The count down has begun - it's a month before me and Lucy (the van) head south for the winter. The plan - to visit Spain and Morocco in a beautiful red and white 1974 VW bus - with no fixed plans and no meaningful mechanical skills .......................... The mission - to chill, reflect, explore and make new friends and gain new experiences Join me if you will in this mini odyssey

There was a van and man and plan, no one called Stan - or even a can of spam but at least there was a plan - a mission even to take that beautiful red and white bus south for the winter - to chill, reflect and explore in Spain and Morocco It's approximately one month before I leave the UK for three month's of adventure armed with limited language skills, a tool kit, but no knowledge of how to use it, a pile of books, some couch surfing contacts, travel scrabble and a winning smile....... if you want to suggest where I go - what I do let me know follow me into the Medina and the souk if the winter blues set in