Travel has always been important to us, as has our time as a family. After 20 years in the corporate world and the demands of juggling the busy world of UK-life, change was needed. We decided it was time to do more of what we love, together! So, we set off on a family gap year in April 2024. Despite a brief return to the UK (find out why here), we are now back adventuring as a family.

Get to know us all a little better here! We’d love for you to feel part of our adventure, and to share our travel experiences and mistakes! and we’d love to meet up with any one else keen for an adventure.

Kris here – I am the words behind the Travelling Trowberrys blog! I’ve worked for large outsourcing companies for over 15 years, mainly in sales and marketing. I speak German and Spanish after studying interpreting to Masters level. I lived in Nepal from the age of 2 for 3 years. So far (as at October 2024) visited 36 countries so plenty of work to do here.

I enjoy swimming, paddleboarding and surfing – there’s a genuine watery theme going on here! I follow football, especially the Women’s game! And of course travel, whether it’s with my favourites on this page, or with my girlfriends for city or beach breaks, or even work, I like to escape the UK whenever I can! and I like to help others do the same!

I love Mexican food, I rarely sit still, always plotting the next move, and hate the laundry!

This is Stef – the creative one and very much in charge of the photos! Stef’s an artist, with one hell of a talent for figurative and landscape pieces – shameless plug to her website here.

After travelling for a year with pals after uni, thankfully Stef loves her holidays and trips away as much as I do which has made us a good match for the last 14 years. She’s the social one of us, always out with friends exploring the newest art exhibition, or local brewery.

She dreams the ideas, without her we’d be in the same 8-5 grind! She’s also the one who drives our fitness and exercise and looks out for us all.

Stef loves asian food, anything noodle based, and hates football!

Alicia is the oldest of our two, currently 9 going on 19! A lover of all things sparkle and glamour, and with a dress sense totally unique to her. She’s pretty thrifty on the paddleboard, and is a yellow belt at Karate. She’s been playing the clarinet for just over a year, enjoys learning Spanish and is quite a fish in the pool.

Lissie loves cake, and chocolate and desserts in general – a sweet tooth does not do her eating abilities justice! She is a machine and her favourite part of any holiday is knowing whether there is a buffet in the hotel!

She has so many special friends in her life and adores her time with her grandparents – especially when travelling with them.

Nyle – our little Nylie!

Car obsessed and enthusiast for all things spiderman. Our stylish little dude will often be seen with a hat and bow tie, and is very particular when it comes to having his spikey hair do!

He’s just got his first skateboard, continuing the theme of wheels in his life. He rode a bike at age 3, scootered before he was 2 and will likely be driving by the age of 10, if he could!

Having just started school, he’s going to break out of the UK education system very early to embark on a world-schooling adventure. He’s a fan of rice, sausages and plain pasta and loves nothing more than a bit of a snuggle with his mums!

And the newest and 5th member to the Trowberry clan is Bethilda.

Bethilda is our Mazda Bongo campervan which has enabled us to continue our family travel adventure when we had to unexpectedly return to the UK during our family gap year.

You can learn more about Bethilda and our vanlife adventures here.