Explore europe in a campervan

To cut a long story short, we (Simon & Lucy) have decided to get off the conveyor! There must be more to life than work, work, work!!
So we’ve got a scheme, a plan, we’ve got it all in hand… (those of you who are familiar with Reverend and The Makers may notice the odd reference to his lyrics. I’d like to think the Reverend has played a small part in helping us to come to the decision to leave “The Machine”)

The plan is to purchase a campervan, put our lives in Bournemouth/Poole on hold and go travelling around Europe. Filling the van with kites, snowboards, landboards and shoes (Lucy!). First destination will be the Alps to snowboard and snowkite, then once the snow melts in April we will come down from the mountains and travel the rest of Europe where we will be able to kitesurf and kite-landboard to our hearts’ content.

While we are in Europe we hope to catch the Benicassim (FIB Heineken) and Lowlands festivals and then head back into the UK in time for either Reading or Leeds festival. At which point we will assess our situation and decide where we go next (back to work, back to Europe or the other side of the world!).

As we haven’t won the lottery (just yet) it’s only a matter of time before money runs out. So we are going to take our laptops and try to make some money from whatever internet ventures we can dream up. My initial idea is to create a longtail travel site (take advantage of niche markets). As far as I’m aware this hasn’t been done yet, not like in other markets such as music and books .

Let the planning commence!

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