Skip the plane or train for a moment and let's strap into a time travel machine instead: heading back forty years to 1985. I was a smiley nine-year-old, and my very forward-thinking parents had found a way to spend six months away from Australia with my sister and I. Long service leave (one of …
Europe
Van Life Diaries: Europe 1985 – United Kingdom, Ireland and Singapore – Episode 370 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
In this final episode of the Van Life Diaries: Europe 1985, we return to England, drive through Scotland and Wales, and catch a ferry to Ireland. Then it's back to London, a farewell to our beloved campervan, on to Singapore for a few days and finally we end up back home in Perth, Australia, after …
Van Life Diaries: Europe 1985 – Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands – Episode 359 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
This is the fourth part of a monthly, six-episode series celebrating the fact that exactly 40 years ago this year, my family and I spent six months in a striped motorhome travelling around Europe. I was nine years old and yes, this trip had an enormous impact on my life - I'm sure you wouldn't be …