Category: Motorhome Blog
Information about our motorhome and the stuff we have on board
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Shock absorber upgrade : Marquart
Since we first drove Beatrix on the hairpin roads of the Alps, there’s been something I wanted to do. Anything to improve the suspension and handling. Why? Beatrix has air suspension to support the rear but the front suspension is provided by torsion bars. It’s a bit ‘agricultural’ and easily overwhelmed by the weight of…
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Beatrix – our moho
Beatrix is our 2008 Carthago M Liner. Beatrix is out Carthago M-Liner motorhome that we’ve owned since August 2020. At just under 9m long and just over 6.5 tonnes she can be a bit of a handful driving on some of Europe’s smaller roads, but we’ve made it to most places, including up the steep…
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The tale of MOTs, losing our home for a week and gratitude
The tale of MOTs, losing our home for a week and gratitude. It starts with bad weather, some good news then we end up losing Beatrix for a week. We end as we usually do with gratitude.
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The High’s and Low’s Tale of full timing. What’s it really like and why you need resilience?
What’s it really like full timing in a motorhome? This is the tale of June 2023 when we had some amazing sunny and “outdoors” days – making us feel good about full timing i.e. the “High’s”, followed by, some may say inevitably, some “Lows”. We want to make sure our blog tells the “real life”…
