We got our Mildred back New Year’s Eve in time to get a
Warrant of Fitness, unpack some of the contents and go camping at Mapua that
night – bliss! It was like coming home
we both slept very well that night.
Our trip in summary:
Planning
18 months
Holiday Period
6 months (May to October 2012) 10 months for Mildred (February to December 2012)
Days in Mildred
170 nights, of which we stayed in 121 camping grounds, 1 overnight ferry and at
4 VW Shows (sports grounds)
Countries visited
31 (28 technically but we split UK into England, Scotland, Wales,
Ireland) Alphabetically: Andorra,
Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Heregovina, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland,
Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland,
Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales
Distances
Total distance 63,250 km,
being 50km by Train, 600km by
Ferry, 37,600 km by Plane/Container and 25,000 km driven in Mildred.
Budget (NZ Dollar) - as this is the first question a lot of people ask us
– Fixed Costs $30,000 (being airfares, shipping and
insurances only) - Actual cost $27,250
Broken down as:
Insurance $4,500 Actual $4,400
Shipping $20,000 Actual $17,000
Airfares $5,500 Actual $5,850
Variable Costs $80,000 (including Contingency fund of
$20,000) – Actual cost $31,250
Broken down as:
Fuel $15, 000 Actual $7,620
Accommodation $16,000 Actual $7,145 (Est.)
Food, other costs $29,000 Actual
$16,485
Total daily cost $325 (including fixed costs)
Total daily living cost $174
