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Tread The Globe travel across North America in Trudy

A couple attempting to drive an 18-year-old camper van around the world have shared the latest instalment of their travels.

Tread The Globe's Chris and Marianne Fisher started travelling in their Fiat Ducato, Trudy, five years ago, before beginning their world tour in 2020.

The Shropshire couple have so far visited 35 countries and travelled more than 80,000 miles - and spent 95 days stranded in a car park in Istanbul, Turkey, at the height of the Covid pandemic.

Over the last 12 months they have been in North America, visiting the United States, Canada and Mexico.

A film by John Bray

25 April 2023

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