Heading for Eastern Europe

We were out for a walk near home last week and decided we should get away for a month in the van now the weather is starting to curtail the horse & bicycle riding activities. We know it would be warmer towards the West but we keep going through Spain & Portugal so we decided to see some of Eastern Europe even though it's the wrong time of year. We have been to Bavaria (in the Summer) but it's the Czech Republic and on towards Turkey that appeals to us at the moment. It looks like the majority of Campsites are shut but we will always find somewhere. The main problems will be water and toilet emptying facilities, luckily we managed to get an additional waste tank for the Porta Potti today! We now have snow chains & a shovel although we do not intend to seek out any snow and hope we will never have to use them. The vans diesel heater has been well tested last weekend in a very cold night in Blackpool so hopefully we will stay warm inside.

30 years ago we, Mark & Gill gave up our jobs to set off travelling for a year's trip around the World which somehow turned into a lifestyle. It was never planned but somehow we managed to combine careers with travel and now, having sold our business 5 years ago, we are still travelling and finally getting to explore more of Europe.

Nowadays it's usually in our compact camper which in 6 years has already clocked up over 60000 miles mainly on 5 long winter trips to Morocco. Having gleaned so much useful information from many other motor-homers blogs we felt we should share some of our experiences with others and keep you all updated with our adventures.