A slow-travel journal
Though our home is small, its windows open on a wide world.
David & Diane, a van named Walden, and the long way round. Field notes from a life lived a little differently.
Where we are now
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Latest from the road
The journal
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The Stones Remember: A Walk Up to Auchindoun
A walk up to the roofless tower of Auchindoun Castle in Speyside, where the light is gorgeous, the ramparts are ancient, and…
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In Praise of Plain Places: Finding Beauty near Keith
Some places don’t announce themselves. On an ordinary morning near Keith in Moray, we found that the plainest corners of Scotland reward…
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Campervan Parking in Keith: The Quiet Economics of a Warm Welcome
Finding easy campervan parking in Keith, Scotland, and why a big, welcoming space brings outside money into small Moray towns. Practical notes…
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Vanlife Laundry Day: Everything Clean at Once in Forres, Scotland
How laundry really works when home is a van: where to go, what it costs, and the unexpected joy of everything you…
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Findhorn Beach: Sunset Walks and a Motorhome Stopover on the Moray Coast
Staying by the beach at Findhorn, Scotland, a lazy Moray village with a motorhome stopover a short walk from the sand, and…
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A Quiet Harbour on the NC500: An Overnight at Latheronwheel
Finding a quiet harbour to overnight on the NC500: Latheronwheel, on the Caithness coast, where fifty fishing boats once worked and now…
Featured series
A Scottish Summer, the Slow Way
Beaches on the Moray Firth, standing stones older than the pyramids, and quiet harbours on the NC500, met with beautiful people, wonderful history, and a bit of rain that never once dampened the welcome.
Beautiful
people
Wonderful
history
A bit of
rain
Postcards, occasionally
A letter from the road, once a month.
Where we’ve been, what we cooked, and the one road we’d drive again. No spam. We can barely find signal as it is.
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