A travel-obsessed couple say they have "no regrets" naming their children after fictional adventure characters - despite people insisting the names are 'dumb' and their kids will be 'bullied at school'. John Newby, 45, and his wife, Tara, 35, have travelled 24 countries with their 20-month-year-old son Crusoe - named after fictional castaway Robin Crusoe, the hero of the 18th century novel by Daniel Defoe.
Their youngest son, Sawyer, 12 weeks, is the newest addition to the family and has also been named after a fictional literary character - Mark Twain's famous adventurer Tom Sawyer from his 1876 novel. Whilst the family are currently living on and renovating a farm in northern Portugal, their young adventurers have already explored the globe.
Crusoe has been travelling since he was just seven weeks old, visiting 24 countries since his birth - including the USA, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Hungary, Slovakia, Monaco and Italy - and even visited a further 11 whilst in the womb. His brother, Sawyer, who arrived in September 2022, has also been off to a strong start - having seen England, Spain, Portugal and Zimbabwe so far.
