EDITORS NOTE: AM 05

Editors Note: Advanture Magazine issue 05

I created the Advanture Magazine because there was something missing in those high-street campervan mags. None were a journal to feed the real road nomads wanderlust.

While the word wanderlust is pretty loosely thrown around today, vanlife is the perfect medicine. We decide to pack our things into such small spaces, in search of better fulfilment out on the open road. If there is one thing I noticed while curating the pages of the first four magazines, it was how so many more people were making normal life fit that of a vanlife. Working from the road and natures classroom are just two massively important areas that may take some time to adjust to, but could be the key to unlocking even more of this lifestyle than you may have initially thought.

Sunrise in the Pyrenees. A short ski trip between lockdown in Spain

Photo: Alex Brown

I admit that the lockdowns have finally affected me. I live in Barcelona where it is has now been over one year since we were put in one of the most severe

confinements in Europe, with subsequent ones lasting the entire winter and well into spring. Being someone who has spent more years travelling in foreign countries than the one I grew up in, looking out of the same window each day for the past year has now challenged that wanderlust beast within.

My escape comes in two forms these days. Micro-advantures to local trails where I enjoy running to burn off the unspent energy in my body. Those hours of fresh air are a real treat. I sit back down at the computer with a clearer mind, ready to work on the next piece of the Advanture platform. Then, there are all the incredible photos being shared on social media using the hashtag #advanturemagazine and it fires up all sorts of ideas for adventures to come. I have been shown so many different ways that people have been keeping busy. Some of you have spent the time going through photos from past trips, sharing images from far away lands; pristine beaches, white-capped mountains and rolling deserts. Some have become master chefs! The van meals I am seeing sometimes look restaurant quality, nice work indeed.

Also, I have enjoyed seeing how many people have either started their own van conversion, or have spent time to work on their existing one. We are introducing a new feature in this issue which will start to look into this deep and varied subject.

AM editor, Alex Brown

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