I’m Karen — mum to two fantastic boys and the proud owner of a Pilates business I built from the ground up in 2017. In 2021, life threw me a curveball when I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. After months of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, I spent a full year recovering, rebuilding my strength, and rethinking everything I knew about life. That experience changed me. It reminded me how precious — and short — life really is. We only get one c

From the Ordinary to the Open Road: Our Story So Far Hello! It is absolutely fabulous to have you here with us, following along as we navigate the biggest, boldest change of our lives. If you haven’t already read our post “Where It All Began”, do go back and give it a look—you’ll see exactly which life-changing moments made us stop, breathe, and completely shift our focus on what truly matters. Most people assume that the kind of life we’re building—a life on wheels, full of

We hired a Motorhome from 'Trek Trailers Lincolnshire'. A swift Voyager and decided to take it out and see how we got on. From the moment we picked it up we were hooked. This was what we wanted, this is where we wanted to be. In October 2024, we hired a Swift Voyage 475 for a weekend to dip our toes into the world of motorhoming. We knew the layout wasn’t ideal for us, but it was available locally and we thought it would at least give us a feel for life on the road. We head

Our First Step Into a New Life: How We Chose the Road By Karen & Simon — Campervan Adventures Welcome to our very first blog post — the beginning of a journey that has been years in the making. This corner of the internet will follow our adventures, the places we discover, the lessons we learn, and the huge life changes that brought us to where we are today. Because for us, choosing a campervan wasn’t just about buying a vehicle. It was about choosing a completely different l