Please find below link to our latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/XOK7fiw5e-U
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 33
Please find below link to our latest video - we hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/p2UAcT3Kpuw
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 32
Please find below the link to our latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/yCWr6USXcX4
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 31
Please find link below to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/QOspRLM6Re8
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 30
Please find below link to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/zNu1cYb20tY
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 29
Please find link below to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/2D-t5T9-6dQ
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 28
Please find below link to latest video - we hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/JN0og5DhERE
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 27
Please find below link to our latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/O52XKro1hgM
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 26
Please find below link to latest video - we hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/pOdE2InhAv8
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 25
Please find below link to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/LkzgqWlV13k
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 24
Please find below link to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/XPaYRgd_q4c
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 23
Please find below link to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/xc-Id-zarTM
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 22
Please find below link to latest video. We hope you enjoy. https://youtu.be/WoPLMci7Q9c
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 21
Please find link below to latest video. We hope you enjoy. https://youtu.be/FTx-wLAb4fk
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 20
Please find below link to latest video. We hope you enjoy. https://youtu.be/V8onqMTY-Zw
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 19
Please find below link to latest video - we hope you enjoy https://youtu.be/ln2-BZYxHpY
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 18
Please find link below to video https://youtu.be/LsHkW1rwJLQ
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 17
Please find link below to latest video Hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/nVOt1CforYU
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 16
Please find link below to video https://youtu.be/2fc_HrdmeWw
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 15
Please find below link to video https://youtu.be/Jl0byLM4Lwg
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 14
Pelase find below link to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/7-3-emyyqYg
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 13
Please find link below to latest video - we hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/tz90Ck9HH4M
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 12
Please find below link to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/_FVKCFEDxCQ
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 11
Please find link below to latest video. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/wAmNHv3H6Sg
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 10
Please find below link to latest video - we hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/oZvS0J1EFoI
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 9
Please find below a link to the latest video https://youtu.be/VJtk-cmmEp8
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 8
Please find below link to latest video https://youtu.be/E1PNo7Yo--I
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 7
Please find below link to latest video https://youtu.be/agdmccWPeMY
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 6
Another video hot off the press Hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/jyqnzADW0yA
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 5
Leaving the Prince of Wales Island we head for the Alaskan Interior, but not before sending some time in the great Yukon Territory. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/Lv8bpokRH0M
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 4
We finally arrive on the Prince of Wales Island in Alaska where we will spend the next three months living off grid on a float house in the ocean. We earn our keep by helping out on an Oyster Farm, also floating in the ocean, and we meet the most wonderful community of Alaskans and …
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 3
This video shows our arrival in Canada, collection of the vehicle, and the journey from the east coast to the west coast of the second widest country in the world. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/CP3fxiq_rXA
DEFENDER-ADVENTURE – EPISODE 2
A continuation video of us explaining how we ended up travelling the world. This video describes the outline plan for the first stage of our journey and the preparation that was required for both us and the vehicle. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/j3R1bFb8OOo
DEFENDER ADVENTURE – EPISODE 1
This video is not the most exciting in terms of adventure but it does provide background information on how the plan to travel the world came about, including details of the 1200 mile long cycle ride we did in Sweden in 2018. We hope you enjoy! https://youtu.be/nE93nvPEX6s
UPDATE: NEW DEFENDER-ADVENTURE VLOG
Since the last blog post we have left the Yukon and entered the Alaskan Interior. At our most northern location, the Brooks Mountain Range on the Dalton Highway, we have decided to keep a video travel journal (VLOG) rather than a written BLOG. Links to individual videos will be posted here each time we add …
016 – The Yukon – 20th August 2019
We left Naukati Bay early in the morning and on the journey to the ferry noticed that our leisure batteries were not charging. With a freezer packed with shrimp, halibut, moose, ground pork, rhubarb and fruit (a big thanks to Jerry, Hooter and Leslei) we were keen to get the problem resolved as quickly as …
015 – One strike and you’re not out! – 11th July 2019
We had originally planned to leave the Prince of Wales Island at the end of July but a strike by the union that operates the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system put paid to that. With no road system in or out of Ketchikan the only way to travel to/from is by boat or plane. As …
Continue reading "015 – One strike and you’re not out! – 11th July 2019"
014 – The Prince of ‘Whales’ Island – 7th July 2019
It is a rainy Sunday afternoon as I write this blog and looking out of the float house window I can just about make out the shape of the nearby islands through the mist and murk. This morning was beautiful though and a very relaxing four hours was spent fishing for halibut under a sunny …
Continue reading "014 – The Prince of ‘Whales’ Island – 7th July 2019"
013 – Float, Float On – 10th June 2019
LIFE ON A FLOAT HOUSE Our house, in the middle of our street sea I'm not sure if I can convey how surreal our life is right now when compared to the life we have been used to living in the UK. We are staying in a small green wooden house that is mounted on …
012 – Alaska! – 21st May 2019
After leaving Prince Rupert, British Columbia at 3 a.m. and sailing for around six hours we arrived in Ketchikan, Alaska at 8 a.m. Yes, we had passed into another time zone and were now in Alaska Daylight Time, which is 9 hours behind the UK. Approaching US Border Control at Prince Rupert Alaska Marine Highway …
011 – Au Revoir Canada (for now) – 7th May 2019
The drive from Jasper to Prince Rupert can be done in two long days or three days if you want to travel at a more leisurely pace. We had five days until we had to catch the ferry at Prince Rupert so we contacted our friends Nick and Kaitlyn and asked if they could put …
Continue reading "011 – Au Revoir Canada (for now) – 7th May 2019"
010 – Icefield Parkway & Jasper – 1st May 2019
Icefield Parkway is the name of the road that runs between the towns of Lake Louise and Jasper and on the day we left Canmore it lived up to it's name - it had snowed heavily overnight and it was bitter cold. The road was a combination of ice and snow and our windscreen wipers …
Continue reading "010 – Icefield Parkway & Jasper – 1st May 2019"
009 – Banff National Park – 27th April 2019
We were like kids in a sweet shop and were struggling to decide where to go first. There were so many places of great beauty that we could choose from even with many parts of the park closed due to the winter season. Our first stop was at Two Jack Lake and the neighbouring Minniewanka …
Continue reading "009 – Banff National Park – 27th April 2019"
008 – Chrissieism’s! – 21st April 2019
Shortly after entering the Rockies the road began to climb and the scenery improved significantly from that which we had been used to over the last few days. With the sun shining we entered the small town of Canmore where we planned to spend the next six nights. Canmore is located just outside the Banff …
007 – How may we help you officer? – 21st April 2019
Over the last day or so we have talked to a number of locals about how flat and endless the Saskatchewan Prairies are and they all respond with a smile, a shrug and give a 'what can you do' look, yet at the same time they seem almost proud of the fact that they live …
Continue reading "007 – How may we help you officer? – 21st April 2019"
006 – You’ve cancelled what! – 19th April 2019
Yesterday we passed a large sign adjacent to Highway 1 that showed we had arrived at the longitudinal centre of Canada. This milestone also represents the halfway point of our journey to Prince Rupert. Feeling like we were making good progress and it was all going to be downhill from here, so to speak, we …
Continue reading "006 – You’ve cancelled what! – 19th April 2019"
005 – Are We There Yet? – 17th April 2019
No is the answer, not by a long way! After driving between 200 to 300 miles per day for the last 9 days we have arrived in the Province of Manitoba and are only now halfway to our destination of Prince Rupert in British Columbia. What have you seen, what have you learnt, are you …
Continue reading "005 – Are We There Yet? – 17th April 2019"
004 – Leaving Halifax – 9th April 2019
Chrissie woke before me but I was to wake very shortly afterwards by her shouts and screams of "it's snowed, it's snowed a lot". The view of the Port from our apartment was a very different one this morning to the one the previous day. We enjoyed the snowy scene for a few moments before …
003 – Nova Scotia, Canada – 7th April 2019
Having said our goodbyes to friends and family we caught the 14.05 train at York station on 6th April 2019 and from there, following a series of connections and various modes of transport, we arrived at our accommodation in Halifax, Nova Scotia at around the same time the following day. The train had been on …
Continue reading "003 – Nova Scotia, Canada – 7th April 2019"
002 – Preparing to leave the UK – 1st April 2019
With the Land Rover on its way there's only a little time left now before we fly out to be re-united with it (from the tracking app we are pleased to say that at time of writing the container ship ship is docked at Port of Halifax, as below). Be gentle when offloading our cargo …
Continue reading "002 – Preparing to leave the UK – 1st April 2019"