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    Our Only Chance – Feature Length Documentary of Our Retirement Rollercoaster



    Our Only Chance – Feature Length Documentary of Our Retirement Rollercoaster

    This video documents over 8 years of our travels and 5 years since we sold our house to travel full time while our health gave us the best opportunities to experience what our parents had planned to do when they retired later in their years.

    Follow us as we show the rollercoaster that has been the past 8 years of extensive european, and beyond, full time travel in our camper.

    Please watch our full story from the start here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiHunAXKBnHDT-vkTqKpYpIc1zOtln1RI&si=R57zbPzQ4kxCy6yb

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    22 Comments

    1. @mikeembe1261 on

      Been with you and all the ups & downs since just before you shut the Front door, with fingers crossed, I'll be with you and your travels for a good while yet. Many thanks for the vid and ❤ to you both.

    2. @LeisureBit on

      This has been the best video I’ve watched in a long time – thank you for sharing – I found it inspirational (the reasons you did it and at a really pertinent time for me) – thank you – It was nice to see some bits in the video we remembered from watching over the past 4 years. All the very best to you both, David & Rachel ❤️

    3. @milesr1000 on

      Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! I enjoyed every minute of this video and didn't want it to end. I have followed you for a few years now and can't wait to see what comes next.

    7. @globebusmotorhomeadventure8112 on

      What a life of adventures cooper had no doubt he is surely missed by you both🐶❤️
      We lost both our spaniels this year 💔
      How life can change in a split second for you both hope all is well now Mandy and that you have made a full recovery take care 👍

    8. @ianbasson8367 on

      What an epic show. So nice to see your travels again. So much has changed during this time. I’ve been watching since 2019 and went back to your earlier vids to catch up. Seeing Cooper enjoying his travels again was so nice. He was such a character. This year has been a tough year for you Mandy and also for you John keeping strong and supporting Mandy through these last few months. Thanks so much for sharing your lives with us.

    9. @amandamundy3764 on

      What a video, there’s not many that keep peoples attention for longer than 20 minutes, this was the exception! A rollercoaster of emotions, sending lots of love ❤️

    10. @adamsher86 on

      Hi John & Mandy, following on from my message ⬇️. On Friday about 3pm my wife and I had a nice surprise and spotted you both driving past you on the M62 heading back towards Manchester from a break in Scarborough!

    11. @Captainslog2024 on

      Wow! That has got to be the best van life film ever made. Authentic and full of real emotion. Thank you for letting me experience your journey with you. The love you have for each other is beautiful. You had me laughing out loud and blubbering too. God bless Coops and God bless you both. I wish you both good happiness and health for the future. Thanks again , you’re both awesome and hope we get to meet you on our travels as full timers too. Currently in Morocco 👍❤️❤️❤️

    12. @clarkspiemuncher on

      Great if you have a job you can do on a computer anywhere in the world you have an internet connection or have property you let that pays for your travels or can make a living from you tube etc. Not everyone has the ability to make a living that way.

    14. @PaulKohler-u7c on

      What a video great to recap and watch through all your highs and lows. Fantastic couple.
      We watched this and are at our stage in life getting are ducks in a row planning for retirement. Makes us thinks to do our dreams a lot sooner as you never know what’s around the corner.

    16. @drewselfridge2790 on

      Can't put into words that will do this video justice, but some comments have summed it up perfectly. You both were the inspiration for my wife and I to buy our M/H as soon as I took early retirement to travel while we are still capable. Well documented with none of this clickbait drama nonsense that others seem to use but just your life story in short. Fantastic guys and we hope you are both well to add to this story. Awe the best Drew & Linda 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤❤❤

    18. @colindean-xn4es on

      Thank you for this vlog and for sharing your journey again, it was lovely reliving it with you again – such an emotional rollercoaster and so many really special happy times and some sad times, luckily I’m sure many of us are pleased you’re out the other side of the dark times and on to more exciting fun things 🥰🥳🥳 here’s to more (in johns words) epic adventures xx

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