Well I started out travelling full time, but I've been parked up for a couple of years tending to medical stuff. But I do live in my van full time, and where I'm parked is where I live.
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Hi Cee .. Sorry, I missed your post .. Quite a few out there as I've found out. I wouldn't be surprised if there were as many females as there is males travelling fulltime. What seems to be beneficial to many is to be part of a 'registered' solo type group. This can be a help if you find it difficult to mix easily .. Its not necessary to join immediately .. follow your instinct .. you may also appreciate the great option of time on your own .. it's all god !
On Monday, I refuelled car. Car and van pulled in on opposite side of bowser (male, 60 plus on his own). Two minutes later, car and van pulled in behind me (lady 50 plus on her own).
I paid for fuel and left. My thoughts were on options and opportunities. Thirty minutes later, I overtook smaller wagon, towing camper, lady on own. Again today. I overtook sedan towing van, lady on own.
I have done about 10,000 towing van, on my own. Not my preferred option. From 2012, I propose a few months travel in van every year. I certainly would prefer not to be on my own
-- Edited by nswoutback on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 09:08:46 PM
I would think that most of us dont want to trave lalone but thing's happen .and if we want to go we have to go solol or not at all ... but i think will all of us out there we surely must meet up and have a solo bbq and a few drinkies while on the road exchange story's about our adventure i for one cant wait to be out there saying hello to all the solos and the married nomads as welll some much to see so little time i need to get going lol
I have done few small trips and i found as many solo women as there is men on road
-- Edited by lilly on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 09:21:49 PM
It's a great life, and strange as it may seem, I for one never feel lonely. Solo is the preferred option to having the wrong person intruding on your adventures. I enjoy the driving and I enjoy the time in van parks meeting fellow travellers, of the married and single variety, of all ages. We nomads are an interesting lot. I may call in to your camp for a chat. If it seems you don't want my company I move on. I spend a lot of time alone, writing or on this technical gadget communicating with fellow travellers and friends I've met along the way, or am yet to meet. I'm getting fidgety now as the time to hitch up is approaching. I could go tomorrow, but I've set myself a date. If I don't find work before the end of October I'm heading back to SA for a while with family and friends. Then it will be off again if the diesel fund holds out. It's all good.
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20ft Roma caravan - Mercedes Benz Sprinter - SA-based at the moment. Transport has no borders.
Management makes the decisions, but is not affected by the decisions it makes.
The other good thing about travelling solo is you meet up with others travelling the same way and can travel in convoy for a while to aparticular place, then go off on your own before meeting up again to keep each other company for another little trip somewhere.
I actually like my time alone .... like granny i never get lonely and if i do i pull up in camps say hi and you are no longer lonely ... it my down time i suppose i read , listen to music, i take lots of pictures ..i enjoy my time ..something i have not been able to do for the last 30 years ..with working and raising two girls on my own .......
I won't be travelling full time, unless I have a win on Lotto and buy a caravan!
The trips I've done since buying my Gypsy, have been mostly with friends/family. I will probably do some trips alone, just to test myself, but I don't particularly like being alone too much.
Hopefully, I'll get in another trip before Xmas. At the moment, I'm out of action with a broken wrist...from my trip to Jondaryan. Stepped in a hole and FOOSH...fell on out-stretched hand!
Good luck with your broken wrist Beth54. Is it in plaster? This time last year I drove from Echuca to Bundaberg with my left arm broken in two places, the wrist and just below the elbow. I have a manual car and it wasn't put in plaster as to being diagnosed too late. It was a hard trip and took me 4 days, but I made it.
Good luck with your broken wrist Beth54. Is it in plaster? This time last year I drove from Echuca to Bundaberg with my left arm broken in two places, the wrist and just below the elbow. I have a manual car and it wasn't put in plaster as to being diagnosed too late. It was a hard trip and took me 4 days, but I made it.
Hi Happywanderer. No plaster. My doctor knew I lived alone and said it'd be too restricting for me. So I have one of those brace things from the chemist. Only a week or so to go now and I can take it off. Yes, I can drive okay, but handling Gypsy would be too much.
Two breaks and you were still able to drive...I'm impressed! Cheers.
