Sailing a yacht for the first time-our wet and windy adventure sailing in the Solent
With all the planning and saving it’s been easy to forget why we’re doing this and going sailing for the first time was just the adventure we needed.. Both of our lives have changed drastically over night, in so many ways. It has been a hard few months. ...
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Saving money-what we have learnt from living on a budget
Saving money is not easy in this day and age. The new number one thing Adam and I now say is….. ‘Sorry, we’ve got no money’ Obviously this is a lie. What we really mean is that we have no money for fun because we have no jobs...
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Trekking in the Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka
Trekking in the Knuckles Mountain Range was one of the best parts of our trip and something that we would highly recommend. After booking our flights to Sri Lanka one of the first things we looked at was trekking options. But researching treks in Sri Lanka wasn’t as...
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That time we had to wee in a bucket…
For three months. The biggest falling out me and Adam have ever had (so far, I’ll keep you updated!) occurred around the two month fixing up the boat mark. ‘I just don’t think you like living on a boat’ he said. I had been moany and snappy...
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Why we are planning to sail the world, with no experience
The final plan (hopefully) is to buy a yacht and sail the world. We’re going to buy a sailboat, fix it up, learn to sail (kind of important) and go on an adventure. If you want to know why, read on. If you want to know how, let...
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Travel planning for idiots- long term travel on a tight budget
Delving into budget travel options. How we went about planning travel without work and why the decision was such a hard one! I suck at making decisions. My Mum knows that when her phone rings it’s probably me, calling to double check that I’m allowed to do whatever it...
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I’m on a boat
But it’s not going fast, and I don’t have a nautical themed pashmina afghan…but if that’s what you’re looking for you can find one here; http://www.nauticalthemedpashminaafghan.com/ (who knew Lonely Island were setting fashion trends) For those of you who have seen the video ‘On a Boat’ by Lonely Island,...
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Quitting work to travel the world-why it’s been harder than we thought
Being an (ex) teacher I know what it’s like to have a month or two away from work so I thought quitting work to travel the world would be a breeze. My friends would endlessly comment on how amazing it must be to have long summers off and I...
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