mbwattsAug 203 minCarry on CampingThe partially deflated softness of the mattress was gradually worsened by a slow puncture.
mbwattsJul 314 minMontreux Jazz Festival 2024Montreux is a festival you are more likely to go to by Bentley than Ford Transit campervan.
mbwattsJul 53 minVan Nessa goes on to live with real vanlifers!We sell Nessa and look forward to what is coming next. Selling turns out to be emotional.
mbwattsJun 198 minPorthminster to Portugal - fish heavenCornwall and Portugal both famous for their fish. Which will have the best?
mbwattsMar 175 minSouth India-Kerala - honeymoon revisitedBack in India, looking at the fishing beach and feeling so comfortable here, it was the perfect place to reflect on our honeymoon.
mbwattsMar 135 minSouth India : Madurai, Tamil Nadu - and carbon copy bookkeepingBetween each sheet of the ledger she places a thin blue sheet. I recognised it, but its name takes longer to come, carbon copy paper...
mbwattsFeb 278 minSerenity Beach, Puducherry IndiaSerenity Beach. One of hundreds of Bay of Bengal fishing communities. Our home for a month now, a staycation so very far from home.
mbwattsFeb 235 minPondicherry - India : no longer "eat to survive"Now settled in Pondi. In this blog I shall confront my own (prejudiced) low expectations of Indian food hygiene.
mbwattsFeb 213 minPondicherry - drive to surviveI haven't managed to get footage that shows the pant soiling terror of driving here. But perhaps driving is a metaphor for life in India.
mbwattsFeb 114 minPondicherry - Nous sommes arrivésSettling in in Pondi. Puducherry. South east India. Culture shock is gradually subsiding and we are establishing a lazy and lovely routine.
mbwattsFeb 63 minSouth India - what's not to like?Please think of this blog as a toasted open shit sandwich. Which, come to think of it, is actually a pretty good analogy for India.
mbwattsFeb 42 minA Bullshitters guide to the Indian test cricketConversational cricket for the uninitiated
mbwattsOct 26, 20233 minIndian summer, the beach in West Wittering and a short break to CyprusHaving almost fallen out of love with our camper Van Nessa, we thoroughly enjoy short trip to the seaside. Perhaps this is the way forward?
mbwattsSep 2, 20233 minLondon. Speedboat Bar and being half blind.A day out in London. Recovery after eye surgery. The Speedboat Bar London
mbwattsAug 16, 20236 minJust Stop Campervan W#nkersFurther thoughts after our campervan trip to Europe. An attempt to look at the pros and cons of vanlife
mbwattsAug 8, 20234 minEuro campervan trip 2023 - stage 10: jogging homeAfter hospital discharge we head home through Germany, Netherlands and Belgium heading for Dunkirk.
mbwattsAug 3, 20236 minEuro campervan trip 2023 - stage 9 : Linz (Austria) and my eye emergencyAfter 3 weeks we start heading for home. First the interesting saga of my eye issue comes to a head. Austrian health care comes up trumps
mbwattsJul 24, 20234 minEuro campervan trip 2023 - stage 6 : Austria - Bad GasteinBack in Austria in the summer after a 45 year gap. Old memories are triggered!
mbwattsJul 22, 20233 minEuro campervan trip 2023 (Stage 5 Lake Garda to Pragser Wildsee)The next step on our campervan trip through Europe. Two weeks in we travel from lake Garda to the Italian dolomites. Night in swanky hotel.