23 hours ago β€’ Roots in the Wild

Hello friends, hope you're having a great Friday! We've been filming our van tour and I'm wondering which area of Bilbo you're most interested in, so I can take it into account in the editing process? πŸ’• 

The Kitchen

The bathroom

The driving area

Bed / sitting area

33 votes

2 days ago β€’ Roots in the Wild

A few stills from our new video, exploring turquoise lakes and fairytale waterfalls in southern Spain - you can watch it here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTRdt... 

As always, thank you so much for your lovely comments - keep them coming and leave the video a like if you enjoyed it πŸ’•

We're about to travel to a remote lake to film our van tour - we're hoping to finish it for Sunday which might be a bit ambitious, but I'll keep you posted! 🌿

Lots of love,

Jessica, Risi and Heidi x 

4 days ago (edited) β€’ Roots in the Wild

Hi friends, happy Sunday! We’ve been exploring the beautiful mountains of Alicante for the last week, looking for turquoise lakes, magical trails and hidden waterfalls 🌿

Our next van life travel vlog will go live tomorrow evening! I was going to finish editing it today but we spent ALL DAY scrambling about looking for a secret waterfall β€” you’ll find out whether we ended up finding it in the video πŸ‘€

Wishing you a beautiful Sunday,

Jessica, Risi and Heidi πŸ’• 

6 days ago β€’ Roots in the Wild

A few stills from my recent video, celebrating the Pagan spring festival of Imbolc by a remote lake in Spain:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3fMV... 

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments so far! Hit the like button if you enjoy the video and leave a comment with your favourite spring ritual - it really helps us out as a small channel! πŸ’•

Lots of love and have a beautiful weekend,

Jessica, Risi and Heidi x 

12 days ago β€’ Roots in the Wild

Hi friends, happy Sunday! This week's video is running late - I injured my hand while renovating our van bathroom on Monday, and could barely use it all week! 😭

The next episode of our van life adventures takes place during Imbolc, the Pagan festival which marks the beginning of spring. We've been parked by a beautiful teal-coloured lake in Valencia, where we've been following little Imbolc rituals including a van spring clean, cold water dip, and lots of hearty meals 🧑

I'm wrapping up the edit today and will post it tomorrow afternoon - until then, have a lovely rest of the weekend! 🌿 

2 weeks ago β€’ Roots in the Wild

Happy Sunday friends, our new van life travel vlog is up! ☺ We hope you'll enjoy it, let us know what you would like to see more of in the comments under the video! 🌿

Lots of love,  
Jessica, Heidi and Risi x 

Exploring Hidden Hot Springs in the Spanish Mountains | Van Life Adventures in Europe

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2 weeks ago β€’ 3,289 views

2 weeks ago (edited) β€’ Roots in the Wild

Hello friends, happy Saturday! We've spent the last week parked up in the beautiful mountains of Catalonia in Spain, exploring beautiful trails, soaking up some sun and searching for hot springs πŸ‘€

New video coming tomorrow - make sure to hit the little bell icon on my channel so you get notified when it's up! 🧑 

Wishing you all a lovely weekend,

Jessica x 

3 weeks ago β€’ Roots in the Wild

Hello friends! A little mid-week check-in to say a big THANK YOU for 2,000 watch hours! I'm honestly excited like a child that people are actually watching our little travel diaries, I never expected the channel to do as well as it does β˜ΊοΈπŸ’•

That said, my newest video hasn't reached many people, possibly because I had some issues exporting and ended up uploading on a Monday morning, which is the lest active time for my audience πŸ˜… I only just realised that I can share videos directly with you, soo if you haven't seen it yet, here it is - A lot of hard work went into it and think it's our best one yet! 😁

Our next vlog is coming on Sunday, exploring the mountains and hot springs of Catalonia - make sure you hit the little bell so you get notified when it's up πŸ₯°

Lots of love,
Jessica x 

Winter Wild Camping and Hiking in the South of France | Van Life in Europe

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3 weeks ago β€’ 2,992 views

3 weeks ago (edited) β€’ Roots in the Wild

Hello friends, happy Monday! First of all, I want to say a huge THANK YOU for our first 1k subscribers and over 10k views on our last video! I never expected this channel to do so well in its first month, and it honestly makes us so very happy. We're hoping to get to the point where we can upload more often and upgrade our gear to make the viewing experience even better 🧑 

I just finished uploading our next video, in which we spend a week exploring a fairly unknown and very under-rated mountain range in Southern France! You can watch it here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW0_a... 

At 38 minutes it's a behemoth of a video, which is why I didn't upload this on Sunday as usual - my laptop was really struggling to export the video! But we did really want to show you all the beauty this area has to offer, and we hope you'll enjoy it πŸ₯°

Next week we'll be visiting hot springs in Northern Spain, and we're planning to rent a couple of bikes to explore the Via Verde - a cycle track that runs along abandoned train tracks! We're also finishing some work on the van so we can film our van tour towards the end of the month, so stay tuned for that 🚌

Until then, take care and have a lovely week!

Jessica, Heidi and Risi 🌿 

1 month ago β€’ Roots in the Wild

Hello friends, happy Sunday! 🌞 I just uploaded a new video about our time spent wild camping off-grid on the coast of Southern Italy, cooking with local ingredients and discovering hidden beaches - you can watch it here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0WF8... 

This was one of our all-time favourite park-ups and it was an absolute joy to edit this footage to share with you. I hope it will bring some beauty and magic into your day 🌊

This channel just hit 800 subscribers in its first month, and I'm so incredibly grateful to you all! We're currently doing a little bit of (long overdue) work on the van, and at the end of January we'll be filming a full and detailed van tour to share with you all!

Next Sunday, we'll be sharing a video about a very under-rated national park in Southern France, which we stumbled upon completely by accident! We loved it so much that we stayed for an entire week - this is one of our favourite things about van life, those little places that you didn't even know existed which then capture your heart πŸ’•

Also, if there's any van life related topics you'd like us to cover, let me know under this post! After the van tour we're planning a couple of videos on things we would change if we converted another van, and some lessons we learned after one year of van life. Just trying to switch things up a bit after doing exclusively vlogs for my first few videos 😁

I hope you have a lovely week ahead!

Lots of love, Jessica, Risi and Heidi 🌿