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

24+ 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
6.0k subscribers

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

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Steve Radford
8.8k subscribers

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

2 AUG 2026

They Made Us Change Our Plans: Porto, Sardines, and Why We're Basically Moving to Portugal

There are trips where everything goes to plan, and then there are trips like this one.

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26 JUL '26

We've Split Up and Gone Separate Ways: Spain and Portugal Here We Come

George's passport didn't arrive in time for the ferry. That's the long and short of it.

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22 JUL '26

Will We Make It? Passport Drama, New Air Con, and a Very Stressful Saturday

This genuinely was not the video we planned to make. The plan was simple: finish the last bits on the van, pack up, and head off to Europe for the summer.

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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.

Buying a motorhome

The best family motorhome, from a family who've owned eight

Belted seats versus berths, layouts that survive a rainy afternoon, and what to buy at each family stage. The lessons from eight vans in nineteen years, most learned the hard way.

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Choosing a van

Motorhome vs campervan: which is right for your family?

We own both a nine-metre coachbuilt and an electric VW ID Buzz, and use them for completely different jobs. Space and belts versus drivability and running costs, honestly weighed.

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Touring Europe

Motorhoming in Spain: routes, campsites and what we learned

The Santander ferry, aires versus campsites, driving and tolls, and real stops from our own map. What we picked up driving Spain on the way to Portugal and Morocco.

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