“Why did Bebe have to hurt herself to keep us safe? It wasn’t her job.”
That’s what Isla asked us after the accident.
We didn’t have a good answer for her beyond saying that Bebe did exactly what she was built to do.
We’ve been quiet for a while because we’ve been trying to process what happened and work out what comes next.
A few weeks ago in Kazakhstan, Bebe’s front tyre clipped an unmarked concrete plinth at a half-finished toll booth. It slashed the sidewall and we lost control. The rear wheel then caught the same plinth and blew out too, swinging Bebe into a metal post and flipping her onto her side.
We all got out. I was taken to hospital and stayed overnight for X-rays, CT scans and other tests. I escaped relatively lightly with concussion, whiplash and a few minor cuts. Jess was shaken and bruised. Isla and Otis were unharmed.
We know how lucky we are.
Bebe, our home for the last five years, has been catastrophically damaged. The chassis is badly bent, the cab mangled and the habitation box, our actual home, has suffered major structural and internal damage.
Bebe was never just a truck.
Six years ago we sold up, sold almost everything we owned and put our life savings into building a different life. She became our home, office and school. The place Isla has grown up in. The place we’ve built our whole life around.
There is no comprehensive insurance to replace her. Commercially viable comprehensive cover for a truck like Bebe on a long-term journey outside Europe simply wasn’t available.
After a lot of encouragement from friends in the community, we’ve set up a GoFundMe to help cover the cost of getting all of us and as many of our belongings as possible back to England, deal with the aftermath of the accident and begin building a replacement family home on wheels.
Asking for help doesn’t come naturally to us. But right now, we need it.
If you can donate, either through gofundme or direct with SATs, thank you. If you can’t, sharing this post or the genuinely helps too.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-global-traces-family-rebuild
Thank you.
Jess, Dave, Isla & Otis
That’s what Isla asked us after the accident.
We didn’t have a good answer for her beyond saying that Bebe did exactly what she was built to do.
We’ve been quiet for a while because we’ve been trying to process what happened and work out what comes next.
A few weeks ago in Kazakhstan, Bebe’s front tyre clipped an unmarked concrete plinth at a half-finished toll booth. It slashed the sidewall and we lost control. The rear wheel then caught the same plinth and blew out too, swinging Bebe into a metal post and flipping her onto her side.
We all got out. I was taken to hospital and stayed overnight for X-rays, CT scans and other tests. I escaped relatively lightly with concussion, whiplash and a few minor cuts. Jess was shaken and bruised. Isla and Otis were unharmed.
We know how lucky we are.
Bebe, our home for the last five years, has been catastrophically damaged. The chassis is badly bent, the cab mangled and the habitation box, our actual home, has suffered major structural and internal damage.
Bebe was never just a truck.
Six years ago we sold up, sold almost everything we owned and put our life savings into building a different life. She became our home, office and school. The place Isla has grown up in. The place we’ve built our whole life around.
There is no comprehensive insurance to replace her. Commercially viable comprehensive cover for a truck like Bebe on a long-term journey outside Europe simply wasn’t available.
After a lot of encouragement from friends in the community, we’ve set up a GoFundMe to help cover the cost of getting all of us and as many of our belongings as possible back to England, deal with the aftermath of the accident and begin building a replacement family home on wheels.
Asking for help doesn’t come naturally to us. But right now, we need it.
If you can donate, either through gofundme or direct with SATs, thank you. If you can’t, sharing this post or the genuinely helps too.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-global-traces-family-rebuild
Thank you.
Jess, Dave, Isla & Otis
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