Check out the viewing figures on this one! Subs climbing well too… well deserved! It’s enjoyable seeing good people living their lives… it’ll just get even better from here 👌🏼 Lucky buggers!! Hope it’s as enjoyable as you want it to be 🤩
Do you know what, that is one of the best comments ever 😍😍😍😍 Every time our email pings a new notification we are like WHAT? We are just 2 randoms enjoying THE best time right now 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Honestly though your support has been amazing, even though you picked a meet up venue that A we couldn’t get to, and B a date we are not in the U.K. for 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@TheBabblingBrookes the fact you’re both enjoying life shows, that’s what we all enjoy seeing. Nobody wants drama, we just wanna see people having a good time, enjoy the ride 👍🏼
Its amazing Darren and Jess, absolutely loving life right now, and definitely hope to catch us with you next year...not sure what/if we are going to attend yet, but I am sure there will be some 👍 Have a great Christmas both and all the little ones of course 🎄🎅🏻😍
It’s so exciting 😁😁😁 You’ll be having the same experience the week after, so excited for you both as well 😍😍 See you in Spain you wonderful pair 😍❤️😍xxxx
Awww, we are so happy and excited for you. (and envious,😜) Looking forward to seeing where you go on your 3 month trip. See you now in a minute both xxx
Whoop Whoop so excited for you guys - no more alarms, no more work but must have been hard saying goodbye to your work colleagues. Looking forward to following your on your full time vanlife adventures 😍
I thought Derren would find it hard as he has worked for many years with a lot of people there, but think the exciting reality of what we are doing took over that feeling 😍😍
It’s an amazing feeling to be able to travel with more freedom than a 2 week annual leave period. Enjoy your planning for it in the meantime, and when the time comes you will love it 😍
Thank you so much 😊 We worked hard on our house to get the best money we could, so can appreciate where your at. Good luck for the start of your journey and adventures next year, we haven’t regretted a day since we sold everything in September 😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes Awh thank you so much!! Really appreciate that!❤️ yes!! I’m working on one now. I’m hoping to get it out in the next week! 😊looking forward to following your fabulous new life adventure ❤️☮️
Holy shitballs!!...I love you guys!!...and I watch all of 'em all!!...Go Go Go....travel travel travel!!...and watch all the van lifers on RUclips...you'll learn a lot!! love from Northern B.C Canada!!
Awwww thank you so much for your wonderful comment and kind support 😍 Feeling the love all the way from Canada 🥰 We watch a lot of vanlifers doing fulltime travel, and have been so envious of their travels….and now it’s finally our turn…whoop whoop 😁👍😍
Ooohh it absolutely gets super exciting from here 👍😍 You are both absolutely fabulous, but I think there may be some giggling 🤭 at my expense on the Dartford bridge 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I expect the view is amazing…Derren will be sure to let you know 🤣🤣😍 We are finally heading your way for a change 😍😍xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes make sure you wave as you go past, we don't live far from the tunnel. Operation Brock is back on from the other side of Maidstone, beware of idiots!! xxx
@@chorkiesinavan2738 we are approaching from Canterbury, so should be fine. We normally go to Bearstead club site, but Derren opted for Canterbury due to M20 issues 👍👍😍xx
Awwwww Adam, love you right back, and your blooming amazing as well ❤️ Definitely need a good catch up when we are back…this part is the saddest bit, not seeing friends for a while, but it will make the catch-up better 😍❤️😍xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes you better 😊🥰🥰 . Not sure if you know but your phone provider will limit your use over there . I know you don’t watch travel trolls but dam been using pay as you go sims from orange shop in Spain for data , think you get 100gb ones
@@FieldviewAdventures we have 3 numbers with 50gb data roaming per month on each. Spoke to EE and they said that we may be able to use more as we are unlimited on the Wi-Fi sim, but they can’t guarantee it. But we will get a local sim when there if/when we need it 👍😍😍😍
Brilliant. Good luck guys. Recommend Carcassonne and south around there. Stunning Cathar castles and views. But you will have a brilliant time wherever to go. Safe travels Dave & Sue
Thank you Dave and Sue for the recommendation as we have Carcassonne as a potential on our list, as it certainly does looks beautiful. Castles and views are 100% our cup of tea 👍😍
LIKE 72 👍 Thanks for sharing nice motorhome tour. Here your FRIEND from KOREA 🇰🇷 🌟💚 An exciting place to explore, thank you for taking us along good place my friend 🌷
Lol, the Satnavs are crap! We've had Tom Tom GoCamper, then we had a Snooper Truck one, now we're on a Tom Tom Professional which is for trucks, and they've all tried to send us down dodgy roads. So pleased for you both and hope you have an amazing time on your new adventures. Have fun.💖
@@TheBabblingBrookes nah, they're all pants so we just stick with this one now. It's good that you can send the w3w from your phone to it though. It's worth it for that at least as we use w3w a lot.
Congratulations on breaking the last ties with working life and setting out on your adventures. We are truly envious of you and wish you all the best for your new life. We still have a couple more years to work but will be doing the same, we'll maybe not selling the house. All the best Bryan and Dawn.
Hi Bryan and Dawn, you will love the freedom to travel, it’s so liberating. We couldn’t afford to keep the house and do this, as renting it out was not an option we wanted to explore…bad tenants in the past when we rented was enough experience 😱 When the right time comes to travel, you’ll know 😍
Well done on finishing work guys, what a great change of life and pace! Webuyanycar sounds like they held you back a bit. Welcome to your new semi-retired status. Asturias all the way! Its vast and lovely! Cavadonga, Cares Gorge, Ribadesella, Cudillero, Potes, Arenas De Cabrales! ❤
Wow and thank you for the recommendations 👍😍 I’ll be googling them after I finish typing 👍 Definitely a change of pace now, and we are absolutely looking forward to the new adventure 😍 We buy Any Car worked out alright in the end for us…just wish we had remembered to go food shopping before selling it 🤣🤣😍❤️
Adrian Flux was so quick and easy to sort…and at least we have proper full insurance now. I nearly cried on Tuesday when our insurance was cancelled…it’s just been such an easy transition and this was the first ‘poop pants’ moment 😱😍 Thought you were coming with us on the road for a moment then…now that definitely would make our crazy adventure even more crazier 🤣🤣😍😍xxxx
That does look stunning, and just added it to our Google pin list 👍 Probably won’t be on the way down route, as we are sticking to the west side, but fingers crossed it could be on the way back home 👍
wow!!! The start of an incredible life journey. I wish you so many happy miles of vanlife and an amazing adventure! I bet you cant wait 🙂 Now Viv-I-van is back on the road I'm going to wait til new year to start mine. I'll look forward to keeping up with your adventures in Europe. Bessy regs-Kenny
Aww thank you Kenny, we are on day 1 of this epic adventure and can’t believe it’s actually finally started - well the travelling part 😍 Glad Viv-I-van is back on the road again and waiting to embark on your journey as well 👍 Hope to see you out on the road next year 😍
🤣🤣 Awwwww Tim 🥰 and thank you for dinging that bell (eventually)🔔 Well you know the old saying ‘happy wife, happy life’ and personally we would absolutely love it if you and Sarah where tagging along with us on this mad crazy journey 😍😍 Tunnel is booked for Tuesday….so no pressure 🤣👍😍
Congratulations guys, the start of a great adventure and looking forward to following you on it. Most of the French campsites will be shut for winter, but there's still plenty of Aires to go at.
Nice one. The campsite we stayed on is closed now, but I think the aire next door is open. Nice 20 min walk down the lighted footpath by the river to town. Go hungry, cos there's some nice restaurants too.
Sooooooooooooooo happy for you guys, what an adventure !! Sorry can’t help on where to go but I’ll look forward to watching your journey guys Love the fact you have no plans, my kind of adventure !! Talk to you soon guys, good luck and big love ❤️🤜🤛
Yyyyaaaayyyy Alan, it’s an epic adventure and so excited that the travelling part has now started 😁😁😁😁 No plans means we can change direction any time the weather looks sunnier elsewhere 👍 To be fair we have never travelled anywhere with plans, except for in the U.K. Its a much easier way to travel in Europe 👍😍 Big love right back at you 😍❤️😍
Thank you so much 😊 We have avoided Spain when we have traveled over on previous trips as we only ever had 2 weeks holiday from work. So taking time to travel is definitely the way forward for this adventure 👍😍
Have a great time! We went to France in August and loved it so we are so jealous! Mike is semi retired and loves it, Elaine, Mike, Samuel and Thomas 😍😎👬
Hi Elaine and Mike, and of course Samuel and Thomas, it gets really exciting from here…and we may already be a teeny bit excited 😜 We are now on day 2 of semi retirement, and absolutely loving it, so can see why Mike enjoys it 🥰😍
And so it begins! Love you both, you have such a calm and easy to watch energy, bring on the new adventures ❤️❤️ p.s me and Taylor are thinking of taking up golfing with our newly acquired clubs 😁🤣 xx xx xx
🤣🤣🤣 loved you too until the last 3 words of that paragraph 🤣🤣🤣 Seriously we absolutely love you both loads and Copper of course ❤️ Thank you for your support baby boy, and we will see you all in March ❤️❤️❤️ Ps did that card come? xx xx xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes 🙊🙊🙊 seriously we absolutely love you too!!! 😁 The least I could do considering you're the reason I exist in the first place haha! That card has just arrived this morning I believe xx xx xx
Congratulations to you both! Can’t tell you how happy this makes me to come across this channel just as you embark on fulltime vanlife, lovely to see how excited you are, love your relaxed style of chatting to the camera, just watched your other fulltime vanlife video and you both have exactly the same attitude as us. We’re just getting our house ready to sell so we too can embark on fulltime next year all being well! We’re 60 and 62 so not yet retired and still figuring exactly how it’s all going to work, we currently have a 6m camper which we will want to upgrade to something bigger for FTVL, dreamt of going fulltime but haven’t been brave enough to go for it until now, I’m scared and excited in equal measure! Wishing you all the best on your first FTVL trip in Europe, hope you have the time of your life, looking forward to seeing your travels. 😊
Hi and this is such a beautiful comment that has made our hearts sing. We started this channel knowing that this is what we were ultimately going, and most of our other vlogs were about getting confidence behind the camera. So hopefully we are a lot more relaxed now 😊 Your adventures sound just as amazing and honestly we haven’t had a single day that we have thought that what we are doing is a mistake. We aren’t near retirement age so working as wardens over the summer months will give us the income to sustain this adventure. It’s a huge decision to make, and we have literally sold/given to charity everything that we couldn’t take with us. It was a scary decision to leave our well paid jobs and embark on this journey at our age, but for us, from the day we handed over the keys to our house…it has been the best journey of our lives so far 😍 If you ever need to ask any questions, then please feel free to messsge us, the fulltime Vanlife community is in our experience so far, just wonderful and supportive to be part of. Good luck getting everything in place…oh and start sorting your clothes, anything that’s tumble dryable is a definite wardrobe stayer 🤣👍😍 Cassie and Derren x
@@TheBabblingBrookes thank you for that lovely reply and kind offer to answer any questions I may well take you up on that over on Facebook Messenger! That’s a great idea to do warden work, we love the New Forest natural campsites - camping with the ponies, often thought a warden job there would be great, especially on their no facilities except water and waste sites, wishing you a long and happy vanlife adventure. ❤️
Epic guy’s so exciting to see where you end up going 😊🙏🏼 Totally understand your neutral feelings on leaving work Derren lots of emotion committed over many years ect in a few days you’ll be buzzing like Cassie Very best wishes Simon 🙏🏼😊
Hi Simon and thank you so much 😍 It’s a mad crazy thing to do, especially for Derren working at the same company for 30+ years. We are just waiting for the internal 5am body clock alarm to disappear now 🤣😍
Thank you for taking us all along with you as you start your new life! So excited to see everything you see! Just WOW! Well done! (Lots of exclamation marks 😂) Dione x
Pyrenees area is awesome and the Picos de Europa (Northern Spain) we did all of that on the motorbikes and the scenery is stunning. Definitely recommend that area 😊
@@TheBabblingBrookes Yeah go over the Pyrenees then you can pick up the N260 which is a fantastic road, heading west. It’s all stunning around that area and it won’t scare you I promise! 😁😘
Wow! So happy for you! Cassie you look so excited! Derren less so but I think he’s trying to concentrate on the road too lol 😂 Very jealous that we aren’t going in the same direction as you, to the sun ☀️ Can’t wait to see what you get upto - we’ll be following you every step of the way! Much love ❤️
Thank you Dale and Jackie ❤️ Derren is super excited but we were trying to navigate the A1 at Newark (always sooo busy there) 😱 but we won’t be driving next time…so he will have his giddy pants on 😜👍 Yours is all coming together as well now, and we are genuinely super excited for you both as well, and can’t wait to meet up with you both 😍❤️x
Oooo so jealous and looking forward to your vlogs! We travelled this year through France Spain and Portugal but along the west coast side down and across to Porto - so green and beautiful 😍 Lots of natural hot springs to enjoy in the mountains en route 🤗
Your route sounds perfect as that’s the most likely route we will be travelling. If you have any suggestions of places to definitely not miss, that would be absolutely amazing 😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes yes of course I will get some places names and pics of our stopovers and routes and send them to you - we 'wild-camped the whole month 😊
@@TheBabblingBrookes Hi there ! So we ferried from Poole to Cherbourg and drove to San Sebastien and along the west coast of Spain cutting through the mountains to Porto then a different route back via Vigo. Do you want the know best places to wild camp or sightseeing stuff?
I (Cassie) went there at the tender age of 12 on a school trip, but was too naive to appreciate the magnificence of it. Thank you for reminding me of this one 😍
❤ hi just subscribed. Millionaire Paul sent me. Wow van life- i would love to do that but i have farm animals that need taking care of. Bell is on so I will be getting your notifications. Stay safe❤
Hi and thank you 😊 We love Paul, he is putting out content that is worthy to think about as new creators 👍😍 Just dubbed and watched a video over 1 minute long to get you locked into our RUclips subscribers to watch. As we are travelling we are limited on data use, but will watch when we can 👍😍
Hi guys i love these adventures of yours kero them coming Weve done gudalest altear malaga Torremolinos gibraltar plus our last adventure was italy 2024 its a 10/10 its a must do lake garda is stunning naples didn't live up to the hype though amalfi coast well my head for heights is that good nerve wracking 😮
@@motorhomers-r-us we hadn’t thought about this route. We wanted to avoid the mountains so we’re going to go down the west side and into northern Spain…but we haven’t been before so not sure what route is best. So long as the Millau Bridge isn’t involved 😜🤣😧🙃x
@@TheBabblingBrookes Somport tunnel is a climb and a tad narrow in a few places but it’s ok 👌 All the artic lorry’s use it as the main route in and out of Spain. Best day to do it is a Sunday. You can check if it’s open before you get to it as occasionally it’s closed due to snow. It’s a shorter route than going Biarritz way. Jaca is a nice stop it’s a fortified town. but will be cold in December Theres a Lindt chocolate factory at oloron-sainte-Marie which you don’t want to go through on a Sunday thou as it’s shut 😂 x
I think you've made a big mistake 🤔 I would definitely take a few winter clothes with you haha 😄 Joking aside Both. Have an amazing adventure. This is an awesome lifestyle, the best. Take care and Enjoy Everything X
🤣🤣 if we need our Canada goose coats we have definitely gone in the wrong direction…however as chief Cas Cas navigator then that is a total possibility 🤣🤣 This is one crazy adventure, but for sure we will make it an amazing experience to have 😍xx
Check out the viewing figures on this one!
Subs climbing well too… well deserved!
It’s enjoyable seeing good people living their lives… it’ll just get even better from here 👌🏼
Lucky buggers!! Hope it’s as enjoyable as you want it to be 🤩
Do you know what, that is one of the best comments ever 😍😍😍😍 Every time our email pings a new notification we are like WHAT? We are just 2 randoms enjoying THE best time right now 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Honestly though your support has been amazing, even though you picked a meet up venue that A we couldn’t get to, and B a date we are not in the U.K. for 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@TheBabblingBrookes the fact you’re both enjoying life shows, that’s what we all enjoy seeing.
Nobody wants drama, we just wanna see people having a good time, enjoy the ride 👍🏼
@@Professionalmoochers exactly 👍😍
Hi guys so jealous 😢 you mentioned you sold your car have you sold your house to?
exciting time looking forward to following your adventures on your channel, catch up in person hopefully at one of the UK festivals next year.
Its amazing Darren and Jess, absolutely loving life right now, and definitely hope to catch us with you next year...not sure what/if we are going to attend yet, but I am sure there will be some 👍
Have a great Christmas both and all the little ones of course 🎄🎅🏻😍
Day one of a new season wishing you the best of luck . Helen and Martin .
Thank you Helen and Martin, we can’t believe the day is finally here to start the journey 😍
Woohoo! It's finally here!
Keep up that lovely energy you two and we will catch you up in Spain 🇪🇸 🌞💜xxx
It’s so exciting 😁😁😁
You’ll be having the same experience the week after, so excited for you both as well 😍😍
See you in Spain you wonderful pair 😍❤️😍xxxx
You look so happy!! You can see how excited your are. I hope life turns out exactly as you want it!! Enjoy!!! 🍻
Awww thank you, we are totally thrilled to be doing this right now, the best decision we have made 😍
Fabulous. Really looking forward to following your travels. Have a great time. Stay safe.
Thank you for following along on our travels 😁 It’s all about to get exciting for us now we are finally getting to travel 😍
Wow, big step but great adventures ahead! Looking forward to watching your upcoming endeavours, kind regards, Simon and Elaine👍
Hi and thank you so much Simon and Elaine 😍 Its a huge step, but we we are really looking forward to the new adventures and journeys coming our way 😍
Congratulations my friends 👋👋😃👍👍 Awesome!! Enjoy it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much, we are super excited to be finally travelling 😍
You're welcome!
Awww, we are so happy and excited for you. (and envious,😜) Looking forward to seeing where you go on your 3 month trip. See you now in a minute both xxx
Awe thank you Rhian and Dai, we are properly excited now 😍 Roll on Tuesday xxxx
Good luck on your journey. I look forward to seeing your travels.
Thank you very much Alan 😍
Have a epic trip guys. We’re going to miss you both ❤️
Awwwwww we are going to really miss you 4 as well 🥲😍❤️
Glad to see you happy at the start of your travels. Have fun, and bring me back some warmth😁😉👍
We are so excited now, it’s finally happening 😁😁 Warmth will definitely be shared your way 👍😍
Whoop Whoop so excited for you guys - no more alarms, no more work but must have been hard saying goodbye to your work colleagues. Looking forward to following your on your full time vanlife adventures 😍
I thought Derren would find it hard as he has worked for many years with a lot of people there, but think the exciting reality of what we are doing took over that feeling 😍😍
Congratulations on your new vanlife adventure, we’re looking forward to following along on the journey 🍻
It’s finally time to start 😍😍 Thank you so much and hope your both good 😍
Congrats on day one of your new adventures!
It’s been a fantastic first day of freedom Rob 😍
Enjoy your trip! Have a smashing time!!! 😊
Thank you so much, it’s going to be an amazing experience 😍
Great video guys enjoy it !😀😀
Thank you so much 😍😍
Great share, I really enjoyed ! thanks for sharing ! +👍135❤
Thank you for watching and commenting 😍
Congratulations! Good luck on your new chapter 👍Graeme
Thank you so much Graeme 😍
This is going to be an awesome adventure!!!
It really really is…we are so mega excited to be able to do this 😍
Very nice travel video sharing 👍🏻 superb
Stay connected 👍🏻🎄🙏🎄
Thank you for watching and commenting 😊
Really happy for you both, massive congratulations 🎉 🎉🎉 enjoy every moment of your journey. XxRR
Awww thank you so much, it’s all getting real now…nearly Tuesday tunnel day 😍😍xx
Enjoy! Have a fantastic time ❤
Thank you so much, we are so excited now…imagine what we are going to be like Tuesday morning when it’s tunnel day 👍🤣😍❤️
Van life forever now .Hope it all goes well for you both on the new Europe adventures . Thanks for the update video 📹
Awww thank you Adzey 😍 Now off to finally explore Vanlife on the open road 👍😍
It all begins here
It sure does
Congratulations. Hope you 2 have some fantastic adventures. Safe travels ☺️
Hi both and thank you so much 😍 finally the travelling has started 😁😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes enjoy Spain and a bit of warmer weather ❤️
@@vanlifetipstech fingers crossed it’s warmer 🤣😍
Yayy full time travels. I can’t wait til I’m full time. 😊
It’s an amazing feeling to be able to travel with more freedom than a 2 week annual leave period. Enjoy your planning for it in the meantime, and when the time comes you will love it 😍
Watching now
Thank you Adzey 👍
congratulations, youre so lucky! im working hard to finish my house, hopefully next year we will be doing the same. good luck you two.
Thank you so much 😊 We worked hard on our house to get the best money we could, so can appreciate where your at. Good luck for the start of your journey and adventures next year, we haven’t regretted a day since we sold everything in September 😍
Have a great adventure 👍🏻
Thank you so much 😊
Wonderful! We’ve been full time for around 6 months! We wouldn’t have it any other way ❤ good luck both ❤
Thank you so much, we are so excited 😊 We have watched your videos, any more planned for release? 😍❤️
@@TheBabblingBrookes Awh thank you so much!! Really appreciate that!❤️ yes!! I’m working on one now. I’m hoping to get it out in the next week! 😊looking forward to following your fabulous new life adventure ❤️☮️
Good luck on the adventures, and that van is very cool i must say 😊
Awwww thank you, and we love our ‘home on wheels’ 😍
Holy shitballs!!...I love you guys!!...and I watch all of 'em all!!...Go Go Go....travel travel travel!!...and watch all the van lifers on RUclips...you'll learn a lot!! love from Northern B.C Canada!!
Awwww thank you so much for your wonderful comment and kind support 😍 Feeling the love all the way from Canada 🥰
We watch a lot of vanlifers doing fulltime travel, and have been so envious of their travels….and now it’s finally our turn…whoop whoop 😁👍😍
Now it gets exciting seeing where you end up, can't wait! Hope you liked the Dartford Bridge Cassie, fantastic views 😅🤣😂 Take care xx 🐾🐾🐕🦓
Ooohh it absolutely gets super exciting from here 👍😍 You are both absolutely fabulous, but I think there may be some giggling 🤭 at my expense on the Dartford bridge 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I expect the view is amazing…Derren will be sure to let you know 🤣🤣😍
We are finally heading your way for a change 😍😍xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes make sure you wave as you go past, we don't live far from the tunnel. Operation Brock is back on from the other side of Maidstone, beware of idiots!! xxx
@@chorkiesinavan2738 we are approaching from Canterbury, so should be fine. We normally go to Bearstead club site, but Derren opted for Canterbury due to M20 issues 👍👍😍xx
absolutely love you guys and can't wait to meet up again when your back, have a fantastic time and catch up when your back❤❤❤
Awwwww Adam, love you right back, and your blooming amazing as well ❤️ Definitely need a good catch up when we are back…this part is the saddest bit, not seeing friends for a while, but it will make the catch-up better 😍❤️😍xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes ♥
Brilliant 🎉 Congratulations 👏 Now every day is a weekend 🤭 Love how excited you are! Enjoy it, as they say, life begins now 😎💜 Travel safe, Em💛 xxx
Awwww thanks Em, you have always been so super supportive of us, thank you 😍 xxxx
Safe travels & have a blast on your full-time van life adventures! New sub to follow along!
Thank you so much Annie, it’s hugely appreciated 👍😍
exciting times 🙂
Oooh Cara it is and it’s finally begun 😁😁😍😍
Shame we didn’t get to say goodbye safe travels guys ❤
Yes, it’s been a crazy crazy week 😜 Will catch up with you for sure when we are back 👍😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes you better 😊🥰🥰 . Not sure if you know but your phone provider will limit your use over there . I know you don’t watch travel trolls but dam been using pay as you go sims from orange shop in Spain for data , think you get 100gb ones
@@FieldviewAdventures we have 3 numbers with 50gb data roaming per month on each. Spoke to EE and they said that we may be able to use more as we are unlimited on the Wi-Fi sim, but they can’t guarantee it. But we will get a local sim when there if/when we need it 👍😍😍😍
Oradour sur Glane is a very interesting and moving place, Brantomé is a stunning town in the Dordogne.
Oradour is a place where our heads want to go, but our hearts will be sad. Brantome we haven’t heard of…will check that one out for sure, thank you 😊😍
Brilliant. Good luck guys.
Recommend Carcassonne and south around there. Stunning Cathar castles and views.
But you will have a brilliant time wherever to go.
Safe travels
Dave & Sue
Thank you Dave and Sue for the recommendation as we have Carcassonne as a potential on our list, as it certainly does looks beautiful. Castles and views are 100% our cup of tea 👍😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes you’ll love it. Most amazing castles on jagged mountains we’ve ever seen!!
@@NBNatureTrailvan definitely a must to go there then 👍👍
LIKE 72 👍 Thanks for sharing nice motorhome tour. Here your FRIEND from KOREA 🇰🇷 🌟💚 An exciting place to explore, thank you for taking us along good place my friend 🌷
Thank you for watching and commenting, glad you enjoyed it 👍😊
Lol, the Satnavs are crap! We've had Tom Tom GoCamper, then we had a Snooper Truck one, now we're on a Tom Tom Professional which is for trucks, and they've all tried to send us down dodgy roads. So pleased for you both and hope you have an amazing time on your new adventures. Have fun.💖
Ooohh I was so hoping you were going to recommend a decent Satnav then 🤣
We are really looking forward to Tuesday now 😁😁😍😍xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes nah, they're all pants so we just stick with this one now. It's good that you can send the w3w from your phone to it though. It's worth it for that at least as we use w3w a lot.
Congratulations on breaking the last ties with working life and setting out on your adventures. We are truly envious of you and wish you all the best for your new life. We still have a couple more years to work but will be doing the same, we'll maybe not selling the house. All the best Bryan and Dawn.
Hi Bryan and Dawn, you will love the freedom to travel, it’s so liberating. We couldn’t afford to keep the house and do this, as renting it out was not an option we wanted to explore…bad tenants in the past when we rented was enough experience 😱
When the right time comes to travel, you’ll know 😍
Well done on finishing work guys, what a great change of life and pace! Webuyanycar sounds like they held you back a bit. Welcome to your new semi-retired status. Asturias all the way! Its vast and lovely! Cavadonga, Cares Gorge, Ribadesella, Cudillero, Potes, Arenas De Cabrales! ❤
Wow and thank you for the recommendations 👍😍 I’ll be googling them after I finish typing 👍
Definitely a change of pace now, and we are absolutely looking forward to the new adventure 😍
We buy Any Car worked out alright in the end for us…just wish we had remembered to go food shopping before selling it 🤣🤣😍❤️
@@TheBabblingBrookes so pleased for you guys, a well deserved new adventure ♥️
@@GENerationXplorers thank you both so much😍❤️
We’re with Adrian Flux 👍 you can tell your both excited - good luck guys we’ll be coming with you, through the TV of course xxx ❤
Adrian Flux was so quick and easy to sort…and at least we have proper full insurance now. I nearly cried on Tuesday when our insurance was cancelled…it’s just been such an easy transition and this was the first ‘poop pants’ moment 😱😍
Thought you were coming with us on the road for a moment then…now that definitely would make our crazy adventure even more crazier 🤣🤣😍😍xxxx
Good luck on your travels . Rocamadour is worth a visit on your way down . Have fun 👍
That does look stunning, and just added it to our Google pin list 👍 Probably won’t be on the way down route, as we are sticking to the west side, but fingers crossed it could be on the way back home 👍
wow!!! The start of an incredible life journey. I wish you so many happy miles of vanlife and an amazing adventure! I bet you cant wait 🙂 Now Viv-I-van is back on the road I'm going to wait til new year to start mine. I'll look forward to keeping up with your adventures in Europe. Bessy regs-Kenny
Aww thank you Kenny, we are on day 1 of this epic adventure and can’t believe it’s actually finally started - well the travelling part 😍 Glad Viv-I-van is back on the road again and waiting to embark on your journey as well 👍 Hope to see you out on the road next year 😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes I hope so too, guys. Who knows, we may appear in each others channels lol.
Happy safe travels 🥳 I’ve hit the notification bell this time Cassie 🤣 we’re so excited for both of you, you’ve got Sarah thinking now 🤣🤗🥰🥳🥂
🤣🤣 Awwwww Tim 🥰 and thank you for dinging that bell (eventually)🔔
Well you know the old saying ‘happy wife, happy life’ and personally we would absolutely love it if you and Sarah where tagging along with us on this mad crazy journey 😍😍 Tunnel is booked for Tuesday….so no pressure 🤣👍😍
Congratulations guys, the start of a great adventure and looking forward to following you on it. Most of the French campsites will be shut for winter, but there's still plenty of Aires to go at.
Thank you, we were a little unsure if that would be the case regards campsites, so Aires it is 👍😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes if you are heading to the Loire, call in at Chartres, the light show in the medieval town, is something to behold.
@@48counties19 now that sounds absolutely amazing to see - thank you, heading straight to google maps to pin that one 😍😍😍
Nice one. The campsite we stayed on is closed now, but I think the aire next door is open. Nice 20 min walk down the lighted footpath by the river to town. Go hungry, cos there's some nice restaurants too.
@@48counties19 you’ve definitely sold this one to us, thank you 😊 😍
Sooooooooooooooo happy for you guys, what an adventure !! Sorry can’t help on where to go but I’ll look forward to watching your journey guys
Love the fact you have no plans, my kind of adventure !!
Talk to you soon guys, good luck and big love ❤️🤜🤛
Yyyyaaaayyyy Alan, it’s an epic adventure and so excited that the travelling part has now started 😁😁😁😁
No plans means we can change direction any time the weather looks sunnier elsewhere 👍 To be fair we have never travelled anywhere with plans, except for in the U.K. Its a much easier way to travel in Europe 👍😍
Big love right back at you 😍❤️😍
Congratulations both of you. Safe travels and take your time 👍🏻🚐😃
Thank you so much 😊 We have avoided Spain when we have traveled over on previous trips as we only ever had 2 weeks holiday from work. So taking time to travel is definitely the way forward for this adventure 👍😍
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Have a great time! We went to France in August and loved it so we are so jealous! Mike is semi retired and loves it, Elaine, Mike, Samuel and Thomas 😍😎👬
Hi Elaine and Mike, and of course Samuel and Thomas, it gets really exciting from here…and we may already be a teeny bit excited 😜 We are now on day 2 of semi retirement, and absolutely loving it, so can see why Mike enjoys it 🥰😍
And so it begins! Love you both, you have such a calm and easy to watch energy, bring on the new adventures ❤️❤️ p.s me and Taylor are thinking of taking up golfing with our newly acquired clubs 😁🤣 xx xx xx
🤣🤣🤣 loved you too until the last 3 words of that paragraph 🤣🤣🤣
Seriously we absolutely love you both loads and Copper of course ❤️
Thank you for your support baby boy, and we will see you all in March ❤️❤️❤️
Ps did that card come? xx xx xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes 🙊🙊🙊 seriously we absolutely love you too!!! 😁 The least I could do considering you're the reason I exist in the first place haha!
That card has just arrived this morning I believe xx xx xx
Congratulations to you both! Can’t tell you how happy this makes me to come across this channel just as you embark on fulltime vanlife, lovely to see how excited you are, love your relaxed style of chatting to the camera, just watched your other fulltime vanlife video and you both have exactly the same attitude as us. We’re just getting our house ready to sell so we too can embark on fulltime next year all being well! We’re 60 and 62 so not yet retired and still figuring exactly how it’s all going to work, we currently have a 6m camper which we will want to upgrade to something bigger for FTVL, dreamt of going fulltime but haven’t been brave enough to go for it until now, I’m scared and excited in equal measure! Wishing you all the best on your first FTVL trip in Europe, hope you have the time of your life, looking forward to seeing your travels. 😊
Hi and this is such a beautiful comment that has made our hearts sing. We started this channel knowing that this is what we were ultimately going, and most of our other vlogs were about getting confidence behind the camera. So hopefully we are a lot more relaxed now 😊
Your adventures sound just as amazing and honestly we haven’t had a single day that we have thought that what we are doing is a mistake. We aren’t near retirement age so working as wardens over the summer months will give us the income to sustain this adventure.
It’s a huge decision to make, and we have literally sold/given to charity everything that we couldn’t take with us.
It was a scary decision to leave our well paid jobs and embark on this journey at our age, but for us, from the day we handed over the keys to our house…it has been the best journey of our lives so far 😍
If you ever need to ask any questions, then please feel free to messsge us, the fulltime Vanlife community is in our experience so far, just wonderful and supportive to be part of. Good luck getting everything in place…oh and start sorting your clothes, anything that’s tumble dryable is a definite wardrobe stayer 🤣👍😍 Cassie and Derren x
@@TheBabblingBrookes thank you for that lovely reply and kind offer to answer any questions I may well take you up on that over on Facebook Messenger! That’s a great idea to do warden work, we love the New Forest natural campsites - camping with the ponies, often thought a warden job there would be great, especially on their no facilities except water and waste sites, wishing you a long and happy vanlife adventure. ❤️
Epic guy’s so exciting to see where you end up going 😊🙏🏼
Totally understand your neutral feelings on leaving work Derren lots of emotion committed over many years ect
in a few days you’ll be buzzing like Cassie
Very best wishes Simon 🙏🏼😊
Hi Simon and thank you so much 😍 It’s a mad crazy thing to do, especially for Derren working at the same company for 30+ years. We are just waiting for the internal 5am body clock alarm to disappear now 🤣😍
Thank you for taking us all along with you as you start your new life! So excited to see everything you see! Just WOW! Well done! (Lots of exclamation marks 😂) Dione x
Hi Dione 😍 that was a lot of exclamation marks…but I use them a lot to show how excited I am…so I can feel your excitement for us 😁😁😁😁😁😁 Cassie x
wooo full time van life :)
It’s an amazing feeling…..FREEDOM 😍😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes awww I can imagine it is!
Hadir nyimak videonya teman 🙏🙏
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1.6K views as I write this - great news you happy travellers!! Can't wait for the next one. Warm wishes from Millionaire Paul :)
I know, it’s amazing the amount of views 😁🥰
Now to deliver on Europe 👍🤣😍
Pyrenees area is awesome and the Picos de Europa (Northern Spain) we did all of that on the motorbikes and the scenery is stunning. Definitely recommend that area 😊
Are they both accessible with a motorhome without going up cliff hanging road edges? 😱😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes Yeah go over the Pyrenees then you can pick up the N260 which is a fantastic road, heading west. It’s all stunning around that area and it won’t scare you I promise! 😁😘
@@brewtusadventures Derren is on Google maps now 👍😍
Wow! So happy for you! Cassie you look so excited! Derren less so but I think he’s trying to concentrate on the road too lol 😂
Very jealous that we aren’t going in the same direction as you, to the sun ☀️
Can’t wait to see what you get upto - we’ll be following you every step of the way! Much love ❤️
Thank you Dale and Jackie ❤️
Derren is super excited but we were trying to navigate the A1 at Newark (always sooo busy there) 😱 but we won’t be driving next time…so he will have his giddy pants on 😜👍
Yours is all coming together as well now, and we are genuinely super excited for you both as well, and can’t wait to meet up with you both 😍❤️x
@@TheBabblingBrookes 🥰
Oooo so jealous and looking forward to your vlogs! We travelled this year through France Spain and Portugal but along the west coast side down and across to Porto - so green and beautiful 😍 Lots of natural hot springs to enjoy in the mountains en route 🤗
Your route sounds perfect as that’s the most likely route we will be travelling. If you have any suggestions of places to definitely not miss, that would be absolutely amazing 😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes yes of course I will get some places names and pics of our stopovers and routes and send them to you - we 'wild-camped the whole month 😊
@@ShaliDino thank you so much, and wild camping as well….love it 😍😍
@@ShaliDino super looking forward to getting the recommendations, thank you 😍
@@TheBabblingBrookes Hi there ! So we ferried from Poole to Cherbourg and drove to San Sebastien and along the west coast of Spain cutting through the mountains to Porto then a different route back via Vigo. Do you want the know best places to wild camp or sightseeing stuff?
Salam kenal sodaraku, sodara baru siap slalu supot, semoga selalu sehat, semangat dan canel nya makin berkembang, aamiin,,,
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Mont st michael .You will not be dissapointed .The 2 nd most visited place in France.
I (Cassie) went there at the tender age of 12 on a school trip, but was too naive to appreciate the magnificence of it. Thank you for reminding me of this one 😍
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❤ hi just subscribed. Millionaire Paul sent me. Wow van life- i would love to do that but i have farm animals that need taking care of. Bell is on so I will be getting your notifications. Stay safe❤
Hi and thank you 😊 We love Paul, he is putting out content that is worthy to think about as new creators 👍😍 Just dubbed and watched a video over 1 minute long to get you locked into our RUclips subscribers to watch. As we are travelling we are limited on data use, but will watch when we can 👍😍
Congratulations to you both but please ditch the background music whilst you are talking!!
Thank you so much 😊 and the background music comment whilst talking has been noted 👍😊
Hi guys i love these adventures of yours kero them coming Weve done gudalest altear malaga Torremolinos gibraltar plus our last adventure was italy 2024 its a 10/10 its a must do lake garda is stunning naples didn't live up to the hype though amalfi coast well my head for heights is that good nerve wracking 😮
You doing the Somport tunnel x
What and where is that? xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes it’s the way we go into Spain 🇪🇸 below Bordeaux it drops you into Jaca then down past Zaragoza x
@@motorhomers-r-us we hadn’t thought about this route. We wanted to avoid the mountains so we’re going to go down the west side and into northern Spain…but we haven’t been before so not sure what route is best. So long as the Millau Bridge isn’t involved 😜🤣😧🙃x
@@TheBabblingBrookes Somport tunnel is a climb and a tad narrow in a few places but it’s ok 👌
All the artic lorry’s use it as the main route in and out of Spain. Best day to do it is a Sunday. You can check if it’s open before you get to it as occasionally it’s closed due to snow.
It’s a shorter route than going Biarritz way.
Jaca is a nice stop it’s a fortified town. but will be cold in December
Theres a Lindt chocolate factory at oloron-sainte-Marie which you don’t want to go through on a Sunday thou as it’s shut 😂 x
useful ! wat a promo?~farewell~friend. =)
Thank you so much 😊 Europe here we come 😁😁
I think you've made a big mistake 🤔 I would definitely take a few winter clothes with you haha 😄 Joking aside Both. Have an amazing adventure. This is an awesome lifestyle, the best. Take care and Enjoy Everything X
🤣🤣 if we need our Canada goose coats we have definitely gone in the wrong direction…however as chief Cas Cas navigator then that is a total possibility 🤣🤣
This is one crazy adventure, but for sure we will make it an amazing experience to have 😍xx
@@TheBabblingBrookes Enjoy Yourselves X
How much more did your insurance cost, for full time in the van?
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Hi lily Brockbank Cassie
Hi Lily 😍 Hope you have had a fantastic Christmas 🎅🏻🎄😍