The Mud is now on the road...and as always the road is never straight.

The Van

It's not easy to find the right van, as I found out.

Sometimes the Sat Nav of Life Takes You Places You Don't Want to Go.

Losing my dear dog on the road.

What I Left Behind...

In 2011 I found myself camping in a Turkish field. I ended up building a mud home and staying 5 years.
Initially I was searching for my new Eden. Now I've no idea what I'm looking for. But I'm still driving, and sometimes walking...

The journey so far (9 February 2017)

If you want to follow the journey in words and pictures, go to the ON THE ROAD BLOG

The Unknown, and our Fear of it.

“Do you think you’ll be alright driving a large vehicle in England? It’s the other side of the road, you know.”

“I’ll be fine. I’ve driven a rickshaw in Jaipur, for Pete’s sake. What can go wrong?”

Oh how sure of myself I was back in Turkey when people had asked.
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Now here I was, a few thousand kilometres north, freezing fog lacing the roads in smoky clumps, sitting behind the ample wheel of my new van, which wasn’t actually a van at all, but a truck – a mini white-boxed motorhome. And I was terrified. Because I was a Turkish fish out of water... READ ON