2024-04-11 07:00
I couldn’t do something as amazing as the Maroc Challenge without trying to capture in some way the remarkable and brilliant event into a proper blog. It’s safe… Read More
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A Family blog about travel, fun, and adventure of our life as a family living in Doha, Qatar. We tell ludicrous tales of our expeditions into the desert, on holidays and to the shops having adventures where ever we go.
2024-03-22 03:00
For those of you who have slept under a rock and haven’t been gazing endlessly at my instagram, I am setting off this weekend to do the Maroc Challenge. It’s a… Read More
2024-03-09 13:25
Packing list and spare parts
A long time ago I wrote a very detailed packing lists for camping trips to the deserts of Doha. That was August 2019 before the world was trans… Read More
2024-03-04 11:46
150,000 miles on the clock, 20 long hard years in the Pennines of Northern England, a comprehensive revival in England by me in 2021 specifically focussed on making the tru… Read More
2024-02-02 08:36
Land Rover Defender Chassis revival
Whilst Ventura has extremely good quality body work following the work done in the UK in 2022 by Stuart Brown, and the running gear is a… Read More
2023-12-26 10:26
Eager to embark on a real adrenaline-fuelled escapade, I have signed up for The Maroc Challenge – Spring 2024, propelling myself and my trusty companion, Ventura, int… Read More
2023-12-08 11:10
August 2023, a blazing hot summer in Portugal and Spain saw us take on a massive circumnavigation of the Iberian Peninsula. I broke the journey into three videos and here i… Read More
2023-07-20 22:00
I have been looking for a reason to revitalise my love for telling you both a story, I moved to Portugal, I got swallowed in work and life and as a result all of this fell… Read More
2022-10-06 22:00
Have you ever been woken by a Pterodactyl?? Well I have, and I did a little wee. Last weekend I was in Tanzania and on my first night sleeping in the wild African bush I wa… Read More
2022-07-08 08:27
Day 1 – Alton, England – Wednesday 6th July 2022
Miles 0 – Hours driving 0 – Fuel 0 – Breakdowns 0
Ventura is loaded, fuelled and ready to tak… Read More
2022-07-07 18:00
After years of mini adventures I have finally managed to find time and a reason to take on something resembling a proper expedition. I am not going to a pole, climbing a mo… Read More
2022-06-30 18:00
Mythical swords (Excalibur) Steam Trains (The Flying Scotsman) Boats (Boaty McBoatface) and Land Rovers always seem to have a name. Something about human nature means we lo… Read More
2022-04-28 22:00
Last year I shouted to my old man through his hearing trumpet about some grand plans I had to go to Oman and enjoy a beach to mountain top holiday. Omicron promptly came al… Read More
2021-10-28 18:00
I think…What I mean by ‘I think’ is that 100% it’s for sale, I just can’t be sure how healthy it is. It’s had some hard miles and is pr… Read More
2021-07-15 18:00
After many months of browsing the internet, bidding on e bay auctions and calling numbers that no one answered, I have finally managed to buy the perfect truck. The Adventu… Read More
2021-07-01 18:00
This is now my biggest decision when shopping around for The Adventure Truck and it isn’t an easy one to make. There are so many different types of Land Rover I reall… Read More
2021-06-17 18:00
At some point in all our lives we get the chance to do something totally awesome that means the world. My one life long consistent passion has always been cars, and mainly… Read More
2021-03-04 18:00
Whilst I might have ambitions to be a restaurant critic (mainly as I love the idea of having a genuinely admired/ revered/ sought after opinion that is based entirely aroun… Read More
2021-02-11 18:00
They only ever say it at key moments, they only ever say it when really the last thing you can do is stop and let them have a wee, they save up the normal wee’s for m… Read More
2021-01-07 18:00
It feels odd to brag about going in to the office, but in these funny old times you have to polish every turd. So, at the start of this week I skipped into the office with… Read More
2020-12-17 18:00
You will no doubt have noticed and indeed been extremely concerned for my silence recently, a combination of reasons based largely around my website breaking (some sort of… Read More
2020-10-22 18:00
Last weekend saw 5 dads, 5 4×4’s, 9 kids and a dog properly take to the sand for the first time since the new normal came along to ruin our year. We escaped.
Es… Read More
2020-10-15 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
17th Oct 2005
Dear All,
It has been a long old seven months for me and I thought I was finally going to be in a position to say I am coming… Read More
2020-10-01 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
14th Oct 2005
Dear All,
I know it is late on Friday, so either have a good weekend, or I hope you had a good weekend if it is now Monday.
A… Read More
2020-09-24 18:00
They say there are two types of men, those that pee in the shower and liars. It’s the same for parenting through the summer of 2020. It was either shit, or you are ly… Read More
2020-09-17 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
10th Sep 2005
Dear All,
As I raced past the forty days and forty nights left in the wilderness I couldn’t help feeling a little bit o… Read More
2020-09-03 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
6th Sep 2005
Dear All,
Since being in this charming country I have been fortunate enough to have done some serious shopping both on the int… Read More
2020-08-27 18:00
Dogger, 30 over 50 strong veering easterly, moderate or good, occasionally poor.
What a fabulous noise, it reminds me of my youth, reminding me that somewhere a sailo… Read More
2020-08-20 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
22 Aug 2005
Dear All,
I actually walked into work this morning with two pencils up my nose and a pair of pants on my head. This rather path… Read More
2020-08-13 18:00
When Archie was 1 we celebrated with a huge party in London, it might have gone into the next day, and took many days to recover from. When Jack was 1 we blew a candle off… Read More
2020-08-06 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
08 Aug 2005
Dear All,
After three weeks of fantastic holiday, I have returned to the charming city of Basrah. For the last three weeks I ha… Read More
2020-07-23 18:00
In case you haven’t ever lived in the Middle East, or accidentally had to leave the airport whilst transiting somewhere in the summer, or made the terrible mistake of… Read More
2020-07-09 18:00
I have been a bit stuck recently, as you know I blame this entirely on a man called Derrick. But what I can’t blame him for is my own lack of preparation of my vehicl… Read More
2020-07-02 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
04th Jul 2005
Dear All,
Rumour has it that everything is different in the UK to how I left it, Bob Geldof is running the country, Richard W… Read More
2020-06-25 18:00
It only feels right to test new stuff, so last weekend with a fresh 40-degree wind blowing the boys and I took Inka (the hound) for a walk in the most remote part of Qatar… Read More
2020-06-18 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
20th Jun 2005
Dear All,
From what I hear on the news, your weekends have been blessed with a bit of sunshine. So I imagine all the headline… Read More
2020-06-11 18:00
8th March 2020, exactly 100 days ago (if you read this in a couple of days time…) the schools in Qatar closed. “It’s just a bad strain of flu” you… Read More
2020-06-04 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
06th Jun 2005
Dear All,
I am having to skulk around the hotel today as I am in trouble. One of my jobs is to control all routine movements… Read More
2020-05-21 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
24th May 2005
Dear All,
As the thermometer starts to level out at a steady 50 degrees, and the back of my shirt has stuck to both my back a… Read More
2020-05-14 18:00
When I grow up I want to be an astronaut, or a soldier, or a racing car driver, or a pirate, or a cow boy or a something really cool and fun.
What I don’t want to do… Read More
2020-05-07 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
12th May 2005
Dear All,
Before we all left England to come to this charming city, we were each given a reasonable sized box to pack with wh… Read More
2020-04-30 18:00
Despite pretending we have adventures were ever we go, things have some what dried up in recent weeks. Let be honest, life is f’ing dull. I’m not going to polis… Read More
2020-04-23 18:00
Shat Al Arab Hotel,
Basrah
Iraq
27th April 2005
Dear All,
The British Army Hospital in Iraq is like a prison in more ways than one, wonderful services and you are looked a… Read More
2020-04-16 18:00
Anyone can pack sandwiches, sausages and burgers and throw on a BBQ and satisfy some hungry mouths. Don’t get me wrong very often that is all the we do on a lot of ou… Read More
2020-04-09 18:00
Week 4 Desert Isolation sitrep; my legs are sore from Joe Wicks workouts, my tummy is sore from having ready access to a well stocked fridge, my hands have calluses from&he… Read More
2020-03-26 18:00
Exploring the deserts of Qatar obviously means developing a love for the dry sandy environment we live in. But every now and then we get treated to a little bit of rain in… Read More
2020-03-19 18:00
This is my home school guide – I am not pretending to be an expert on home schooling, but I’ll give a shot at sharing what we have learnt so far after nearly 2… Read More
2020-03-12 18:00
Qatar is a hot, rocky, flat desert environment that expats have a terrible habit of complaining about. Expats from all parts of the world have false opinions about their ho… Read More
2020-03-05 18:00
Not Me! This week alone Archie has had only a reasonably busy schedule, it has included:
World Book Day
A swimming Gala
3 x play dates
Coronavirus
Football (twice)
Swim tra… Read More
2020-02-27 18:00
Vegan, Vegetarian, Paleo, Lectin, Keto, Glutenite – If you identify as any of these, do not keep reading, this post is guaranteed to piss you off (possibly even… Read More
2020-02-20 18:00
It’s what we all say when it gets really cold skiing, it’s like a code word that we expect people to know. It’s one of those little lies we say that are n… Read More
2020-02-13 21:01
When Lexi wakes up on Valentines Day morning, what do you think she will be expecting. Roses? cards? chocolates? Breakfast in bed? – who knows? What she won’t h… Read More
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