Thank you Sarah, Happy New Year 😊 They love opening presents, especially Amber, she always wants to 'help' 😅 We were so surprised by the fox! We did give him a couple of dog biscuits 🙈 Glad you enjoyed the video 😊

It was very nice 😊 Shame it's not looking like the weather's going to allow us to do the same New Year's Eve xx

@@adam3070 it was a lovely way to spend Christmas 😊 xxx

We were so lucky! Xxx

Very 🥰 No, I think we were very lucky! The worst place for them was at our previous parkup, but even that wasn't many, no worse than at home! We specifically planned to go either May or September to try and avoid them, and thankfully it paid off 😊

Lovely places 😊 Yes it was. Maybe we'll get to see them in the wild when we get to the Highlands 🤞xxx

@wherekatygoes that would be really good if we do xxx

Thank you Paul 😊

We were very lucky! With both the weather and the parkups! Yes I do too, and we didn't get much of this year did we 😔

Thank you Paul, glad you enjoyed it 😊 Thanks for the tip, I couldn't remember if it was L or S to use. When would you use S?

It was, we were very lucky to get such a good spot 😊 xxx

@wherekatygoes yes we were 😊 xxx

It was a really beautiful place, so glad we went! 🥰 xxx

@wherekatygoes me to, can't wait to explore more xxx

@JohnBird-r6g it really was! I'm so pleased the camera captured it well and actually did it justice. A nice memory to look back on 😊

Thank you 😊 Yes, me too, it was a very beautiful place 🥰 xxx

I highly recommend going, I loved everywhere we went 😊 Yes there wasn't many people around, the roads were very quiet too.

The Brenner Pass, which is a mountain pass over the Alps which forms the border between Italy and Austria. We drove along it when we were doing a year travelling in Europe. Stunning scenery. Scotland looks stunning too, the viaduct looks similar to ones close to us on Dartmoor. It is lovely to see all the beauty and nature, thanks for sharing.

There's just so much of the world to see! We have plans for Europe in the future, we're sticking to the UK while we have the dogs, but there's still so many places we'd like to visit here anyway! It's my pleasure, glad you liked the video 😊

That's pretty good going! It does say it would be the same for us, we're in Southampton, but I bet it would be more like 12 hours with dog stops 😂

It really is. We can't wait to go back, still so much to see!!

Yes, it really is beautiful there, so glad we went 😍 I think that's why I love vanlife so much, it encourages us to connect with nature more, the other day I spent an hour out in the van in a forest carpark editing the next video, had the door open, surround by trees, it was bliss 😊 The biggest problem with Bongos is rust, particularly the arches and coolant pipes underneath, and I'd also say try and find one that's been used as a daily runner, or at least more than just the odd trip. Are you on Facebook? There's quite a few bongo groups that are brilliant for advice, loads of 'Bongo Experts' on there. Mazda Bongo Owners is the biggest one. If you can make it to any of the Bongo meets they're useful, it's very a friendly community and you'll be able to look at the different conversion options. We like the inside space the back kitchen unit gives, but the only downside is cooking with the gas is tricky when it's windy 🙈 Good luck on the search

Thank you, glad you like the video. Nice to be able to look back on the trip xxx

Oh thank you so much Sarah, I'm really pleased you enjoyed it😊 Your comment has made my day! 🤗

Thank you! Glad you liked it 😊 It was, we must go more often! Xxx

@wherekatygoes yes we must xxx

Thank you! 😊Yes, it is a lovely place to walk round xxx

@PaganHippy it's such a lovely spot isn't it 🤗 We noticed that, never seen another Bongo there! We've always gone in from the 303 too, this was the first time we've gone out the other side, but I don't think it's much better than the 303 side really 🫣

Oh no 😣 bit worrying with how the world is at the moment.

Thank you! 😊 Yes, it was a nice morning xxx

@JohnBird-lw1vj thank you, glad you liked it 😊 She's not bad for a 25yr old is she 😀

@paulbird6959 Thank you Paul, glad you liked it 😊 We'll see if we can find that then next time we go 👍

@adambocock8843 thank you 😊 Yes it was a good trip wasn't it, very interesting. I'm looking forward to our next trip there 🙂 xxx

@wherekatygoes your welcome, yea it was so much history in the area, so am I :) xxx

I am very grateful for all the visitors, love seeing them! Thank you very much 🥰 Yes, he's doing so well bless him, I don't think Amber understands yet that he can't see though 🙈 We were hoping that she would be a good guide dog for him...

It was a good trip 😊 Thank you very much, I'm glad you liked it!

Thank you 😊 it was a lovely walk, Autumn is my favourite season 🍂 xxx

@@wherekatygoes mine too, I love all the different colours xxx

We were lucky, but it was a bit too hot really, especially with the dogs. But it's somewhere to go back to and explore what we didn't get to see this time. Yes, they certainly did, I think they'd have far rathered one each than having to share 🤣 xx

We were lucky! Although a couple of degrees cooler would have been nice so we could have explored a bit more. But it is lovely over there, somewhere to go back to 😊

It was a lovely couple of days 😊 xxx

It was 😊 xxx

It is beautiful isn't it, we must go more often! Xxx

@@wherekatygoes yes we must it's a shame it's only good when it's dry xxx

It really was, stunning scenery! Yes definitely! Xxx

Thank you Karen, glad you think so! 😊

Thank you 😊 xxx

Your welcome 🙂 xxx

It's such a lovely part of the forest 😊

It was very nice; peaceful and lots of wildlife 😊👌 xxx

It was a lovely way to spend a day 😊 xx

The rain certainly made it very peaceful and also a more memorable trip. I completely agree re hot days! Especially with our dogs, we can't do anything! Enjoy your campervan 😊 We'd like to get a bigger van soon, so we spend longer away.

@@wherekatygoes as long as you have a space to sleep and a place to sit, I don’t think the size matters much if you are at a camp site with showers and toilets. If you are off grid then your power storage, solar and gas capacity and water storage are the limiting factors, again the size doesn’t matter much unless you have one the size of a coach with expanding walls there is no difference in what you can do inside the van. Read, play table games , watch TV, use a pc or tablet. All those you can do in any van. The larger vans are basically more expensive on fuel and harder to take places and park. Unless you have children then you need two seating areas, I would just take a tent or awning though.

I agree if you're always on campsites that size doesn’t matter, we have plenty of space when we have the awning, but more often than not we are traveling around each day, doing more stealth camps. So we would just like to have a proper bed space rather than having to move everything around morning and night after setting up and taking down the bed. So we don't want to go up too much in size, just sort of transit size. We've just had 10 days in Scotland and I'd say we've lost at least 2 hours a day rearranging the van. Part of the camping experience I know, but it feels like we've had to do a whistle stop tour of places (first time we've been and it's been such beautiful weather so we've tried to see as much as we could) and would have been nice just to crawl into bed after some long days of walking 😂

It was a good couple of days 😊 Yes definitely, Holmsley will be branded as the campsite we stayed at in the pouring rain 😂

Bacon and maple syrup used to be my favourite topping before I became vegetarian. Biscoff on pancakes sounds delicious, I will have to try it 😋