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Ask Steve →- 04OCT'26Featured
Hailstorms, a minor collision, and (hopefully) a van fix: Carcassonne and the Aeroscopia museum
A van that has been playing up since Portugal, a tornado-grade hailstorm and a car park collision: a busy few days in the south of France.
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- 27SEPT'26
Back to Playa Bara: Lyndsay's childhood campsite, 33 years later
Lyndsay was last at Playa Bara 33 years ago, getting her GCSE results by fax. This summer we went back to her childhood campsite on the Costa Dorada.
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- 20SEPT'26
Peñíscola, Then Playa Montroig: Dinner on a Hilltop and a Five-Star Splurge
Lyndsay was back. We scooped her up from Valencia airport, had a lovely quiet evening together as a family, and then the next morning pointed the van two hours north to Peñíscola.
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- 13SEPT'26
She Brought the Storm With Her: Benidorm, an Eclipse and a Full Coast
We collected Eddie from the airport, watched an eclipse over Benidorm, got turned away from half the coast, and then Lyndsay flew back into Valencia in the middle of a storm.
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- 06SEPT'26
Failed Again: La Marina Was Full (and Lyndsay Flew Home)
Three weeks into Spain and Portugal, the trip was winding down in the best possible way, right up until it wasn't.
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- 30AUG'26
We lost power going up the mountain (twice), found two campsites, and stayed with friends in the Spanish hills
A Fiat-based motorhome with a turbo problem, a mountain road with no sympathy for struggling engines, and a couple of campsites found entirely on the fly.
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- 23AUG'26
The van is still broken, but we still made it to Gibraltar
There is something uniquely stressful about driving a brand new motorhome across southern Spain while quietly wondering whether the engine is about to give up on you entirely.
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- 16AUG'26
Broken down in Portugal: skid wheels, a van that lost power, and why Mickey's place makes it all better
We lost power on a hill somewhere between the Alentejo and the Algarve, hazard lights on, flooring it and going nowhere fast.
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- 09AUG'26
Camping with travellers in Lisbon: Lisboa Camping, a beach park-up, and the knock on the door
Two nights near Lisbon: a lovely campsite, a day in the city without me, a free beach park-up, a dying fridge and a late-night knock on the door from the owner.
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- 02AUG'26
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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- 26JUL'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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- 22JUL'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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- 19JUL'26
Someone Tried to Break Into Our Van (But We're Not Letting It Ruin Anything)
We arrived at Dummer Down Farm for a little shakedown before the summer Europe trip, parked up with around ten other vans, and the first thing I noticed when I went to get the
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- 12JUL'26
Van Love 2026 at Thruxton: What Really Happened
Van Love 2026 was the fourth time this event has run, but the first time it's been held at Thruxton Race Circuit rather than Elvington Airfield.
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- 05JUL'26
Camping Dangerously Close in Europe: Cologne, Bruges & the World Cup
Steve and Harry chase the World Cup from Amsterdam to Cologne and Bruges, catching up with an old friend and living through the tightest park-up of the trip.
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- 28JUN'26
Amsterdam With Harry: Football Shirts, Free Ferries, and 20,000 Steps a Day
Steve and Harry spend two days walking Amsterdam end to end, from free ferries and football shirt shops to a full English cooked outside the van.
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- 21JUN'26
Father and Son Road Trip: Antwerp and Rotterdam (With a Side of Delays)
Steve and Harry set off on a father-son road trip to Europe, and a Eurotunnel delay is just the start: a new friend in Antwerp and a soaking wet day in Rotterdam.
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- 14JUN'26
Swift Kon-Tiki 874 vs Dethleffs XL Family: A Proper Head-to-Head
We park our old Swift Kon-Tiki 874 next to our new Dethleffs XL Family for a proper head to head, and find out what its new owners have upgraded since we sold it.
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- 07JUN'26
Vanlife Festival 2026: Camping with Our Old Kon-Tiki
An emotional reunion with our old Kon-Tiki, the Bluetti Elite 300 on test, and a wine tasting that made Sunday morning slightly harder than planned.
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- 31MAY'26
Big Changes for the Roaming Radfords (New Website, Ask Steve, and Summer Merch!)
Eddie's new Roaming Radfords website goes live, with an AI-powered Ask Steve, an updated map, and the summer 2026 merch drop.
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- 24MAY'26
A Diesel Heater, a 1950 MG, and a Very Cold Night on the Welsh Border
Steve gets a diesel heater fitted at Autoterm in North Wales, survives a solo night at 3 degrees, and takes a spin in a 1950 MG with suicide doors.
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- 04JUN'21summer 2020 road trip
Tips for buying your first motorhome
Fifteen years in, here's what we wish someone had told us at the dealership the first time round. Layouts, hookups, payload, and the questions you forget to ask.
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