Luckily we got a beauty of a van in a couple of weeks, so we were able to take a quick flight over to Northern Ireland with our good friends Kate and Simon from Perth (great way to spend your 30th, Kate!), who had hired a campervan themselves for 10 days. We saw it fit to tag along for 5 of those days while our own shaggin' wagon was being prepp...

Hi All Ive packed (HA it all fits! and i could fit in more but Im being good!) Ive had to be really good at packing - considering I'll be a tortoise for the next 5 weeks - Carrying my home on my back. I better go to bed now if im going to be able to get up at 5.30am. Im excited and nervous.. the same as i feel everytime i go away. We're flying t...

We packed up and caught the last bus into Belfast. We ended up being lucky as we arrived about 20 minutes before the very last bus of the day arrived! At last, some luck! We were both tired and hungry and just wanted to arrive in the city and have a good meal and a hot shower. We were both really disappointed with the previous nights argument, b...

Lisbon, just outside of Belfast. An eventful time in Belfast. Within 15 minutes of leaving the Belfast Ferry Terminal I was almost simultanously apprehended by the Police and got a puncture. Don't ride on the freeway, despite any directions you've been given. The Police let me off with a warning when they realised I wasn't a local. The puncture ...