halifax to Montreal)
We’ve completed our first 1000km from Halifax to Montreal and wanted to share our initial thoughts and experiences of life on the road. The fire engine The fire engine has been amazing. Our little bed cave at the back is super…
Our Fire Engine Arrives in Canada!
We spent a few days being tourists in Halifax, waiting impatiently for our fire engine…we had obsessed for weeks about its arrival. What would go wrong….Was it clean enough? Would it get through customs? Would Canadian’s know how to drive…
Exploring Newfoundland
On our way to pick up our van we stopped in the beautiful Canadian province of Newfoundland (and Labrador, but we didn’t get into that part!), and toured around for 4 days. Our first afternoon in the capital of St…