I’m heading out to volunteer at Project Kamp for two months, and this page is where I’ll be documenting the trip and my time on the land.
Project Kamp is a small off-grid community in rural Portugal, near Treixedo in the Viseu district, where a handful of people are regenerating a piece of abandoned land and prototyping a more sustainable way of living. It’s run under One Army, the same group behind Precious Plastic, and they document the whole journey publicly so others can learn from it (and avoid their mistakes).
Below you will be able to follow my journey and time in Kamp.
Blog
See posts below as I blog about my time in Kamp.
Two Weeks to go... One Van, One Bike, and a Very Helpful Cat
The ferry's booked for two weeks from now. That one sentence has turned the whole thing from "someday" into a countdown, and suddenly every loose end I've been quietly ignoring for the two months I'll be away has shown up at once demanding attention. The bike First win of th...
Chasing the Cheapest Crossing: Planning My Campervan Trip to Portugal
Driving a campervan from the UK to Portugal starts with what seems like a simple choice — just get on a boat to Spain — but quickly turns into a puzzle of ports, dates, and fuel costs. For my van (5.9m long, 2.8m high), it came down to Portsmouth to Santander or Bilbao, or Plymouth to Santander. Plymouth had the shortest crossings, but the ...
Behind the Scenes: Applying to Project Kamp
For a while now (10+ years), I've followed Precious Plastic and One Army — the open-source, radically transparent maker collective behind Project Kamp, a regenerative land project in Portugal rebuilding after a 2017 wildfire. So when I found their volunteer sign-up for Season 6 (2026), it felt like a genuine "why not actually try" moment rat...
Follow my outbound journey
When I leave, the below will be replaced with a tracker