A family travel blog · since 2007

A family
on the road.

Right. We're the Radfords (Steve, Lyndsay, Eddie, Harry and George) and we've been doing this since 2007, when we bought a 1989 Talbot Pilote for £5,000 with no idea what we were doing. Nineteen years later, seven motorhomes deep, and the plan is essentially the same. We set off with a rough direction in mind and find the rest as we go: no pre-booked pitches, no itinerary, just the van and whatever happens next. That's the whole point of it.

Steve, Lyndsay & the boys xxx

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19+ years roaming

7 motorhomes

20+ countries

The motorhome on a hairpin bend in the Alps

Alps · June '24

All five Radfords: Steve, Lyndsay, Eddie, Harry and George

All five of us

Lake Como, the boys

Our channels

Three channels, same family.

Full trip vlogs, motorhome tech and walk-arounds, or the home-life series: pick whichever suits.

Roaming Radfords
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The main family channel. Trip recaps, motorhome reviews, life on the road.

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Steve & Lynds
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Lyndsay and Steve's home life series, cooking, the house, the bit between the trips.

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Steve Radford
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Steve's solo channel, motorhome tech, hookups, gear that actually works.

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Podcasts

Conversations with the Roaming Radfords.

Long-form interviews with friends from the road. Same Podbean feed Steve & Lyndsay have published to since launch.

Recent trips

Where we've been.

Three from the archive, the rest are on the map.

From the blog

From the writing desk.

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Long read

15 NOV 2026

Forced to Abandon My Ireland Road Trip

Three solo winter road trips in a row, each one pushing a bit further: the NC500, then the Sahara Desert, and this year Ireland and the Wild Atlantic Way.

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08 NOV '26

We Finally Figured Out the Motorhome Power Loss Problem (and Had a Cracking Halloween Weekend)

The power loss on our summer trip has been hanging over us for months, so it felt good to finally have something approaching an answer, even if we cannot confirm it until we get

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01 NOV '26

We Flew to Portugal, Borrowed a Campervan, and Got Food Poisoning (Totally Worth It)

A long weekend in Porto with no motorhome, no kids, and a borrowed left-hand-drive campervan from friends who run our favourite campsite in Portugal.

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Guides

Honest advice from the road.

Long, practical guides to choosing, buying and living with a motorhome, from a family who have done all three for real. No spec sheets, no sales patter.

Touring Europe

Motorhoming in Portugal: campsites, tolls and what we learned

Getting there through Spain, tolls and speed bumps, the 2021 overnight parking rules, and real campsite prices from our 2026 trip. From two tours, Porto to the Algarve, and what went wrong.

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Spain campsites

Motorhome campsites on Spain's Mediterranean coast: where we stayed in 2026

Every campsite we stayed at or tried between Gibraltar and Barcelona in August 2026, from Mariposa Libre to Playa Montroig and Playa Bara. What we paid, what was full, and what suits a big van and a family.

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Touring Europe

Motorhome breakdown abroad: what to do (and what we learned the hard way)

Losing power on hills from Portugal to France, breakdown cover over 3.5 tonnes, limp mode, finding a mechanic who can actually help, and getting home. Three breakdowns abroad in three summers.

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