“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…
Off it goes…
Yesterday, we dropped off our beloved fire engine at the Port of Liverpool. We’ll (hopefully) see it again in Halifax on the 17th of July.