Truckie is sold
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It feels like the end of an unbelievable chapter of our lives but yesterday we sold our beloved Truckie.
We had realised a while ago that it did not make sense just keeping him for occasional holidays. He is designed to be lived in full time and to undertake long journeys across continents. So ultimately it was a decision of the head not the heart.
He has been part of our family for nearly six years, or as Lucy would say for more than half her life so it was really sad to part with him. The couple who have bought him have big plans for adventures of their own so we are happy that Truckie will once more be exploring the world. We would like to wish them well on their adventures and hope they enjoy them as much as we enjoyed ours.
We spent a long time choosing what we felt was the right vehicle for our journey around the world and having completed it can say with absolute confidence that Truckie was the right vehicle for us. He took us over mountains, across deserts, along beaches, through hot weather and through the freezing cold too, whether it was on tar roads, gravel or dreadful muddy tracks he hardly missed a beat. Bocklet, the company that built him, did a fantastic job and after over 4 years living in Truckie there is very little that we would change. In fact, if we were all setting out again Truckie is exactly the vehicle we would want.
As I parked Truckie up for the last time (after having driven him for nearly 200,000 kms) and handed the keys over to the new owner it was hard to imagine I wouldn’t be driving him again or spending another night parked up in some beautiful spot. It really brought it home that our trip was over more than any of the other things we have done since we returned to the UK. I am sure there will be more adventures but the trip with Truckie is completed.
With that it also seems an opportune time to close the blog. When we started this blog we asked ourselves why we were writing it. After a while we realised we were writing it for ourselves, the family as a memory of the fantastic trip we undertook. We were delighted that our wider family and friends read it and that over time it reached a wider audience. The comments and feedback we have received have been fantastic and we have really appreciated the encouragement and support.
Last weekend we spent our last nights in Truckie at the Overland Show. It was great to meet so many fellow overlanders as well as people who have followed our travels and are now planning trips of their own. It was hard though knowing we were selling Truckie as just talking about other people plans made us long for our own adventures. There will be more we are sure.
So as we sign off we would all like to say a big thank you to everyone for all their support and to anyone planning a trip we would like to wish them well on their own adventures. If you are thinking of doing something similar, the hardest decision you will ever have to make is the decision to commit to doing it. All we can say is “Do it”. You will never regret it.
Steve, Gilly, Alisha, Lucy and Truckie