Celtic Rover

07/09/2024

I am heading to the Adventure Overland show to speak and meet up with old friends. My slot is 1pm on Saturday 14th of October but there are lots of great talks, stands and vehicles on display, maybe see some of you there, sadly Nelson will not make it, restoration project starts Monday!

18/06/2024

This months edition of Land Rover Monthly has a six page spread on the first part of the African Safari, part two is in the works and ends rolled in a national park full of lions, working on the plan for part 3, Nelson reborn

26/05/2024

Updates on my Africa trip are on my personal page https://www.facebook.com/gerry.mulligan.98

28/04/2024

The travels of Celtic rover are now just on my personal page Gerry Mulligan and the website

For many people going to Spain and Portugal is an adventure in itself; my friends Polaris Overland have just returned …

05/09/2021

22/03/2020

I am back in Scotland and will be tidying up the website over the next week, keep safe all of you and keep your distance, every transmission line broken is a life saved ...
https://www.celtic-rover.com/sheltering-in-place/

A week ago I was in Buenos Aries in the last days of my six month trip around South America. Life h

05/03/2020

A few new blogs available on the website for those who like the longer versions of the stories

https://www.celtic-rover.com/beach-buggy-and-beach-bums

Beach buggy .... Tony and I have been exploring the beaches of Brazil in the last week of the trip b

26/02/2020

We made it to Carnival, one of the highlights of the trip, and our plan worked out well as we visited a smaller but friendly and accessable Carnival in Encarnacion in Paraguay. https://www.celtic-rover.com/carnival-dancing-shoes-not-much-else/

One of the anticipated highlights of the trip was to see Carnival in South America, however this cau

21/02/2020

We have been making our way slowly up the river Uruguay to carnival and then Uguazu falls...Paraguay seems a bit wilder and more unruly than Argentina but should be good fun !
https://www.celtic-rover.com/meandering-up-the-river-uruguay/

After a week of travelling up really flat and unchanging roads we passed Buenos Aries (as we will re

12/02/2020

After a week with Tony we have not had any wind or bad weather, Patagonia is like a different place...
https://www.celtic-rover.com/all-change-in-a-week/

What a difference a week can make in Patagonia... The main change is I am now travelling with my fri

05/02/2020

We made it to the end of the world, hiked in some lovely mountains, dipped toes in the Beagle channel, braved winds that turned over four campers and sadly killed a motorcyclist, and get Nelson repaired.

Sadly say good by to Elisabeth Innes but hello to Tony who partnered me across the Pamir and Karakhorm last year for the final trip to Carnival

https://www.celtic-rover.com/the-end-of-the-world-ushuaia/

We left our friends Camille and william rebuilding their engine and headed off to Ushuaia along the

05/02/2020

We managed to get some friends back on the road, thanks to carrying a nice long list of spares
https://www.celtic-rover.com/land-rover-mary-poppins/

26/01/2020

Just posted a blog update about our recent adventures with broken rear axels and once again a recovery back onto the road with all wheels on our wagon !
https://www.celtic-rover.com/glaciers-waterfalls-and-wobbly-axels/

As we started down the Carrera Astral the weather was not cooperating with my plan, this section of

17/12/2019

We are now in Santiago so our bush repair has made it across Bolivia, Chile and Argentina and is just showing some signs of leaking now. So Nelson is in the garage for his Christmas treat and we are on our way home for Christmas with friends and family. The next leg of the adventure begins on the 28th with Lee as we set off for a month long tour of Patagonia to finish at the end of the world here in Ushuaia. Meantime the blog is up to date thanks to a day in a nice hotel in Santiago, in between dips in the pool !
https://www.celtic-rover.com/a-green-and-pleasant-land/

We had a nice few days by the Lido in Salta which allowed us to catch up on things after a few weeks

07/12/2019

Now an update on our adventures on the great salt flats of Bolivia or Salars as they are known here, a wonderful day that nearly ended up in bogged down tears but thanks to low tyre pressures and momentum we just avoided sinking and had a great adventure
https://www.celtic-rover.com/the-great-salars-of-bolivia/

After the stress of the oil fl**ge falling apart, and the amazing recovery thanks to the mechanics i

07/12/2019

I have written up the great oil leak story for those who are interested in the detail. https://www.celtic-rover.com/nelson-down-and-rises-again/

On these trips of mine I tend to have a new copilot each month or so, for me this is a six month tri

24/11/2019

And the final post from Cusco, were I have spent a few days rest getting Nelson sorted, laundry done and writing up the last few weeks of the trip including the last instalment, our trip to Machu Picchu
https://www.celtic-rover.com/cusco-and-machu-picchu/

After our adventures in Lake Titicaca Duncan and I headed to the town of Cusco, which is the gateway