How it began

Our journey starts in the UK in small market town in Leicestershire. After years of deliberating about giving up what we know and traveling in a motorhome, moving across the world to Japan or Canada, things never quite aligned for us to make it happen. We still managed to enjoy a good number of adventures both local and overseas with careful planning and always saving before taking the trip.

At the end of 2023 we found out Dave would be being made redundant with his employer leaving the European market altogether. Together we started contemplating what this meant for us, As aspiring travelers and seriously contemplating a year or so on the road we started looking at vlogs, we found ‘The Newbys’ who we loved to watch. We then found ‘Flying The Nest’ (they remind us of our lovely friends Amber and Justin) and became more and more interested in making it happen. Sometimes it seems all you need is a nudge or an external influence to move you out of you comfort zone and into action. We loved these vloggers and their adventures, it was a great watch with the children who were on board with travelling. We looked at where we would want to go and actively looked into selling our house we had spent years perfecting to our liking. We made the move, put the house on the market then sold our vehicles and bought a motorhome. Hilariously this mobile house was used for a short time on the school run and running the kids to and from their respective clubs (totally impractical but also funny). After initial plans Dave was offered a job in Lithuania which he felt he couldn’t turn down, it wasn’t exactly our plan but we have always been open to changes and challenges and we went full steam ahead with selling most of our possessions (apart from what I was told were ‘essentials’ in the garage) and moving to Lithuania.

Leaving the UK July 2024