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Routes, gear, and the boring stuff that makes a trip work. Bridges, fuel, where to park overnight.

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Latest · Perspective

Ten nights in Cornwall

August, Boardmasters week, a big group and no plan at all. What that cost, including the morning I found the van sitting on three wheels.

6 min read

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  • Guide

    Llŷn Base Camp

    Some places reward staying put. The Llŷn is one of them, and the reason is the shape of the peninsula rather than anything about slow travel.

    4 min read

  • Trip · South West

    The Autumn Swell Run

    The Atlantic coast is at its best after everyone has gone home. Six nights from North Devon into Cornwall, on two bases, in the good season.

    6 nights460 miOctober

    4 min read

  • Trip · Scotland

    The Coast the NC500 Misses

    At Inverness the famous route turns west and the traffic goes with it. The coast running east is five nights of harbours, forts and almost no driving.

    5 nights220 mi

    4 min read

  • Perspective

    I don't know the roads. That's why I built it.

    Quiet Route was not built by someone who had the routes memorised. It was built by someone sitting by a pool in Paris on day one, on TripAdvisor.

    5 min read

  • Trip · Wales

    Cambrian Dark Skies

    The Elan Valley is a Victorian waterworks that became one of the darkest places in Wales. Three nights, in the season most people put the van away.

    3 nights270 miSeptember

    4 min read

  • Perspective

    Seven nights in the Highlands

    The plan had us in the Cairngorms on the fourth night. We ended up somewhere better, and from that point I stopped opening my own app.

    5 min read

  • Guide

    The Forest Everyone Drives Past

    Two hours over the border and most vans keep going. Galloway holds a Gold-tier dark sky park and one of Britain's largest forests, largely to itself.

    4 min read

  • Perspective

    Why second trips are better than first ones

    First trips are about the highlights. Second trips are about the place. Why returning to a campervan destination is usually the better trip.

    2 min read

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