01 Oct, 2018

Every story has to start somewhere. When we first decided that we were actually going to go ahead and make our dream a reality we decided we would have a website about our build and adventure. As part of the website would include a blog, not a travel blog not a build blog just my ramblings put to paper (so to speak) so family and friends would know what we were up to. Now as I’m sure you will have noticed our website has been lacking in blog updates, this is partly because the build took up so

01 Jul, 2016

The Logic behind the madness  We have had plenty of time to get to know our trucks and how we want to use and live in them and one thing seemed like an absolute must for us. We have to be able to get from the cab to the hab (previously called the workshop body) without setting foot on the ground. We wanted this, partly, for ease but mainly for all the reasons we could not foresee when it would be more beneficial to move between the two.  This meant cutting a hole in both the cab and the hab.

01 Jun, 2016

Springtime brings the DAF’s  This spring we were eagerly anticipating the arrival of the DAF’s, now while that isn’t unusual as the daffodils are out every spring in the UK, the DAF’s mentioned here are the 2 ex MOD LEYLAND DAF's we have chosen to travel around the World in.   Having made the decision after visiting www.modsales.com at the beginning of April all we needed to do was secure the funds for the purchases. That does make it sound a lot simpler than it was, we had been making small

01 Apr, 2016

Another month gone already, time is really flying past. But with each passing month our expedition takes shape just that little bit more, making it seem all the more real. We have made real progress on our vehicle decisions this month, there has been a lot of back and forwards with this vehicle or that vehicle as we wanted to make the best decision we could. But we have finally made a decision, if you follow us on Facebook it won’t be a surprise to you, although you may be interested in the

01 Mar, 2016

It’s often said that you don’t know what’s around the corner. It’s true you don’t. At the beginning of last year Matt had just returned from a sailing holiday around Cape Verde. Gary and myself had just moved to Hampshire, none of us knowing what our talks of adventure would lead us to.  The only thing we all we knew a year ago was that we had just booked our tickets for a 3 week adventure around Kerala, Southern India for June/July 2015. Less than a year later here we are knee deep in planning

01 Feb, 2016

With Christmas and the New Year out of the way and the realisation that we only have another Christmas and New Year to spend in the UK before we set off,  we found ourselves focusing on a few important tasks. Starting 2016 focused on the end game, departing the UK April 1st 2017. So with our heads together we set about tackling some outstanding tasks with the aim of crosssing them off our list as being completed. www.just-escape.com First up was going live with our website. We’ve been working

20 Oct, 2015

Everything seemed to be going so well. Website was beginning to take shape after many discussions about what we wanted and liked. Page's were evolving and coming to life. Pictures uploaded, many words written including our 1st blog about the progress of our project and then just like that it all comes crashing down around us.... no, not the building but the web site. 1 mistype and it was all gone! Oh not to worry for it was all backed up wasn't it? Turns out the back up didn't work either.

01 Oct, 2015

Well, it feels like the adventure is really begining to take shape. It's gone from the "this is what we want to do" to the "we are doing this" stage! There were a few fundamental events that contributed to this change. We've told our families, which was hard as we will miss our families a lot! They are all supportive which is really cool as we need there support to be able to do this. And we took the decision to tell our bosses at work, yes it’s possibly a bit early and 18 month notice period

07 Sep, 2015

Bank Holiday Weekend was probably not the best time to set off but it is how the road trip to the Scottish Highlands started. I would love to be able to say that the traffic fairies were kind and that there was no traffic at all but sadly, they were obviously busy elsewhere. It was a long hard drive to get to the Scottish border but worth every single mile. Although the weather could have been kinder, Scotland could not have been more beautiful. We had an absolutely fabulous time. We camped in