We did the sums and with a full bag of rubbish weighing on average 10kg and so far 75 bags collected, that’s a whopping 750kg of plastic waste removed from the shores we’ve visited in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus so far. That doesn’t include tyres, large ropes and other large pieces that don’t fit inContinue reading “750kg of plastic waste removed (& counting)”
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Waterhaul Partnership
We are super excited to announce our Partnership with Waterhaul! We’ve been looking for a way to make more impact with our litter picks, which is still super important obviously, but we wanted to do more, so we reached out to Waterhaul, who are doing some pretty great things with recycled ocean waste! So muchContinue reading “Waterhaul Partnership”
Our Carbon Truck Print
Full time ‘Vanlife’ (truck life in our case!) can be an exceptionally Eco-Friendly Lifestyle, if done mindfully. Before we start, it’s worth saying that the carbon emissions of living on the road should be assessed case by case. While some people travel with others, use solar power, compost their 💩 and never litter, others willContinue reading “Our Carbon Truck Print”
Adventure & Travel Quotes
106 Adventure and Travel Captions & Quotes for a healthy does of Wanderlust Inspiriation!
Breaking out of comfort zones is HARD! 😣
Breaking generations of conditioned behavior and habitual life patterns was never going to be easy…
Funding our travels
It’s no secret, we borrowed a lot of money to purchase our big beautiful orange queen and we want to leave for our first 12 month stint of travelling by the end of this year, and so we had approximately 500 days at the time of originally writing this post (early July 2021) to makeContinue reading “Funding our travels”
2022 – Getting Ready to go!
Featured image photo by Christine Roy on Unsplash A new year and finally the year that we will be leaving. There is SO much to do, and it involves digging up the foundations of our life as it is now, but before I start on planning ahead I’d like to look back at how far we’ve come sinceContinue reading “2022 – Getting Ready to go!”
How we made £1,000 extra cash in a month!
…link inside for £40 free profit!! We’re spending the 12 months before we travel earning as much as possible before we leave, hammering down those debts and saving up where we can but another key part of this is trialing lots of remote income avenues before we leave, and so we thought we would startContinue reading “How we made £1,000 extra cash in a month!”
Saving Money
Here you will find a selection of handy little tools on saving money, what we’ve done, tried and failed at – we’ll be super honest and share with you any tips and tricks in savings – especially when we’re in build phase! Saving just 1p a DaySkint Dad This is an awesome tool for savingContinue reading “Saving Money”
Money Making Apps
We will be trying out a few apps in the coming months to make some money, we will share the details with you. These are on an iPhone currently but I do believe android versions are available. Swagbucks This is cashback/surveys/games site that we’ve mentioned before, the app makes completing surveys so much more straightforwardContinue reading “Money Making Apps”
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