
Welcome to The Sidetracked Sagas
We are Jen, James, Henry the Defender and BigMog the UniMog. Together we are the Sidetracked team.
In 2021 we embarked on the adventure of our lives, travelling the world with no timetable, no map and no rush. The plan is simply to experience whatever life throws at us, as remote and wild as we can find, and see what each day brings.
Henry carries us across Africa – over vast deserts, winding mountain passes, and long stretches of road where the horizon feels like the only destination that matters. He is not just a vehicle, he is our home.
As our journey grew, so did our plans. And with that came BigMog — our expedition truck built for the next chapter, carrying us beyond Africa and into the wider world.
Wherever we find ourselves, whether in Henry or BigMog, we are home. Everything we own is tucked inside or bolted to the outside. A life measured by memories, we are of no fixed abode, we are nomads.
We carry a satellite tracker which pings our location to a map once a day, tracking our route across the world.
Follow our adventures through our blog, photos and the map and see where the road takes us next.
Quick Link to Recent Posts
Sun, Sea and Smiles
With our mojos back on track and a little more optimism installed by the wine, we decided to try and book a boat trip on Lake Skadar after all. Not from the town we had…
Read MoreFinding Our Mojo in Montenegro
There is always a tipping point in any country when you realise that you are simply on the way out and from then on everything changes. It makes no real sense, it wouldn’t matter what…
Read MoreA Time to Pause
We had fallen completely in love with Serbia – a place which barely registers on the tourist scale and which many people believe is an aggressive country best avoided. That may be true of its…
Read MoreBelgrade – A City of Surprises
We were in Belgrade, a place we had gone to great lengths to avoid for weeks but had now dived into – determined see everything Serbia had to offer whether we liked it or not!…
Read MoreWarmth, Wine and the Road to Belgrade
Gradac Monastery was beautiful. Not just because it was a lovely old building with a long and intriguing history, but also because it was 19 degrees with blue skies and a warm sun shining down…
Read MoreSerbian Magic
We were determined to be hopeful – the first buds had started to appear on the ground and, whilst it had snowed yet again, it was thawing quickly and the sun was feeling distinctly warmer.…
Read MorePhoto Gallery
We had a few adventures before embarking on our nomadic lives. Have a look through our gallery from the ‘practice runs’…..















































































































