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Update & August Motorhome Monthly - Bulgaria & Greece

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Since visiting the Motorhome Shows as an exhibitor with Motorhome WiFi we have literally met hundreds of people who have read our blog. In writing that it feels very self righteous and egotistical but hopefully if you've met us you'll realise that isn't us at all, we're genuinely humbled that anyone has found our ramblings interesting at all. We don't profess to be the authority on anything - we love motorhoming and the community we've found ourselves involved in and knowing that our whistle stop tour of Europe has inspired just one person to do the same or at least consider countries that they might not have done otherwise is a real buzz. We're sorry if we can't always remember you by name (especially if you've e-mailed us!) and we love receiving your tips and information on your trips too.<br />
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A lady came to see us at Cheshire who said she had followed some of our Wild Camping POI's for <a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/06/norway-in-motorhome-on-budget.html" target="_blank">Norway </a>and gave us a tip that on-board the ferries you can buy a 3000NOK card which entitles you to 5900NOK of ferry crossings - a fantastic saving especially if you're over 6m in length! Catherine & Chris from <a href="http://www.theworldisourlobster.com/" target="_blank">The World Is Our Lobster</a> is checking it out and if you're interested in Norway I suggest you check them out too!<br />
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Another blog we participially enjoyed recently was Andy's <a href="http://balkanbeetle.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Beetling around the Balkans </a>- something we full intend to do in the near future. Caravan Guard are the only UK motorhome insurer (as far as we're aware) that gives Fully Comp cover for Bosnia, Albania, Montenegro and Serbia. He visited our favourite campsite at  <a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/09/camping-veliko-tarnovo-best-campsite-in.html" target="_blank">Camping Veliko Tarnovo</a> in Bulgaria which was also republished in this months magazine feature. <br />
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So what else has been happening? Sophie is busy working for Smart as a brand manager and works most weekends. She can actually supply a car anywhere in the country, so if you're in the market for a new or used Smart car get in touch for a motorhomers discount (or maybe some free mats ;-)! She'll might also exhibiting with Smart at the Motorhome Show in Harrogate in March (a new fixture from Warners at the Harrogate Show Ground). The weekends she's not working I've been dragging her to the Motorhome Shows with Motorhome WiFi (oops).<br />
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We've also been enjoying some excellent free English Stopovers courtesy of Steve at <a href="http://www.britstops.com/" target="_blank">Britstop's English Stopover Scheme</a> which is worth a look if you like good food and free overnight parking!<br />
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If you would like to read the latest copy of <a href="http://www.calameo.com/read/000004306867374a1ce77" target="_blank">Motorhome Monthly please click here</a> to be taken to the magazines digital edition, it's great to see our pictures in print as we've still not gotten around to printing any off ourselves yet! We're still motorhome shopping too.. hope to find something by Christmas.<br />
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Have you got any questions? Anything you would like to see covered in our blog? Please get in touch! We promise it won't be so long between blog posts next time, our country guides are calling... (famous last words!).<br />
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Adam & Sophie<br />
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Update & August Motorhome Monthly - Bulgaria & Greece

As we sit here and write this, we're all too aware that we've let the blog slip a little. Ok maybe a lot! We're embarrassed abo...

July Motorhome Monthly

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Our feature with Motorhome Monthly continues this month with 10 pages (Page 56-65) dedicated to our travels through Poland, Slovakia and Romania. To read the magazine free and online <a href="http://www.calameo.com/read/000004306291bc334fd62" target="_blank">click here to be taken to the digital edition.</a><br />
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Next month will cover our trip into Bulgaria and on to Greece!<br />
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They also interviewed us for MotorhomeWiFi (<a href="http://www.motorhomewifi.com/blog/interview-with-motorhome-wifi-in-mhm-magazine/" target="_blank">click here to see the interview)</a> where we'll be exhibiting at the Stratford Upon Avon show next weekend. Fingers crossed the weather holds out for us and perhaps see some of you there (we'll be on stand Q4). Don't forget to pick up a free copy of the magazine!<br />
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We're still weighing up lots of options for a replacement van. We will probably wait until the end of the season when the bargains start to appear and the new registrations come out to see if anything takes our fancy.<br />
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Check out the magazine and let us know what you think! :-) Adam & Sophie.</div>

July Motorhome Monthly

Our feature with Motorhome Monthly continues this month with 10 pages (Page 56-65) dedicated to our travels through Poland, Slovakia and ...

Getting into Morocco with a Motorhome

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<b><span style="font-size: large;">A Guide for Entry into Morocco with a Motorhome</span></b><br />
We spent just over 6 weeks in Morocco with our good friends Catherine and Chris from <a href="http://www.theworldisourlobster.com/The_World_Is_Our_Lobster/HOME.html" target="_blank">The World Is Our Lobster</a>. We’d highly recommend that you go and attempt it yourselves! We’ve had a couple of e-mails asking us for more information on the crossing, so here is our long awaited guide to getting in (and out!) of Morocco.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Choose where to sail from</span></b><br />
We sailed from Algeciras to Ceuta. The crossing is shorter than the route to Tangier and once you disembark the ferry you are still in Spanish sovereignty so you then have an opportunity to park in the rest area before the border crossing.<br />
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However, en route home we passed the brand new Tangier Med port and were impressed by what looks like an incredibly modern port set outside of the city. The port appeared to have none of the hustle and bustle that can be seen at the Ceuta-Morocco border. This would be our preference for our future visit and we’ll report back once we’ve done it for ourselves.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Get your tickets</span></b><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dMKIMoPGSzYh9pfHTUYaNtGwNtIu3x0VG3OOrJeUeXCaX0e_cGQzbA3mOQld0fm4MtRPLc4jQuuU5f8IACSGdhrkyKZtNyTi9LpvgsjoeAPmPf2dpwmZL62paLI7GwHhvdAsmzimnMA/s1600/IMG_8197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dMKIMoPGSzYh9pfHTUYaNtGwNtIu3x0VG3OOrJeUeXCaX0e_cGQzbA3mOQld0fm4MtRPLc4jQuuU5f8IACSGdhrkyKZtNyTi9LpvgsjoeAPmPf2dpwmZL62paLI7GwHhvdAsmzimnMA/s200/IMG_8197.JPG" width="200" /></a>We would recommend that you follow the French example and purchase your tickets from Carlos in Algeciras. These tickets are NOT as some people would lead you to believe cancelled tickets, tickets with other people’s names on or other such scaremongering. Carlos is a licensed ticket seller and his reputation precedes him when dealing with motorhomers. The tickets are printed with your information on and he is able to give you lots of helpful advice and directions to the port although a little Spanish is advantageous!<br />
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Carlos is located here, just a two minute walk from the car park. Take with you a copy of your vehicles V5 certificate and your passport and tell him when you wish to sail to Morocco and that you would like an open return.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Border Crossing</b></span><br />
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As with most non-EU borders, there are three stages to the process:<br />
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Ignore the apparent chaos at the border and focus on achieving these three steps in that order.<br />
As you approach, men will wave bits of paper at you. If you have been to Carlos for your ticket, you don't need any further paperwork, so you can safely ignore the paper-wavers.<br />
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If there are two of you, one can stay in the vehicle. Once you enter the fray, “helpers” will offer to assist. Look for ones with an official badge. You can either be firm and say “No thanks, I'm fine”, or graciously accept and tip them €5, which may be the more pleasant experience for the sake of a few quid, especially if it's your first crossing.<br />
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The first office you need clearly says “Police”. Complete your entry form and hand it over together with your passport. You will get a stamp, plus an official Moroccan immigration number. That's it. Move on to any of the offices saying “Enregistrement des Vehicules”.<br />
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Queues here are often slow, so be patient but firm; stand your ground or people will push in. Here you hand over the first copy (out of three) of the Vehicle Import Form, plus your V5 and Green Card. If you have bought your ticket from Carlos, he will have already completed the Import Form for you; just hand it in. If not, fill in the details from your V5. You will get the form back with the appropriate stamp.<br />
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Now comes the fun part as you attempt to drive past all the other queueing vehicles to the Customs Officer, squeezing past stationary cars, buses and motorhomes! The Customs Officer may well look in the van but customs is quite relaxed. Then take the Vehicle Import Form to the customs office, and you're done.<br />
Finally don't forget to tip your helper if you used one!<br />
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You do not require a Visa to enter Morocco for a maximum of 90 days. Your passport must be valid for 6 months after your entry date. If you wish to stay longer than 90 days the only way you can do this is by becoming a resident.<br />
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If you are planning on visiting Morocco it is worthwhile considering this when you renew or take out your motorhome policy. Saga, Comfort and Sageguard all cover Morocco at no extra charge and are able to provide you with a 90 day ‘Green Card’ which covers you fully comprehensively while in the country. If you have a vehicle of any value don’t consider buying insurance at the border.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">     Moroccan Insurance Green Card </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">our insurers Safe Guard from home. Valid 90 days (with start date) </span>                                                            </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Money in Morocco</b></span><br />
‘Western’ cash points are available throughout the country and have an English language option. We stopped a couple of miles after the border crossing for our first batch of Dirhams. It is worthwhile taking a couple of hundred euros as a backup which can easily be changed for Dirham at many bureau-de-change across the country. Exercise the same amount of caution when using these as you would in any other country.<br />
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Our preference for foreign travel is the Halifax Clarity Credit Card. The card provides you with interest free transactions and a low 1.1% interest fee on cash withdrawls offset by a £5 per month reward if you spend over £300.<br />
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If you use the Caxton Euro Card be aware that you will be paying two lots of interest rates Sterling > Euro > Dirham. Consider the Global card where the balance is held in Sterling and converted to the local currency on use.<br />
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Cards are rarely accepted. Marjane and some large fuel stations are the only exceptions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Getting Out</b></span><br />
On exiting, the process is simpler. Complete your exit form and hand it in to the Police Office with your passport. Then go to Customs and hand in the second copy of your Vehicle Import Form. The third copy is for you to keep.<br />
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Drive through Customs, stopping if asked. That's it.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fuel</span></b><br />
Diesel is roughly 55p a litre in Morocco and is available throughout the country. It is worthwhile filling up from the more modern looking fuel stations (Afrqua, Shell etc). Be aware that if you intend to stop overnight in the high atlas temperatures could reach as low as -10 (experienced by us in 2012) and there is unlikely to be any winter additives added to the mix.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>For more information see:</b></span><br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2012/01/morocco-3g-internet-dongle-maroc.html" target="_blank">Maroc Telecom Dongle</a><br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/search/label/Morocco" target="_blank">View All Our Posts on Morocco</a></div>

Getting into Morocco with a Motorhome

A Guide for Entry into Morocco with a Motorhome We spent just over 6 weeks in Morocco with our good friends Catherine and Chris from T...

Big Changes to EU Roaming Data Tariffs

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We have championed Vodafone Data Traveller for a long while now as being a fantastic tool for people needing to get online in Europe. However, things are changing with new EU regulations coming into play which is shaking up the whole market and the tariffs are not looking attractive for the long term pan-European traveller.<br />
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<i>** This article was researched and posted on 14th June 2012 at 20:00. Check with your operator for the latest information. E&OE **</i><br />
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As part of the EU's changes to the way mobile telecom companies charge each other (referred to as the wholesale price) we are starting to see some changes in the roaming data and call packages being offered by telecom companies.<br />
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We can thank the EU for this,  under the "Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2007 on roaming of public mobile telephone networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_roaming_regulations" target="_blank">(more information, see Wikipedia)</a><br />
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The EU is basically dictating to mobile phone networks:<br />
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a.) What operators can charge each other for their customers to use other companies networks.<br />
b.) What operators can charge their own customers for this service.<br />
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That isn't to say that either the wholesale price or the price charged to consumers isn't less than this, it is just the maximum that can be charged to you.<br />
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On the 1st of July these are the maximum call charges that an operator can charge you:<br />
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<b>Calls made - was 35c now max 29c per minute</b> (falling each year until they reach 19c in July 2014)<br />
<b>Calls received - was 11c now max 8c per minut</b>e (falling each year until they reach 5c per in July 2014)<br />
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With regards to DATA used abroad, there were previously no EU limits but these come into force on the 1st  July 2012 so companies are now starting to change their price plans to show this.<br />
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<b>Data per MB consumed - now a maximum of 70c per MB falling to 20c per MB consumer price in July 2014. </b>Interestingly the wholesale cost has been inforced at 25c per MB falling to 5c per MB in July 2014.<br />
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<b>How have the networks reacted?</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Pay Monthly Customers - £3/day to use your UK allowance abroad</span>:</b><br />
<b><u><span style="color: red;">DATA TRAVELLER FOR CONTRACT CUSTOMERS  HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.</span></u></b><br />
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The previously excellent tariff that we championed has been removed by Vodafone and now Data Traveller for contract customers only refers to an <b>OUTSIDE OF EUROPE</b> tariff for <b>£5/DAY</b> for <b>25MB</b>.<br />
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<b>The Data Traveller and Vodafone Passport  have been replaced by the EuroTraveller for £3/day</b><br />
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Vodafone states that this includes:<br />
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<li>Use of your minutes, texts and mobile internet with the same freedom as in the UK (excludes extras)</li>
<li>You'll only be charged on the days you use your phone</li>
<li>No charge for receiving calls and texts</li>
<li>No monthly commitment - opt in and out whenever you like</li>
<li>Check your remaining allowance just like at home - with My account or the My Vodafone app</li>
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So, if you want to get online, make phone calls or use your phone in any way you'll be charged of £3 irrespective of how you use your phone, even for just one text message so be careful how you use it.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><u>IMPORTANT! By opting in to Vodafone EuroTraveller you'll also be opting out of the European 50 euro monthly mobile internet spend cap.</u></b></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/price-plans/pay-monthly/eurotraveller/index.htm" target="_blank">The new Euro Traveller (£3/day to use your UK allowance abroad)</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/price-plans/pay-monthly/data-traveller/index.htm" target="_blank">The new Data Traveller (£5/day for 25MB for outside of Europe)</a><br />
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Data Traveller does still exist for PAYG customers in the same format, just to further add to the confusion. You are charged £2/day for upto 25MB in Europe and 75p per connection of a call, subject to your UK inclusive allowance.<br />
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<a href="http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/price-plans/pay-as-you-go/data-traveller/index.htm" target="_blank">Pay As You Go - Data Traveller (£2/day for 25MB</a>)<br />
<a href="http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/price-plans/pay-as-you-go/passport/index.htm" target="_blank">Pay As You Go - Passport (75p connection charge + inclusive minutes)</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mobile Broadband Customers - £8 per 100MB of data used.</b></span><br />
Roaming charges for customers with data contracts, iPad SIM cards or USB dongles is now £8 per 100MB used.<br />
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<a href="http://www.vodafone.co.uk/personal/price-plans/pay-monthly/mobile-broadband-abroad/index.htm" target="_blank">Vodafone Mobile Broadband Roaming (£8 for 100MB</a>)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">O2 Pay Monthly Customers - £1.99/day for 25MB + 50p for calls</span></b><br />
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You'll be charged <b>£1.99</b> for the days that you use data in Europe - and you can use up to<b> 25MB a day</b>.<br />
There's a <b>connection charge of 50p </b>for all calls made and received in Europe. When you make a call you'll be using your UK minutes and calls received are free up to 60 minutes.<br />
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Out of bundle charges are:<br />
Calls back to the UK and within Europe - 35p per minute.<br />
Receiving calls in Europe - 11p per minute.<br />
Texts sent to the UK and Europe - 10p (free to receive).<br />
Sending a media message - 25p.<br />
Data is £3.07 / MB - This is well over the 70c (56p) per MB, so may well be revised.<br />
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<a href="http://www.o2.co.uk/international/o2-travel/pay-monthly" target="_blank">O2 Travel - £1.99 per day for 25MB</a><br />
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No bundled deals available, standard charges apply:<br />
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Your allowance applies for use in the UK only and we do not recommend that you use mobile broadband abroad to avoid high charges. Data used outside of this allowance will be charged at £3.07/MB in the EU or £6/MB outside of the EU.<br />
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O2 actually state on their website: "We do not recommend using mobile broadband outside of the UK and you are therefore currently unable to use the service abroad"<br />
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<b>Links:</b><br />
<a href="http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/o2mobilebroadband/tab/Pay_Monthly" target="_blank">Mobile Broadband Pay Monthly (Not recommended by O2 for use abroad)</a><br />
<a href="http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/o2mobilebroadband/tab/Pay_and_Go" target="_blank">Mobile Broadband Pay As You Go (Not recommended by O2 for use abroad)</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Three Pay Monthly Customers - £5/day for Unlimited Usage</span></b><br />
If you’re roaming in the EU, the Euro Internet Pass gives you the freedom to browse the mobile internet for £5 a day. You can search, tweet, use Facebook and check your emails as much as you like until midnight (UK time). So you’ll never have to worry about nasty surprise bills when you get home.<br />
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The Euro Internet Pass was designed for browsing, so streaming video and audio content may not be as good as it is on our UK network and tethering isn’t included. You also won’t be able to use UK Add-ons (e.g. Add Tethering) while your Euro Internet Pass is activ<b>e.</b><br />
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<b>Links:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Phones/Euro_internet_pass" target="_blank">Euro Internet Pass Press Release</a><br />
<a href="http://support.three.co.uk/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBISAPI.DLL?Command=New,Kb=Mobile,Ts=Mobile,T=Article,varset_cat=roaming,varset_subcat=4157,Case=obj(6018)" target="_blank">Euro Internet Pass - £5/day for unlimited data usage</a><br />
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Safe to say Orange DO NOT want you to use your mobile data abroad. We're recommend you look elsewhere for roaming deals.<br />
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£3/day for 30MB<br />
£15/mth for 30MB Bundle<br />
£50/mth for a 150MB Bundle<br />
£150/mth for a 500MB Bundle<br />
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More information here: <a href="http://www.orange.co.uk/roaming/" style="background-color: white;">http://www.orange.co.uk/roaming/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">£1 for 3MB</span></div>
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Big Changes to EU Roaming Data Tariffs

We have championed Vodafone Data Traveller for a long while now as being a fantastic tool for people needing to get online in Europe. Howev...

Halifax Clarity vs Caxton - We Saved Over £200

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We got an annual statement through the post from Halifax the other day which detailed our expenditure, interest charges and reward payments over the course of the year and I thought it would be interesting to see how much we had saved compared to the most popular method of spending abroad, the Caxton Pre-Paid Card.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">We saved in the region of £221 by using the Halifax Clarity Card over the Caxton Card!</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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More on exactly how we came to that figure in a moment. Firstly, lets understand the main differences between the two cards. It's worth noted that we have all the cards mentioned in the article (Halifax Clarity, Caxton Euro, Caxton Global) so we understand and have used them. We've not included others which may be on the market, but there are others. Best check over on Martin Lewis's website (link at the end).<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Caxton Card</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Caxton is a pre-paid card and as such you need to load money on the card by phone, internet or text message using a bank account linked to the card. Depending on where in Europe you are travelling you are likely to have both a Caxton Europe and a Caxton Global card (or at least you should, since the Europe card is even more expensive outside of the Euro Zone!)</div>
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With the Caxton Euro Card the balance is held on the account in Euros and you load onto the card from sterling at a pre-agreed rate with Caxton, which is usually around 2% lower then the prevailing rate on the day. The card is designed for Euro travel but if you were to travel outside of the Euro zone you would pay a 2% fee to covert £ Sterling into €uro and <b>then a further</b> 2.75% to convert your Euro into Danish Krone, for example, making it very expensive to be used in this way.</div>
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<b>Caxton Global Traveller </b></div>
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If you were to go outside of the Euro Zone then Caxton recommend the Global Traveller card whereby the balance is held in £ Sterling. This is then translated into Euros at the point of purchase at the prevailing rate plus 2.75% fee. However you end up having to manage two different account balances. </div>
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<li>No credit check required to obtain.</li>
<li>If you're likely to run away with your spending, it prevents you from spending any more than balance you have loaded on the card.</li>
<li>You can load at a pre-agreed rate so you know exactly what conversion rate you are getting. You might be able to load before the rate drops and be able to effectively spend at the old rate.</li>
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<li>If the conversion rate improves in your favour, you won't benefit until you re-load currency.</li>
<li>If you use your Caxton Card in the UK it will cost you up to £1.50 per transaction. </li>
<li>If you use an Automated fuel pump your account may be pre-authorised for upto €150 which will be held until the actual amount is processed reducing your available funds. Could be 3-5 working days.</li>
<li>Minimum load amount of £100/€150/$200</li>
<li>No protection under the Consumer Credit Act (CCA), since Caxton is not "lending" you money.</li>
<li>Due to the nature of pre-paid cards if Caxton was to go bankrupt you could not reclaim your outstanding credit balance from anywhere. </li>
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The Halifax Clarity Card is a traditional credit card geared up to spending abroad. They give you the actual prevailing interest rate on the day (verified by us) and transactions are free. You do pay interest on cash withdrawals but this is likely to be very tiny and is offset by a £5 reward payment if you spend over £300 in a month.</div>
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<li>Halifax give you the <b>ACTUAL</b> exchange rate on the day, not a loaded rate to take into account a transaction fee. They make their money hoping you will overspend on holiday and have to repay it over several months when you get home. We tested this by always recording our daily purchases on our log using the days rate, they were always the same OR BETTER than we recorded using XE.com's rates!</li>
<li>You pay <b>NO INTEREST</b> on <u>purchases</u> using the card if you setup a direct debt to clear the balance in full every month. Simply use the card rather than cash wherever it is accepted. </li>
<li>You have 2 weeks from your statement being available to view online to the direct debit coming out, so plenty of time to check and review all your transactions.</li>
<li>You get upto 59 days interest free from the first day of your statement until the due dates (assuming you clear the balance in full).  </li>
<li>If you spend over £300/month and are a current account holder you will receive a <b>£5 reward credit</b> payment onto your account each month (tax free).</li>
<li>You are fully protected and insured under the Consumer Credit Agreement </li>
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<li>You will need a credit check in order to apply for a card and the actual rate offered will depend on your credit history. </li>
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The below details our actual expenditure using the Halifax Clarity card and compares what the equivalent costs would had been using the Caxton card for the same amounts and the difference in conversion rate. </div>
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Halifax</b> - Our own logs of our expenditure, the days prevailing rate (checked on xe.com) resulted in a near identical if not in our favour exchange rate for currency.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Caxton 2%</b> - Rate checked today (3rd June) vs prevailing rate and found to be 2p in the £ below.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Caxton 2.75%</b> - Taken from <a href="http://www.caxtonfxcard.com/feesncharges.asp">http://www.caxtonfxcard.com/feesncharges.asp</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">This table doesn't consider any benefit that could be had by pre-loading while the rate is good, but this is as much about luck as it is timing and we just wanted to enjoy our trip without rate watching!</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Summary</span></b><br />
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In addition it's good practice to add an additional card holder for both Caxton and Halifax just in case a card gets misplaced or damage. It's free and simple to do for both. If you are already a Halifax card holder you having nothing to lose by keeping a Caxton Card stashed away for emergencies, as we do.</div>
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<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2012/03/touring-europe-for-year-what-does-it.html" target="_blank">12 Months in Europe - What did it cost?</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-travel-money" target="_blank">Martin Lewis</a> - Travel Money</div>
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Halifax Clarity vs Caxton - We Saved Over £200

We got an annual statement through the post from Halifax the other day which detailed our expenditure, interest charges and reward payments...

Our Guide to Visiting & Driving in Denmark with a Motorhome

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This guide is part of the new format of 'Country Guides' we will write to try and provide some of the information we struggled to obtain while researching our trip. It is based on our own experiences and is provided in good faith but your own experience and impressions may differ to ours. We hope that you find it of use and will encourage you to visit.<br />
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<b>Country Facts</b><br />
Country Code (DK), Currency DKK, Capital Copenhagen, Full EU Member. Schengen Country; no visa requirements for EU citizens. There are no import restrictions but there are export limitations for alcohol and tobacco.<br />
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<b>Road Vignette Required?</b><br />
NO.<br />
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<b>Toll Roads</b><br />
<b>No</b>, but there are tolls on bridges. Oresund Bridge joining Denmark to Sweden costs €40 for motorhomes up to 6m and €80 for motorhomes over 6m. Storebaelt Bridge (linking eastern and western Denmark) costs €31 up to 6m and €47 over 6m.<br />
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<b>Excellent. </b><br />
All main arterial and side roads which we encountered in 2011 were excellent.<br />
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<b>Driving Standard </b><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="color: yellow; font-family: MingLiU;">★</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="color: yellow; font-family: MingLiU;">★</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="color: #a6a6a6; font-family: MingLiU;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="color: yellow; font-family: MingLiU;">★</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="color: #a6a6a6; font-family: MingLiU;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="color: yellow; font-family: MingLiU;">★</span></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span lang="ZH-TW" style="color: #a6a6a6; font-family: MingLiU;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">★</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<b>Excellent.</b><br />
Be wary of right turns as pedestrians have right of way.<br />
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<b>Diesel, LPG & Autogas</b><br />
<b>Diesel/Bifyl</b>. Fuel prices vary depending on the time of day, the only pattern we could muster is that it seems cheaper in the evenings. Be wary of Automatic stations which have a surcharge. Practice filling up where you see it cheapest rather than when you are nearly empty as the variation can be as much as 25p!<br />
LPG is rare and expensive but is available if required. Click <b><a href="http://www.visitdenmark.dk/international/en-gb/menu/turist/turistinformation/a-z/autogas.htm" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> for a list of LPG Stations in Denmark.<br />
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<b>Generally Good</b>. There are a handful of aires but the ones publicised in 'All the Aires' as being free, now largely charge so beware. Wild Camping opportunities are frequent and this is perfectly legal to do so, especially around beaches and marina locations. There is a 'grey area' between the 'No Camping' signs and what constitutes as 'Camping' - i.e. getting your chairs out etc. If you don't fancy risking it you'll be sure to find somewhere else to stop just down the road.<br />
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<b>Generally Good. </b><br />
When it comes to campsites, they are geared up to cater for the Danish obsession with Caravans, although stopovers are encouraged through the 'Quick Stop' scheme. That said, Denmark is an expensive place to visit and in our view the best way to offset that cost is to Wild Camp - which is perfectly legal and practised by all the visiting nationalities. There are plenty of signs emerging specifying "No Camping" in some popular locations as to be expected, but finding somewhere to stop close by is not hard.<br />
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<b>Generally Good. </b><br />
Fresh water and waste disposal is available at a number of dedicated service points on the main motorway networks (click here for link) We also found both fresh water and chemical toilet disposal at many marina's, check with the harbour master before doing so to avoid ruining it for future visitors.<br />
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<b>Excellent.</b><br />
City Camp is available for central Copenhagen or there are lots of Wild Camping opportunities, see our blog posts and summary's below for more info.<br />
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You'd be wise to stock up with food and alcohol prior to entering Denmark; the Lidl's in Germany are excellent for doing so. If you have the capacity to bring enough food and alcohol for your visit then do so, we found bottled water especially hard to come by (due in part to the 35p refundable deposit you pay on bottles, vs 8p in Germany) and a strange absence of fresh fish. If you're making your way to other Scandinavian countries afterwards, you'll be wondering why you didn't stock up with more food! We found fuel prices on par with Germany and other EU countries nearby.<br />
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Generally expensive, we found that a takeaway sandwich and drink could set you back up to £14.<br />
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Our success rate for finding unsecured Wi-Fi in Denmark was 59%.<br />
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Denmark is made up of three main Islands: Jutland, Funen and Zealand. The trip to the most northern point of the first island, Skagen, is a worthwhile visit to see the mysterious sight of the two seas lapping over each other but the journey there and back is largely unrewarding save for a handful of nice bits and pieces. Ribe, Arhus (if you're under 40) and the mysterious dune covered Ringkobing Fjord were our personal highlights, not forgetting Lego Land - worth a whip round and free to get in 30 minutes before the rides close where the park stays open for a further 2 hours.<br />
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Much of Denmark’s parking is free but limited by time; you will need a Parking Disc displaying your arrival time so best get one before you set off.<br />
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<b>Our Summary and Posts on Denmark:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/05/denmark-in-motorhome-summary-of-our.html" target="_blank">Summary of our tour of Denmark</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/first-taste-of-denmark.html" target="_blank">First Taste of Denmark</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/windy-denmark.html" target="_blank">Windy Denmark</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/hirtshals-skagen.html" target="_blank">Hirtshals, Skagen and Grena</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/denmark-aarhus.html" target="_blank">Aarhus</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/denmark-vejle-legoland.html" target="_blank">Vejle & Legoland</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/faaborg-svendborg-island-of-langland.html" target="_blank">Faaborg, Svendborg & Island of Langland</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/svendborg-odense.html" target="_blank">Svendborg & Odense</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/kalundborg-roskilde.html" target="_blank">Kalundborg & Roskilde</a><br />
<a href="http://www.europebycamper.com/2011/04/copenhagen-in-motorhome.html" target="_blank">Copenhagen in a Motorhome</a><br />
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Our Guide to Visiting & Driving in Denmark with a Motorhome

Odense This guide is part of the new format of 'Country Guides' we will write to try and provide some of the information we ...

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We had an interesting conversation with someone who has been following our blog recently, in that she said you always have such an amazing time surely something must have gone wrong during your trip? Well, yes actually – it did<br />
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As a Navigator, Sophie usually does a good job – after all we’ve got three navigation aids mounted to the dashboard! However they don’t document cycle tracks particularly well and while in Norway we managed to head off down such a track narrowly passing between cafes and their outside seating arrangements while getting some bemused stares from the locals!<br />
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We actually broke down twice while we were away. The first time was in the South of France when the van alerted us to the fact that the oil was low. A quick inspection revealed that it wasn’t so much low as it was pouring out of the bottom of the engine! This fortunately happened literally outside of Fiat Professional agent who after an initial assessment of “catastrophic!” was later downgraded to a loose oil filter and a bill for £30. We blame the Romanian roads!<br />
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The later breakdown was in the worse possible place. Morocco. Or so we thought! When the van failed to start some drama ensued finding and bringing Mechanics back to the van only for them to twist two wires together and it start in a few seconds. Fuel cut off solenoid was the diagnosis.<br />
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We picked up a fine in Bergan while Wild Camping at the side of the road because we were “within 12 metres of a bus stop”. A fairly obscure offence but probably not to Norwegians! We didn’t pay the fine and we’ve not heard anything about it over a year later.<br />
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When Wild Camping in Greece we arrived at a beach near Parga where at least 15 others vans were present camping on the pier. We pulled off the road to check it out on foot to decide where we were going to park up. Easy enough, only we’d inadvertently pulled onto a particularly soft patch of sand and consequently got stuck up to our axels in the soft stuff. Bollocks! With help from two Germans and a Dutch, we eventually rock and push the van out of its rut.<br />
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We have a degree of bad luck when it comes to our chemical toilet and after a year of use it’s fair to say we have experienced much of what can go wrong with such a setup. The two incidents which stand out among others are when poor Sophie was having difficulty opening the trap after a Number 1. It turns out that the pressure had built up in the cassette after climbing over 1,000 metres into the Greek hills and when she eventually managed to open it the pressure blew the contents back into the van and all over unsuspecting Sophie. Fortunately our toilet is also in our shower room so a quick shower ensued and we both joked over how things could have been much worse if other “debris” had come into play!<br />
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The second incident was when our cassette indicated it was full with the red light illuminating on the tank. We continued on to our destination but unfortunately a mixture of an ill-fitting disposal lid and again altitude pressure resulted in the unit overflowing. Upon arriving at our destination we were greeted with, shall we say a large brown go-faster stripe down the side of the van where the contents had leaked out and dried while in motion. We feel sorry for anyone traveling behind us! We are now firmly of the belief that when the red light comes on, it’s already too late.<br />
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We usually fill two water containers before filling our fresh tanks, but on one occasion at Katakolo in Greece we didn’t. We had wondered why the cafes had refused to serve us tap water with our coffee and it transpired that the local water supply was a murky brown. Unfortunately we didn’t realise this until nearly 90 litres later, thank goodness for the drain down plug!<br />
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In Poland we noticed a nasty plastic taste in our on-board tanks, so bad that it actually felt like it was burning your mouth! We tried all sorts of flushing out and drops but couldn’t get to the route course. Two weeks later we discovered by accident that there was nothing wrong with our on-board tanks, but the high chlorine content of the water in Poland had reacted with our ridged hosepipe we were using for filling, which was contaminating the tank on every fill!<br />
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We got asked a few times recently if we write the content specifically for Motorhome Monthly Magazine, the answer is no - they have just been lifting it straight from our blog (warts and all!) and we send them through some high resolution images.<br />
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We never really thought when we wrote our blog that our mutterings would be worthy of printed media but I must say we're really enjoying seeing our photos in full colour print! To read it in full online and for free click here: <a href="http://www.calameo.com/read/0000043065c33de55c42c" target="_blank">Motorhome Monthly Magazine - June</a></div>

June 2012 Motorhome Monthly

It's that time again! We got asked a few times recently if we write the content specifically for Motorhome Monthly Magazine, the an...

Quick update from Adam & Sophie

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We're really, really sorry we've not updated the blog in so long. We promised it wouldn't happen just because we were back in the UK and we won't let it happen again, we'll be updating at least once a week from now on!<br />
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In recent news, Sophie and I are just back from the Peterborough show after launching a little business venture, <a href="http://www.motorhomewifi.com/" target="_blank">Motorhome WiFi</a>. We did this on the back of the several thousand people who have read one of the most popular pages on our site ‘Internet Access in Europe’ and e-mailed us asking for information and advice. We thought, rather than promoting someone else’s products on our site, we’d take the products that worked for us along with some custom mounts and put them to a wider audience and the result was a resounding success.<br />
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What overwhelmed us most of all were the 100+ people who recognised us personally and had been following our progress as we toured around Europe. It really means a lot to us to know that you have enjoyed reading about our travels enough to recognise us and come up and say hello! Hello to all of you and I’m sorry if we didn’t remember you all by name, although a few stand out! <o:p></o:p><br />
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We’d like to replace our van soon but we’re not sure what route to go down next… Perhaps we try a Self Build? We’ve looked at some UK based panel van conversions so watch out for some information on those as we look into them!</div>
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Quick update from Adam & Sophie

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