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Week 4 (didn't cross-post from IG for some reason, so I'll recreate it here now)This week starts off badly, our Alb Fusi...
09/10/2026

Week 4 (didn't cross-post from IG for some reason, so I'll recreate it here now)

This week starts off badly, our Alb Fusion filter which filters our fill water had started giving us problems in week 3 has now become borderline unusable. The flow rate has dropped over 90% and every time we go to fill water (every 3-4 days) we’re unable to and have to waste time finding and removing/replacing whichever filter is blocked.

Despite this we press on with the Cabot Trail visiting some beaches, completing coastal hikes and seeing one of many supposed first landing places where John Cabot discovered North America.

After an awful windy, loud, rocking night on the cliffs we head down to Pleasant Bay to catch another whale tour, this time on a Zodiak because different whales live in this bay. We followed a pair of Minke whales but they moved so fast we couldn't get a single shot of them! We did get a video of some seals though, can you see the pair of ugly looking ones? Those are the males!

Next up we do the famous Skyline Trail Hike then it’s time to head to North Sydney to catch our boat to Newfoundland! The island greets us with fog so dense you can’t see the front of the ship…

Newfoundland shows us our first ever iceberg! Check out the drone shots. After that we’re off to the Salmonid Interpretation Center to watch a real life salmon migration and learn about the work being done to preserve their routes.

Still with the ongoing water issues, we get hit hard with a new problem - mosquitos! The situation had been getting slowly worse the preceding nights but this night was off the scale - I woke with the buzzing in my ear to find at least 40 mosquitos in the camper with us, most had fed already. We closed up the windows, turned on the AC and spent an hour hunting them all down. The integrated fly nets on our camper windows don't seal around the edges so they don’t stop mosquitoes and other smaller insects.

We spent a couple of days in a car park making a custom velcro mosquito net for one of the windows, it solved the issue perfectly and during our repairs a kind local gave us some cod and crab! We ended the week by taking a couple of days rest on a gorgeous lake with shallow water and red sand.

Week 5We start this week with another rest day at Drover's Beach, Gambo - taking some time to eat the delicious sea food...
08/10/2026

Week 5

We start this week with another rest day at Drover's Beach, Gambo - taking some time to eat the delicious sea food gifted to us by our local friend Kevin while watching fish jumping out of the water.

Having been given a tip about a cheap reliable water sediment & charcoal filter we picked one up and replaced our problematic Alb water filter with it, which immediately eased (but not solved) our water issues.

After that we headed to the Trinity Loop for a bit of urban exploring. The loop is an abandoned railway circuit used to help trains traverse steep slopes, it was later turned into an amusement park then abandoned.

Next we head to our personal highlight of the week, Elliston puffin colony! Cuteness overload! Though sadly while watching we witnessed a fox sneak in and swipe a puffin away…

Bonavista was next with some rock formations along the coast and we spent the night in a beautiful harbour accompanied by an old community dog.

On the way to Bell Island we made a stop off at the town of D***o to check out the brewery and try a can of D***o, on Bell Island we checked out the Number 2 Mine Tour which took us to a massive iron ore mine that goes miles and miles under the ocean. The island was also the site of the only N**i attack in North America as the Germans looked to disrupt the iron ore supply chain.

Finally at the end of the week we arrive in St John’s! This had been a destination of ours for a long time as it's the most eastern point in Canada, which means here we turn around and finally start heading west!

Week 3This week we leave Nova Scotia and head to New Brunswick for just 1 sight, Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. This is...
22/09/2026

Week 3

This week we leave Nova Scotia and head to New Brunswick for just 1 sight, Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park. This is the other side of the Bay of Fundy where we saw the tidal changes at Burntcoat Head last week, so, same story, different rocks.

After walking under the rocks at low tide we head over to Prince Edward Island (PEI) and complete a North American overlanding classic - sleeping in a Walmart car park. While not the most glamorous place, we’ve had much worse nights, and it's nice to have facilities at hand.

By chance I spotted there was a potato museum nearby and Karolina was dead excited to go, so we did. Turns out PEI, with its rich red soil produces over 30% of all of Canada’s potatoes. The museum also has a restaurant, guess what they serve?

We spent the night at the fantastic Moth Lane Brewery before swinging by the Anne of Green Gables Museum and Heritage sites. Karolina read the book as a kid so it was nice for her to visit its origins.

Next up was the Prince Edward Island National Park, a stunning peninsula with lagoons, forest, dunes and a neverending beach. Check out the iconic red sand and sweeping drone shots.

That night was spent on some untouched cliffs watching seals playing in the shallows below us, in the morning we caught the ferry back over to Nova Scotia and drove to Cape Breton Island where was visited the Alexander Graham Bell museum - a man I previously only associated with the invention of the telephone, but it turns out he invented TONS of stuff and devoted a lot of his life to pioneering new method of teaching the hearing impaired how to communicate.

We finished the week at the state of the Cabot Trail, staying on a rugged beach where Karolina found a new favourite rock 😂

Week 2 - Part 2For the second half of the week we drove down to Brier Island, a trip that required 2 short & free ferrie...
19/09/2026

Week 2 - Part 2

For the second half of the week we drove down to Brier Island, a trip that required 2 short & free ferries. We spent the night on a beautiful bit of coast under a light house before waking up early for the reason we came here...

Whales! We followed 2 humpback whales and also saw some dolphins and lions mane jellyfish.

After the tour and a little explore of the extremely foggy area it was time to head to Burntcoat Head in the Bay of Fundy, home to the world's largest daily tidal changes. Check out the comparative drone shots! After that we slept on the beach nearby with a gorgeous sunset.

Lastly we visited The Joggins Fossil Cliffs though we arrived too late for a free tour and frankly didn't find much 😅

Week 2 - Part 1There was simply too much happening in week 2 so I've decided to split it up into parts 1 & 2. We crammed...
13/09/2026

Week 2 - Part 1

There was simply too much happening in week 2 so I've decided to split it up into parts 1 & 2. We crammed in a lot as we were so excited to get out and start sight seeing after so long planning the trip.

First stop was Peggy's Cove, a beautiful scenic fishing village famous for its lobster rolls. The lobster was decent if not very expensive!

After exploring the town Karolina was thrilled to have our 230v mains in our camper so she could use her hair dryer at last, we were less thrilled to discover the super markets here don't have fresh cream... All of them seem to use preservatives 😕

I also had to take some time to do a small bit of maintenance on the truck, air bubbles created by a recent service had caused the power steering fluid to drop below the minimum level. It was easy enough to find compatible fluid and top it up.

Next up was the town of Lunenburg, an old colonial town famous for its old sail boats and ships. Sadly the schooner Bluenose II wasn't in port and the rest of the town wasn't much interest to us, we did get to see a Blue Jay though.

After a stop for a tour at the Grand Pré winery in Annapolis we moved onto Cape Split for our first hike. We got a healthy dose of wildlife here spotting various colourful mushrooms, a bald eagle, a garter snake and a nesting osprey!

Week 1Our adventure begins!! We start by flying with the most amount of luggage I've ever taken on a flight - 7 bags! Al...
10/09/2026

Week 1

Our adventure begins!! We start by flying with the most amount of luggage I've ever taken on a flight - 7 bags! All about 20kg each... The reason being that our camper had to be empty for the voyage across the sea, and the journey is also very prone to theft.

Upon arrival, I go straight to the sea port customs office and obtain customs release approval for the truck. After that, it's time to go to the local shipping agency to collect her (and find that her GPS system is very confused).

Once the critical task of finding good b**r is done, disaster strikes as Karolina discovers in our first and only night in a hotel that her hair dryer won't work on Canadian mains voltage.

Next up we go to a hardware store to get the BBQ gas bottle that will supply our kitchen for the next few years and check out the Canadian essentials; hockey sticks, hunting am******on and maple syrup.

Finally we spent the next 2 nights at camp sites with some cute wildlife encounters, using the time to make final preparations to start our journey (repacking our bags into the camper, fitting the north American imperial gas fittings to our metric gas setup, cleaning our water tanks after being stagnant for several months, and discovering some early plumbing issues).

The second part of last summer's final hot weather test run of the camper build, a trip across Europe with Slovakia and ...
07/09/2026

The second part of last summer's final hot weather test run of the camper build, a trip across Europe with Slovakia and Budapest being the main attractions.

This was the last time Atlas MK1 would be taken out, as LA14 FKP "F**k Up" was due to be binned after this trip due to too many issues, some unresolvable. Atlas MK2 (our current truck) was already waiting for us back in the UK, pending her import registration documents.

Lessons learned on this trip allowed me to make the final design for the electrical system that we're still using today, and further refinements to the water system.

Here we stopped in Budapest for a few days, enjoyed a few nights out, walked the city, and went to the best shooting range I've ever been to.

04/09/2026

Until this point when we wanted to fill our water tanks we were having to fill up a Jerry can from the mains supply, then suck that water up with a 12v pump. We'd have to do this 4x in order to fill our tanks. We had no way to bypass the pump and connect directly to the mains supply, so filling our water tanks was a lengthy messy process each time. I added a valve and a new hose to enable me to switch between the pump or direct mains to fill up. Now the process is far faster and neater... Even if it doesn't look like it!

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