New member from Newcastle Upon Tyne heading off full time with 3 kids in April (1 Viewer)

[NomadicDad]

Well done that family just wish we had the ball's to do it various reasons from financial to health have stooped us good luck with your adventure
bill

I'm a great believer in the abilities of everyone and that if you want something enough you can take lots of small steps to get you closer to pretty much anything you put your mind to but not naive enough to not understand some financial and health reasons are not always able to be overcome However as I posted above, if someone who is totally blind and 80% deaf in both ears (this guy) can get their things in order to be able to explore the World then most people without such disabilities should be able to do at least some exploring

 

[Mickey1]

Mickey

 

[JJ]

If your children are small enough to be lowered down a well on a rope, but strong enough to fill a bucket with stones when they are down there, feel free to spend some time in Central Portugal at Quinta Majay.

Rural peace and quiet in the middle of woodlands...

JJ

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[Larby]

Very commendable and very brave. Hope you don't suffer any problems with health or travel. So much to think about beforehand.
Don't forget to get the Motorhome tax, insurance and MOT completed before you go as a vehicle has to meet the requirements of the country it is registered in.
Good luck and enjoy.

 

[Gaston aires]

We met a family from NZ in Italy who did a very similar trip with 2 young children. They got on just fine and I'm sure the kids learned a lot from the "school of life"
Best of luck Phil

 

[NomadicDad]

If your children are small enough to be lowered down a well on a rope, but strong enough to fill a bucket with stones when they are down there, feel free to spend some time in Central Portugal at Quinta Majay.

Rural peace and quiet in the middle of woodlands...

JJ

Wow thanks JJ. Just reading your post about it from back in 2009 on here. I would love to do some manual work if you need any help when we are near as I spend most of my days on a laptop staring at a screen and loved cutting down some orange trees when over in Spain late last year to help some people out I met online (more here).

Portugal is on our must see list and we were hoping to be down that away sometime around September / October but will let you know as our plans are pretty 'fluid' as we don't want to plan the fun out of things!

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[Tynesider]

The perfect way to broaden the minds of children by introducing them the new cultures and peoples. Have a great time

 

[buttons]

Hi and Welcome.....

 

[gus-lopez]

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[canopus]

Sounds like an adventure and the kids Im sure will only benefit from the experience.

One minor detail, Im assuming the little dog is going with you, and that you have his/her pet passport all in place.

 

[NomadicDad]

Sounds like an adventure and the kids Im sure will only benefit from the experience.

One minor detail, Im assuming the little dog is going with you, and that you have his/her pet passport all in place.

Thanks all for the well wishes and yes he's coming with us and we are picking up the dog's pet passport today along with supplies of tablets etc for him

 

[billym]

Good Luck! It's a great experience for the kids.

You are "planning" for an awful lot of driving leaving little time to actually flavour the atmosphere of different places.
I see you are planning a route north and east to begin with. My advise would be to follow the sun south. The reason being that it is very very difficult fulltiming with kids in the cold and wet. It is miserable.

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[NomadicDad]

You are "planning" for an awful lot of driving leaving little time to actually flavour the atmosphere of different places. I see you are planning a route north and east to begin with. My advise would be to follow the sun south. The reason being that it is very very difficult fulltiming with kids in the cold and wet. It is miserable.

We are heading North into Scandinavia in the late Spring / early summer to be not too cold or hot anywhere hopefully but our current thinking is Holland in May before North Germany / Denmark in June then Sweden and Norway late June and July. We will then head back down into Germany in August which might be too hot for some of us before Spain / Portugal September onwards and maybe around to Italy and Greece before heading back via some of Eastern Europe but we are flexible

 

[Minxy]

Exciting! Getting back to the boring stuff though, I assume you've got your full-timing insurance sorted out and also checked what payload you'll have for all your clobber - Rimors sometimes only have a small payload, especially the larger ones - you'll need to know each axle weight when fully loaded to be sure you are legal (this includes with all your clobber, kids, water, gas, food etc on board - oh and the dog too!).

 

[NomadicDad]

Thanks @Minxy Girl Yes we are going to be going with the only true full timing insurance we have found via Comfort (unless anyone has other recommendations?) as we are renting our house out whilst away so wont technically have a full home address other than parents for the odd post. As for weights and payloads, I intend to go to the local weighbridge with a test set up to see what we have to play with

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[Janine]

AIB do competitive full-timing insurance - and you get a Funster discount

 

[NomadicDad]

AIB do competitive full-timing insurance - and you get a Funster discount

Brilliant - will check them out. Any special link I need or just mention here when on the phone?

 

[Janine]

Just tell them you're a member of Motorhome Fun

https://www.aib-insurance.co.uk/

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[Minxy]

Thanks @Minxy Girl Yes we are going to be going with the only true full timing insurance we have found via Comfort (unless anyone has other recommendations?) as we are renting our house out whilst away so wont technically have a full home address other than parents for the odd post. As for weights and payloads, I intend to go to the local weighbridge with a test set up to see what we have to play with

Forgot to ask, what model is your MH? We used to have a Rimor Sailer 645TC (basically a low profile version of the Superbrig models which have the overcab bed) but found that it had a very low payload so we had to be very careful with what we took with us ... that was just for us and 2 dogs! What I'm concerned at is that you may get a nasty shock at the weighbridge once you put loads of stuff in for full-timing ... not wanting to put you off but better to get the weighbridge figures as soon as you can.

 

[Jo662]

 

[Carol]

Very much looking forward to following your travels.

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[scousebird]

Sounds like a great year ahead for you and your family - enjoy