Travel with us as we make our way along the Gota Canal in Sweden. The GÖTA CANAL is a historic 190 km waterway in southern Sweden. Built in the early 1800s, it features 58 locks and connects the Baltic Sea to Lake Vänern. It operates as an iconic leisure route, allowing travelers to cruise or bike through the scenic Swedish countryside. In this episode we head toward the canal and then do the first three locks. We settle in the second marina. We'll be here for a few days whilst we take a look around the area. Thanks for watching. Wendy and Magnus

Winter on the Dutch waterways has its own kind of magic. In this episode we wander through the historic streets of Middelburg, then slip back into the quiet lake and canal system where the world feels still and the traffic disappears. There is no one around. It’s winter and everything is calm on the water. We tie up at a remote island with not another boat in sight, explore on foot, follow mysterious mole tunnels, and enjoy the kind of peaceful cruising you only get in the colder months. From there we continue through a series of deep locks and high bridges before arriving in Willemstad, a fortified star‑shaped city that looks like something from a storybook. And yes, the charcoal saga continues. The quest to fire up the Valkry BBQ rolls on as we discover that winter grilling simply isn’t a thing here. But we will not give up. Finally, we are successful! Hope you enjoy the episode. Until next time Wendy and Magnus HYPE US! If you’d like to give our channel a boost, tap the HYPE button. It’s a brand‑new YouTube feature that helps small creators like us rise above the noise and get discovered by more viewers. Every tap genuinely makes a difference for our little community. —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Epidemic Sound Music Credit: Four Steps Ahead Bird in Hand Anywhere #SailingVlog #TheNetherlands #WesterlyDuo SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

Travel with us as we make our way along the Trollhatte Canal in Sweden. The Trollhätte Canal is an 82 km Swedish waterway linking the Göta River to Lake Vänern, opened in 1800 and declared a national monument in 2004. Together with the Göta Canal, it forms a 390 km route known as Sweden’s Blue Ribbon, connecting the North Sea to the Baltic, though the two canals are separate systems. Only 10 km of the Trollhätte Canal is man‑made; the rest follows the Göta Älv riverbed, rising to 44.1 m above sea level at Vänern. The canal includes six locks, notably the Trollhättan lock staircase, and passes key bridges and waterways such as Brinkebergskulle, Lilla Edet, and the approaches toward Gothenburg and the Kattegatt. It remains a vital historic and navigational route through western Sweden.

Travel with us as we make our way along the Trollatte Canal in Sweden. The Trollhätte Canal is an 82 km Swedish waterway linking the Göta River to Lake Vänern, opened in 1800 and declared a national monument in 2004. Together with the Göta Canal, it forms a 390 km route known as Sweden’s Blue Ribbon, connecting the North Sea to the Baltic, though the two canals are separate systems. Only 10 km of the Trollhätte Canal is man‑made; the rest follows the Göta Älv riverbed, rising to 44.1 m above sea level at Vänern. The canal includes six locks, notably the Trollhättan lock staircase, and passes key bridges and waterways such as Brinkebergskulle, Lilla Edet, and the approaches toward Gothenburg and the Kattegatt. It remains a vital historic and navigational route through western Sweden.

We finally leave Blankenberg after staying for quite a while waiting for a good weather window to head north. The North Sea isn’t that kind and we are unable to sail, so we motor north. We make our way to the southern end of the Standing Mast Route and the lock which will lead us into the canal system. It’s beautiful and we end up at a stunning location, an island all our selves in a picturesque spot. We find a lost soul. Thank you for watching. See you all next time. Wendy and Magnus HYPE US! If you’d like to give our channel a boost, tap the HYPE button. It’s a brand‑new YouTube feature that helps small creators like us rise above the noise and get discovered by more viewers. Every tap genuinely makes a difference for our little community. —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Epidemic Sound Music Credit: Cotton and Strangers Still a Dreamer Anywhere #SailingVlog #StandingMastRoute #TheNetherlands #WesterlyDuo SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

In this episode, we finally make our move north from Nieuwpoort, Belgium aiming for the start of the Standing Mast Route in the Netherlands. The plan was simple enough: take advantage of a rare winter weather window, ride the favourable tide, and push on toward Holland… or, if the North Sea had other ideas, tuck into one of the safe harbours along the Belgian coast. As it turned out, the weather won this round. With snow, storms, shifting channels, and a tight tidal gate, we diverted into Blankenberge — a stop we’d already marked as a smart fallback. That “quick stop” turned into nearly a week of exploring the town, wandering the seafront, riding the world’s longest tram line, and settling into marina life in the middle of winter. Magnus also takes you through his full passage‑planning system for this leg: tides, currents, weather windows, fallback ports, VHF channels, lock timings, and all the decision points that go into moving a boat safely up this wild stretch of coast. If you’re planning to sail Belgium or head toward the Standing Mast Route yourself, this episode gives you a real look at what it takes. Hope you enjoy the (short) journey north — even if we didn’t get quite as far as planned. Until next time, Wendy & Magnus --- ### **HYPE US!** If you’d like to give our channel a boost, tap the **HYPE** button. It’s a brand‑new YouTube feature that helps small creators like us rise above the noise. Every tap genuinely helps our little community grow. --- ### **VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE** If you’d like your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. [https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4](https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4) ### **LibertyKite, Australia** More info: [www.navtrak.com.au](http://www.navtrak.com.au) ### **Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings** Art Lovers Australia: [https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson](https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson) Bluethumb: [https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson](https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson) Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/](https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/) ### **Where’s Nutshell now?** See our real‑time location: [https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell](https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell) Support us from just $1/month. ### **Follow & Support** Facebook: [www.facebook.com/nutshellliving](http://www.facebook.com/nutshellliving) Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/](https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/) Twitter: [https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving](https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving) Buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com ### **Music** Epidemic Sound Still a Dreamer Anywhere --- #sailing #sailingvlog #boatlife #lifeinanutshell #sailingeurope #belgiumcoast #nieuwpoort #blankenberge #northsea #standingmastroute #cruisinglife #travelvlog

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Our shakedown takes a dramatic turn as a sleepless stormy night, endless delays, and a Christmas detour all collide just as we’re trying to get Little Nutshell ready for her first North Sea crossing. What should have been a simple systems check becomes a test of patience, weather windows, and sheer determination as we fight to finally point the bow toward Europe. We leave Titchmarsh Marina after barely any sleep and head back out into the river and then the estuary. Overnight, a brutal storm rolls through, and Magnus hardly sleeps—Little Nutshell is still an unknown, and we’re not sure how she’ll behave in the high, gusting winds. Meanwhile, the solar panels still haven’t arrived. They haven’t even left the warehouse, and without them we can’t leave England. Because Titchmarsh doesn’t allow parcel deliveries, we’ll have no choice but to return to Shotley Marina to collect them once they finally ship. And then we wait. Again. Christmas comes and goes before we can make any real progress. After spending time with family, we make the long journey back—multiple trains, delays, buses, the whole lot—returning to Titchmarsh to pick up where we left off. We make our way, again, to Shotley Marina and finally take possession of the solar panels. Magnus temporarily straps them to Nutshell’s coach roof so we can at least make our North Sea crossing. Weather windows are rare and we’ve already missed a few. In between everything else, we squeeze in sewing mosquito covers for the windows—another small but essential job ticked off the list. Finally, we head off on our North Sea Passage, leaving at midnight in below‑freezing temperatures and rough seas. After a very bumpy crossing, we arrive in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, where we attempt to check in using a little‑known bypass Schengen clause. Hope you enjoy the episode. Until next time, Wendy and Magnus HYPE US! If you’d like to give our channel a boost, tap the HYPE button. It’s a brand‑new YouTube feature that helps small creators like us rise above the noise and get discovered by more viewers. Every tap genuinely makes a difference for our little community. —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Epidemic Sound Music Credit: Four Steps Anywhere #NorthSeaCrossing #StormySailing #LittleNutshell #SailingToBelgium #SchengenCheckIn SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

Our shakedown cruise on Little Nutshell finally begins as we leave Shotley Marina and head out for our first night aboard. What starts as a simple system check quickly turns into a crooked night on the hard, a muddy hull clean and a whole lot of learning. Join us for boat maintenance, marina mishaps and the real start of our cruising adventure. Magnus installs the battery monitor on the dash and tidies up the electrical cables underneath before we cast off. We finally leave Shotley Marina and begin the first day of our shakedown cruise on Little Nutshell. The plan is to anchor out for the night and check her systems. We head into Tichmarsh Marina to visit the chandlery, as the harbour master has kindly let us pull up alongside. Then it’s out again and onto a mooring for the night, although we still don’t get to test our anchor. We check out the scrubbing poles at the marina, where we plan to head in the early hours of the morning to inspect Little Nutshell’s hull and give her a good clean so we can work out whether she needs antifouling or new anodes. Our calculations aren’t quite right and we end up sitting on the very end of the concrete footings for the scrubbing poles. It’s a crooked night from then on. We check her bottom and she’s in good nick. There aren’t too many barnacles on the hull, but the propeller is smothered in them. Magnus is a real gentleman and does the majority – actually, all – of the cleaning and scrubbing. It’s muddy, slippery and not the most pleasant job. Then it’s back out of the marina and onto a mooring for the night. Hope you enjoy the episode. Until next time, Wendy and Magnus HYPE US! If you’d like to give our channel a boost, tap the HYPE button. It’s a brand‑new YouTube feature that helps small creators like us rise above the noise and get discovered by more viewers. Every tap genuinely makes a difference for our little community. —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Epidemic Sound Music Credit: Four Steps Stuck in the Moment Anywhere #SailingVlog #BoatMaintenance #ShakedownCruise #HullCleaning #PropellerFouling SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

Join us for a relaxed, chatty episode where we unpack tech decisions, talk through our new boat and share what’s next for our cruising plans. This episode is a long, chatty one. Magnus dives into the tech behind our battery system and the decisions we’ve made around the shunt wiring. We also talk about the boat itself — why we chose her, what we were looking for and how she turned out to be the right fit. A quick intro to the new Little Nutshell: The Konsort Duo 29 is an 8.8 m motorsailer designed by John Laurent Giles in the UK. Westerly built 108 of them between 1985 and 1988. We chat about our immediate plans, which are on hold because our solar panels still haven’t arrived. It’s very frustrating, as we can’t leave England to cross the North Sea until the solar system is fitted and running. Hope you enjoy the episode. Until next time, Wendy and Magnus HYPE US! If you’d like to give our channel a boost, tap the HYPE button. It’s a brand‑new YouTube feature that helps small creators like us rise above the noise and get discovered by more viewers. Every tap genuinely makes a difference for our little community. —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits Epidemic Sound Music: Anywhere #sailinglife #boatlife #marineelectrics #shuntwiring #konsortduo SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

We’re getting ready to sail from the UK to Europe as Magnus sits his CEVNI exam, tackles wiring breakthroughs and sorts out last‑minute boat jobs on Little Nutshell. A storm rolls in while we wait on lithium batteries and solar panels before our North Sea crossing. We leave Suffolk Yacht Club and head for Shotley Marina to pick up the solar panels we’ve been waiting weeks for. Late that night Magnus goes online to sit his CEVNI exam. It’s not an easy test but he passes first go, which means we’re now legal to sail in Europe. All our i’s are dotted and our t’s crossed. It feels good. Magnus does a beer review for Old Midnight Hen while a storm brews outside Little Nutshell. He also tackles a mysterious leak on board. Nothing seems obviously wrong, so he swaps a few parts around and it appears to fix the problem for now. It’s time to do the paperwork for leaving the UK and sailing to Belgium. Magnus files our departure papers online and it’s all starting to feel very real and very exciting. He then gets stuck into the boat’s wiring and finally works out what’s what. His chook scratchings turn into a proper wiring diagram. We hit a dilemma with the beautiful wine bottle holder on the boat. We’ll never use it, but removing it means cutting into a lovely piece of the interior. Do we repurpose the space for a big drawer or leave it as is and lose valuable storage? We haven’t quite yet made up our minds what we will do, as this is a beautiful boat and we don’t want to destroy it. We’ll see. Time will tell which way we go with this. We’re still waiting on the lithium batteries and solar panels from Renogy. They’re not great at communicating and the delivery is well past the published timeframe. It’s frustrating because we can’t cross the North Sea until everything arrives. Winter weather windows are few and far between, so the delays are holding us up. The new lithium batteries finally arrive and Magnus gets to work installing them and sorting out the battery box. The inverter will have to wait for another day when he knows exactly where it should go. We still wait for the solar panels to arrive. As always, thanks for watching. Until next time, Wendy and Magnus HYPE US! If you’d like to give our channel a boost, tap the HYPE button. It’s a brand‑new YouTube feature that helps small creators like us rise above the noise and get discovered by more viewers. Every tap genuinely makes a difference for our little community. —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits: Epidemic Sound Music Green Leaves Anywhere Four Steps Ahead #sailing #boatlife #sailingcouple #littlenutshell #northseacrossing #liveaboard SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

We leave Ipswich Marina for a more affordable spot as Magnus and Jon install a new windlass and get Nutshell ready for Europe. This episode follows our week at Shotley Marina while Magnus prepares for the test we need before entering European waters. We leave Ipswich Marina and head to a more affordable spot. Magnus and Jon install the new windlass, and we spend a week at Shotley Marina before moving on again so Magnus can sit the test he needs before we can enter Europe. Nutshell also gets her new stickers, as she is now officially named Nutshell. As always, thanks for watching. Until next time, Wendy and Magnus HYPE US! If you’d like to give our channel a boost, tap the HYPE button. It’s a brand‑new YouTube feature that helps small creators like us rise above the noise and get discovered by more viewers. Every tap genuinely makes a difference for our little community. —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits Epidemic Sound Music: One Wish Is Enough We Can Fly Unfinished Letter Keep to Travelin’ On #LifeInANutshell #BoatLife #StartingFresh #NewBoat #LiveaboardLife SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

We finally made the decision to bite the bullet and buy a boat. In the end we chose the second Duo 29 we’d seen — the one with the overseas history, international registration and a long list of positives. Because we hadn’t planned on buying a boat, we arrived with nothing. And this time the boat had nothing, absolutely nothing. Unfortunately, every tool, every part, every bit of kit we own is sitting back in Australia, so we had to start from scratch. Our first big purchase for the new Little Nutshell was a new Peanut, which felt like a proper milestone. A new Nutshell, a new Peanut, a new adventure. We gathered everything we’d left with Wendy’s mum, collected parcels from both her house and the marina and added a mountain of shopping on top. After two long drives back and forth, we finally arrived at the marina for good, took possession of the new Nutshell and started moving aboard with what felt like half of Europe in bags and boxes. It’s a brilliant feeling being back on a boat again — our boat. We can’t wait to get going and start our European vacation by water instead of by road. Thanks for watching. See you next time. Wendy and Magnus —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits Epidemic Sound Music: One Wish Is Enough Keep to Travelin’ On #LifeInANutshell, #BoatLife, #StartingFresh, #NewBoat, #LiveaboardLife SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

We finally leave India and fly into London, ready to begin the first chapter of our European Vacation. The plan is to find a motorhome in under a week so we can hit the road and start exploring the UK and Europe properly. Magnus has been doing loads of research, so we’ve arrived with a shortlist of motorhomes to inspect and a rough idea of what our next Nutshell might be. Of course, travel has a way of surprising us. A last minute decision takes us to a mud marina, and suddenly we’re stepping aboard boats as well. It wasn’t part of the plan, but here we are looking at two possible future Nutshells and wondering if our European adventure is about to take a very unexpected turn. We’re torn between two completely different paths. Do we travel through Europe by road in warmth and comfort like we’d planned, or do we take a leap into boat life and rewrite the whole journey before it even begins It’s a genuine dilemma and one of the most decisions we’ve faced so far. We’re a bit lost. Come along as we try to make sense of it all and see how this story unfolds. As always, thanks for watching. Until next time Wendy and Magnus —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now:  See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits Epidemic Sound Music: One Wish Is Enough Keep to Travelin’ On #NewBoat #UK #Theakston #OldPeculiar SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

We continue west towards the coast. We end up at Fort Kochi, which is a very famous place. We take a good look around and stay in a wonderful little hotel. We find a great place to eat and have a pizza! We’ve had quite a few weeks of eating India food and it’s time for a break. We take a ride on a country boat but it fails in the middle of the massive channel, with ferries and large boats passing us. We end up on one of the ferries to get back to where we started! It’s quite an experience! Then it’s of to pick up our beautiful Kerala houseboat and spend a night out on the water. It’s wonderful. We also manage to get on another country boat and have a chance to see the smaller waterways of this beautiful place. That wraps up our drive across India. It’s then a quick flight to New Delhi for a day or to and onto London for new adventures… Thanks for watching. Until next time Wendy and Magnus —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now: See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits Epidemic Sound Music: Mehndi Ramapura Anokda Desh #Munnar #IndiaRoadtrip #Erode SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

We continue to work our way through the highlands of southern India. We arrive at Erode and experience the best food we’ve had in India. We explore coffee and chocolate towns in the hills. We find ourselves in Munnar and visit a fabulous tea factory. We also order our first ever food delivery from Zomato. It’s quite an experience! This episode is very much a road trip sharing what we see along the way. Thanks for watching. Until next time Wendy and Magnus —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now: See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits Epidemic Sound Music: Mehndi Ramapura Anokda Desh #Munnar #IndiaRoadtrip #Erode SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

After leaving Australia we fly to India and land in Chennai. We spend some time exploring Chennai and checking out local tourist spots. A wander through Pondi Bazaar gives us a taste of the city’s energy and some superb Indian meals. It’s good to be back. Next we pick up our hire car, the one that’ll take us across India. Once we make our way out of Chennai we head south to Pondicherry, a beautiful area known for its striking buildings and complex past. From there we drive up into the hills to Erode Hill Station where we find the most incredible place to stay. It’s been created from old government buildings, cinemas, bridges and other unexpected structures. No two rooms are the same and the architecture is wonderfully higgledy piggledy. A brilliant place to spend a few days. Thanks for watching. Until next time Wendy and Magnus —— VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now: See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits Epidemic Sound Music: Mehndi Ramapura Anokda Desh #Chennai #IndiaRoadtrip SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.

We continue to make our way to Perth via bush camps and windy dirt tracks. We find some amazing wild camp spots with plenty of wildflowers everywhere. We take a sandy track to explore and end up having to turn around because the road is too boggy and we are towing the camper. It’s remote and we don’t want to get bogged with no help in sight. It’s a 3 hour round trip! Worth it though to see the beautiful landscapes. The Valkry gets lots of use and we enjoy getting to know how she cooks. This now completes our road trip from Broome to Perth. Catch up with us in the next episode when we head to India to traverse it by hire car from Chennai in the east to Kerala in the west! Thanks for watching. Until next time… Wendy and Magnus VALKRY BBQ, SMOKER, ROTISSERIE If you’d like to get your own VALKRY BBQ, you can use our link below. It won’t cost you anything extra, but it helps support our channel. https://www.valkry.com/?sca_ref=10252671.3CPHxDmU43n4 —— LibertyKite, Australia For more information: www.navtrak.com.au Wendy Eriksson’s Paintings Art Lovers Australia: https://artloversaustralia.com.au/artist/wendy-eriksson Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/popular/wendy-eriksson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StudioWhitsunday/ Where’s Nutshell now: See where we are in real-time https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell If you’d like to keep us moving and support us, you can become a Patron for as little as $1 per month. https://www.patreon.com/lifeinanutshell Be up to date with what we’re up to and where we are. You can support our channel by simply liking us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/nutshellliving If you’d like to buy us a beer: paypalme/lifeinanutshell.com We’re on Instagram too! https://www.instagram.com/nutshellliving/ Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Nutshellliving Music Credits Epidemic Sound Music: A Day By the River Keep to Travellin’ On Lightdrops Sundown Love Tokyo Half-Way Around the World #Valkry #Wildflowers #WildCamping #Remote SUBSCRIBE BUTTON CLICK link to http://www.anfx.co.