Leaving the UK - spontaneously driving 1200 miles.
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- we felt trapped - Leaving the UK - 1200 miles across Europe.
As we wait for life to change after recently buying a remote cottage in Ireland, our current off grid life living in a van was starting to get to us. Winter van life in the UK can be tough, we were getting cabin fever, starting to feel continuously trapped inside the van and after a while, spending 24/7 with just one other person can get a little.. tetchy!
This week we travel 1200 miles across Europe, taking the ferry from Dover to calais as we begin a journey South..
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Never ever boring. I am 82 years old and for 14 years before he passed my husband and I lived full-time in a motorhome and traveled the entire United States. So right now I am very envious of both of you and the great time you are having. We were never ones to sit still either. When I married my husband, he was in the Navy, and after 20 years, he retired And then took another job for the next 20 years of which we did not travel. Well, when he finally retired from that, rather than kill each other, we moved into a motorhome. The best 14 years of our lives. We made such wonderful friends, and saw things most people don’t see, and just enjoyed every single minute of the time we were on the road. So not by any means are your videos boring at least to me. Thank you for letting me travel the world through you.
That sounded like an amazing life you had together 🙂
What a lovely post….thank you😊
You sound like a wonderful lady ❤️ and I wish you good health in 2024
❤ I'm just about to start out as a solo senior female in a tricked out Sprinter😂 I would love to come by and share a cup of Tetley tea in order of our favorite ladies in the UK❤ it'll be easy to remember which video we hooked up in cuz it's the first one of the year😂
Excellent post! That's my dream,but I'm stuck in my apt,on SSI, no vehicle. Maybe someday.....
Happy New Year! I’m doing my first drive to France and then onto Spain next week! I’ll be in my Motorhome, just me and the dog, following my friends in theirs. We are going on Le Shuttle and I don’t think we are going via the toll roads. I haven’t driven in France since 1997 and it occurred to me that we will arrive in France in the dark driving on the wrong side of the road! All in all away for 10 weeks. I’m 63, this was mine and my husbands dream and part of our 5 year plan. Sadly he died 3 years ago and I promised I would have our adventure, so next Thursday I’m off! Wish me luck!
Have an absolutely amazing time, I bet you will for you and your husband 😀
Bless you on your adventure, he will be with you in Spirit. I pray you feel him there…💜💕💕
@@campervibe thank you
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Good luck.😊❤
I’ve checked a thousand times for a video. To take me away, our Bassett passed away last night. We found out a week ago she had cancer, and it was metastatic. She had exploratory surgery, and they asked if we wanted to just let her go or out her back together. We brought her home, and our vet gave us meds for pain and anxiety and nausea to keep her comfortable. She was comfortable, and happy and had a great few days prancing like the queen she was. Then yesterday she slept her way onto Heaven (I’m a hospice nurses and I don’t care what anyone says, dogs our pets go to wait on us). I was unaware the capacity for a dog the love that is. I’d never had a pet.
So this is a welcome distraction
We are so so sorry to hear this and know only too well the pain you are feeling right now, so glad we could distract you for a little bit and it’s lovely to hear she has a good couple of days ❤️
She had the best parents she could have had ❤
Prayers for your heart & strength 🙏🏻🐾❤️🕊️
Night-time giggles are the best!
I thought the video was great, not boring at all. Having just converted our first van and started using it for holidays and weekends (unfortunately a few years from retiring so no longer trips at the moment) we love watching all the everyday vanlife stuff and the travelling even the loo emptying!! Its all part of the package when travelling in a van and we find it really interesting to see how the experts do it all!
Happy new year ladies, great to see you back and love the spontaneity, and please stop saying the episodes are boring, love following you two regardless 👍
No such thing as a boring Camper Vibe video 👍
May have saved money sailing Plymouth to Santander definitely wear and tear on your van
Came get me please thank
I don’t know if you have tried it, but if it had been me stuck in the mud I would have looked for branches and twigs to stick as far in under the wheels as I possibly could.
That is the wheels where you have the drive.
When you try to drive the turning of the wheels should pull the branches in under themselves and you should get moving.
Emily's first French is "I would like four chocolatines please!" 😂❤
Hi from Queensland, Australia. It’s so good to see you girls back on UA-cam, it gives me a good chuckle. Today is my last day at work, so I am feeling pretty excited about getting on the road full time. I’ve just bought a medium sized motorhome (used of course), and will be heading off in a few weeks time. Work wise, I will be working as a travel nurse, so will be all over this country. Thanks for your great fun videos, I really look forward to them.🌞
Amazing, hope it’s everything you want it to be 😀
Hi from W Australia 🇦🇺 wishing you fellow Aussie all the very Best onyour New adventures wishing the safest Best time ever ,Good on you GODBLESS just tell me you have protection EG Dog God Bless Goodluck 🙌 🎉❤❤❤❤
Get yourself a Bip&Go tag it’ll save the issue of the class of your vehicle and also the hastle of your fine lady hanging out the window getting tickets all the time.
I drive in France often and the tag has made things so much easier!
Lovely to leave rain & cold. To head to heat & beaches
Foot loose & fancy free. Major envy here😢
Your videos are never boring! You two are just ace ❤
Oh, how this took me back to when I fulltimed in my Autotrail Scout, every year around about November I’d wend my way slowly through France and Spain eventually arriving on the South of Portugal wherever it was quiet and peaceful. Then at Easter, all the way back again.
Summers were spent in Scotland and the Outer Hebrides…..Oh happy days, so many memories. 😇
Well this wasn't the video I think any of us were expecting lol. A few minutes in and I'm already smiling :)
You two are brilliant.
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You two maded me smile that you just got up and went to the sun and heat and warmth.while us lot are hopeing winter in the uk doesn't get too cold😊
Best of luck in Portugal 🇵🇹 hope you have a lot of sunshine. Louise, compliments on your editing. You really are a great filmmaker! 👍
Great to see you all on the road, your reference to Nora Batty was hilarious, more so because you showed a pic of Hilda Ogden, but yes, the head covering did look similar lol
Lou realised she said the wrong person, that’s why she put the right picture up 😂
Your soundtrack choices for each-and-every video are sooooooo good, and sooooo classy, that your soundtracks deserve their own fan club.
Thanks 😀
New subscribers! No idea how we’ve missed you two! So glad we found you! Took advantage of your offer for that “free subscription”!😂 What a deal? It’s free and you two are priceless. (U.S. here/ New England)
Hi I am a new subscriber and loving your content. I have spent the last year travelling on my own to Iceland, Norway, The Arctic Circle, Portugal, Spain, France, Barbados, Madeira, and many more places. At 69 I was just beginning to think I should settle down, especially after losing my gorgeous little (but very old) dog. But after watching your vlog I know it's not for me! Thank you for helping me find a new path in life and I hope you go on to have a thousand more adventures x
Happy New Year! So glad to have you back online with us. Even though you feel this vid was boring I enjoyed it as it's all new scenery to me. Look forward to seeing what you find to explore while in Spain/Portugal. As always, thank you for taking us along. Stay safe, have fun, and we'll see you in the next video!
Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Enjoy the warmth of Spain. But Ireland is beautiful today. Thick frost and blue sky. At last the rain has stopped here.
Safe travels
Sounds great!
Thank you ❤❤❤
Spot the funnies. Bored in Bordow. Cacalot is German for Not Chocolate.
While John is practicing his sledging techniques up North with a broken heater, you guys have done what other birds have been doing for yonks. Heading south for the winter😊😊
Oh how ive missed you two😂 thanks for the smiles & laughter 😂❤❤
Its never a true sunday without camper vibe vlogs. They are never boring! I could happyly watch you leave a camera on fanny while driving around listening to you two all day long. Happy new year to you both! ♥
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Seconded. Love the banter.
Emptying elsan container is perfectly acceptable content, the way these two do it.
Bonsoir guys, what a great video, always love your content, hope you find some sunshine 🌞, so I've lived in France for 20 years and speak french ok, where I live, in the Loire, don't say Merci Beaucoup, as it can mean in slang "good arse " !! 😂, Just say Merci bien ! Bonne route ! X
I think Portugal for a period is a great decision particularly given how wet UK has been and now turning cold. I'm disappointed louise, the godess of innuendo stuck to the badger in a kayak rather than looking for a beaver in a kayak 😅
Ah so glad to see you back on UA-cam, hope you all had a wonderful Xmas and New Year...hope you will be back in Ireland when you've warmed your bones on the continent ❤
Your videos are brilliant, so engaging and well put together
Ur videos never boring 😊 always makes me laugh what u get up to stay safe and well ladies 😂
Love the blog. If you are ever at a loose end for a topic I would really love to hear more about Emily's naval career
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Happy new year girls. Great to see you again. Love how free spirited you are and adventurous. Can't wait to see your next one. ❤❤❤
Missed a couple of episodes but so glad I caught this one….I’ve driven through France a few times, never had a plan, just looked at the weather forecast & headed in the sunniest direction. Came across some fantastic towns & villages & met amazing people. Great video!
Just love to watch these young people enjoying life, may it long continue. You hit a problem you solve it, I look forward to watching your UA-cam videos keep making them they give such great pleasure.
Your videos are never boring. ❤
Love the vibe if this video definitely a nice idea to get away from the dreary weather into a nicer area. 😊
@3:52 I couldn't have resisted that neither . 😁
Love your videos!
That may not have been the most interesting video you have ever made, but they are always so entertaining! As for your French Emily, it is always understandable and the French always appreciate it when foreigners try to speak their language so you are doing OK! With best wishes to you both and I hope 2024 bring you all you wish for. x
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Ooh, no, that has not been my experience at all! They get very angry when you butcher their language. Yes, if you make the effort while they’re in your own country, the French will be pleased. But when you’re in their country, the French want you to get it right and have no patience if you don’t.
We came back from our last French trip certain that there are some lovely French people, because we’d met them. Both of them!
I have reasonable schoolboy French and can generally get by, though I do sometimes need to ask them to speak more slowly, or try a different way to say something, but when I speak, you can see them take a breath while deciding whether it’s worth bothering with me. It’s not uncommon to be ignored and have the next person behind me in a queue get served instead. The amazing thing is, the public treat that as normal and will also ignore me, taking my turn over and over, until I either give up or decide to cause a scene.
Being Irish in a non touristy part of France is not for the faint hearted. The resorts are fine. No issue there at all. But getting there can be a pain.
I actually loved this video, maybe because I live in a vehicle myself and travel too and I know the excitement of a spontaneous travel plan and the buzz of driving a lot to make it a long distance towards your destination. I could feel that excitement through the screen.
I also love a bit of sunshine, and I’m looking forward to seeing your holiday home property hunting.
It’s nice to be able to be spontaneous
Nothing is ever boring with you guys happy travels chasing the sun 😊 looking forward to the next episode 😉 xxxxx
Woohooo, sunshine ☀️ xx
As soon as the notification popped up its On, stopper everything I was doing! Love you guys that much
Hope you enjoyed it!
I do sympathise with the sea sickness thing Louise. Every time for me UNTIL I did the opposite to what the usual advice is i.e. looking out to the horizon and don't have anything to eat. I figured it was worth a go so I sat in the cafe area and tucked into a big veggie lasagne and didn't look out the windows at all. It was a really rough crossing with plates crashing and lots of green looking faces all around me and I was fine! Couldn't believe it!
She is going to get some stuff for on the way back 🤞🙌
@@campervibe Sea bands work really well. They work on acupuncture points on your wrist.
Nice to find your channel. You both give me great laughs and fun in your videos. Thanks. Wayne x
Concervatory 🤣 Thanks for the magnificent vlog, 👍👍👍👏👏👏😇🤣🤣
Emily is cute and sweet when she speaks French!
I hope one day to be so well travelled that I find anywhere (motorway and other wise) boring!🤗
Cee from the little haunted cottage in ireland 💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀
Happy new year. Always love your vlogs, you put a smile on my face.😊
Nope never boring…. Gotta love a fuelling dance!. My wife and I have a great camper van, a dog (no cat), we have just bought a cottage in the Cotswolds and are currently waiting to exchange….. what we don’t have is the ability or time to drive down to Portugal … so SO jealous! Enjoy ladies we look forward to seeing what adventures you get up to 😁
Hope it completes soon for you all
Welcome back for another new year. Bring on the LOL and more.
Missed you girls!! Welcome back and happy New Year!!
Happy new year!!
Great to see you cheeky ladies back in action! Safe travels!
I thought I had clicked on a old Corrie episode with Hilda Ogden , until I realised it was Emily with a towel around her head
Lovely video I just love you two , best van life channel on you tube
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We follow a few Van life channels but you two are our absolute favourites. We even got a Camper Vibe mug this Christmas ❤
Your videos are so natural, informative and fun.
Have a great time is Spain and hope the cottage news come in soon. Hasta la vista ❤
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your loved ones ❤❤! So good to see you back, thanks for the vlogs . A huge, big warm hug from Belgium to you all 🤗
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Happy New Year! Maybe Emily also have a goldilocks window, though not as tight as Summer’s :) Driving from Washington to California (multiple times a year) over winter time, from constant cloudy/rainy days to feeling the warmth and brightness of the sun also brings out similar happy feelings. And a bottle of Mountain Dew (instead of black coffee) starts the driving day. Looking forward to more sun videos to keep some of us, who are still in rainy weather, warm! Thank you and fingers cross for safe and un(bad)eventful travels in Spain!
Bet that is a pretty cool drive 😀
@@campervibe Indeed it is a cool drive… either along the coastal route or the inner mountain route, and even along the I-5 highway where 700miles in 9 hrs is possible. But only those who can appreciate the journey finds it a cool drive, which I hope you will be able to do next time you are in the US. can’t wait til your next “boring” video, which is still so so entertaining!
Very sensible decision to go find the sunshine. This never ending rain in the UK is getting very depressing. 😑
Poor Lou on the ferry, I can relate! Great for cheaper travel but 🤢🤢
That is some journey to drive, in a van. and in the winter.
Happy new year to all. It is so exciting to watch your travels , house content etc. Have a good 2024 girls 🎉. Michelle
Happy new year!!
Own up! Come on! Is it you, Lou? Emily? AJ? Summer? Emily's snack cupboard? Which one of you is psychic? As you were on holiday I didn't expect a video. And, yet....just a few minutes ago I suddenly, and very randomly , thought of you both.( According to my random thought Lou has a giant pot noodle pot for a body - is this an exclusive , Lou?!!!! Can I inform The Sun?! ). All waffle aside, this download has made me smile. More so for I am a genuine fan of you both. Your videos are so good; so entertaining and, many-a-time, beautiful. Utterly beautiful. So thank you for making my day.........I mean that.
😂😂😂 it’s definitely me 😀🐈⬛🐕😀
Happy New Year to you! So excited to be seeing the sunshine with you
Happy new year Sue 😀
Camper-vibe you 2 could never be boring, I have only started watching yiu when you turned up in my youtube Feed, and the rest is history.. now I'm working backwards to when you outfitted your Fanny for the road.. yes I could go there but I won't hahaha.. in one of those videos you said you had 1000 subscribers and were delighted... now look at you!!! Never boring, you've got the gift 🎁 to chat about anything ..thank you both
😂😂😂 thanks
I'm French
Emily did well with her French. Over there, people appreciate those who try, much better over being shouted at rudely in English. 🙂
Thanks, I do try to give it ago 😀😀
How I missed you guys, so glad to have you back, and excited to be on the road again. Happy New Year to you both. Love the hair Emily, the darker shade suits you. Have fun, look forward to the next one.
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I love how free you all are ❤
Love watching your vids, your dog and cat are very cute !
It’s great to see you getting some sunshine. Please can you bring it back with you when you return to the uk 🙏🏻
Happy New Year ladies. Always entertaining content 👌when Emily came back from the boulangerie and said 'pain au chocoleurrr' my husband said 'she sounds like Del boy!' and we were cracked up when Louise later asked if she sounded like Del boy😂 looking forward to see where you get to in Portugal 😄
😂😂😂 I thought I sounded like a local 😂
Happy New Year to you both!
If you are going to buy a property in Portugal check out taxes as you might get taxed on one or both properties. Also capital gains tax 😢
We won’t be buying anything anytime soon, just scooping the place/places out really to see if it would be something we would want to do later on
The lady behind the counter may have said, C’est tout? = Is that all? Like on the road signs you often see Toutes Direction (all directions) when going around a one way system. Another useful phrase to know is Je voudrais (I would like).
You at its not interesting footage but your cinematography,composition of your videos is exceptional.
Gosh, it just brought it home to me , that the last time I went abroad on a DFDS ferry was with a 7m Hymer motorhome in 2018. It cost £59. A plandemic later, inflation and now its almost three times as much. Good job I'm swapping van life for boat life.
Not boring…most folks are busy 24/7, when we can slow down we love seeing other folks. You are never boring. Just living day to day in a van is exciting for us! Just film it…we will watch
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Well done girls. I live in Wales and it has been storm after storm after floods and rain and more storms. So nice to get away to some sun.
Love the banter between you both
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Never boring, I love you two whatever you do. Sorry but that wasn't Nora batty by the way😂❤
Hi from Australia. Love watching your videos, the music is great too. . I'm envious of the life you lead, i admire anyone who takes a chance and gets the most out of life. I'm older, on my own, stuck in a rental, no pets allowed, so your lives seem so eventful and enjoyable to me
You two are never boring well that’s what Angela told me to type . 😂 see you next time safe travels .
Your channel popped up on my UA-cam so I thought I’d give it a watch and throughly enjoyed your travels down to Portugal, so much so I’d subscribed within 5 minutes. Can’t wait for your next video and will be catching up on previous videos in the meantime. ❤❤🐾🐾
Merde! Pricey trip, glad you two are having fun...
Get in touch with the Indie Projects in Portugal!
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Dear Louise, I feel for you, I would have paid the extra to go through the tunnel , the only ferry i managed was from poole to the isle of white , love your spontaneous decisions - go to the sun!!
love the videos as usual and the snack bandits choice. luv Ian and Sue
15:55 I learnt French in Primary School in England, then in 1967 My Parents dragged Me, kicking and screaming to Australia where learning French became a thing from My past.
Enjoy the sun I am in 🌞🌞🌞
Great idea, if you can get some sun, why not!! Enjoy!!
HAHAHA thats not Nora Batty thats Hilda Ogden ladies, Love watching your travels.
I fancy a road trip right about now…3 deg, wind & rain here on the North Norfolk coast but thankfully you have brought some sunshine into our day. Have a fab southern sojourn.
Cinnamon is good on beans. You're welcome.
Oooooh, we stayed in that first Aire, the very same bay too, looks like the house at the end have finished their wall and gate 👍
Emily spoke it just fine, I understood her 😁. I love visiting France as well, will definitely be there this summer.
I'm starting to understand what you meant about having 2 bases now, it sounds like a sensible idea to make the most of each places weather. Why live with the worst 3 or 4 months weather in Ireland when you could be in the sun. Plus when you're Irish residents you won't be limited to the 3 month rule. Very smart.
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Emily, thanks so much for saying “candy kittens” was your favorite snack. Found them, ate them, love them…
They are so good right
Portugal has a Visa called the D7 Which has a much lower yearly income requirement than Spain if you ever think you might move there. It did also include, health care, right to work and education. It’s something like €12500 a year for a couple.
Hi ladies, Firstly let me thank you for the constant quality content and making my wife and I smile with your natural ability to be entertaining even when things aren't going particularly well. I have a question if that's ok, we are looking for Irish insurance for our converted camper and were wondering if your upcoming move means you've already found an insurance company who cover converted campers and if you have could you let us know who you're using please?
Hope your enjoying the better weather wherever you are today. Kind regards Simon & Ali xx
Yay you are back! ❤💜💙
Cracking vid, love the way Emily goes let’s go south, and Lou goes yeh why not! Portugal it is, why not have van will travel! Get in!
Enjoy the winter sunshine knowing the Irish property market you’ll have a couple of months to enjoy before your back to the renovation slog the house next door to us took just over six months to go from sale agreed to move in day!
Just found your channel on Wednesday can I say I think ur both amazing a brilliant channel I'm a fan for life now keep up the fantastic work