Research The van #2 build project isn’t now, its in the future, and this time we’re going to use this blog as our scrapbook portal and research list. It’ll be a good couple of years of research, stealing inspiration, finding products and suppliers. Its all listed here which may be…
Here is our index page for self-build campervans and motorhomes Van 1 – NV200 Van type: Nissan NV200 Year: 2016 Build dates: March – June 2016 Type: Campervan Brief spec: SMALL 🙂 Insulated, 2 berth, small bed, hob, heating, loo, sink, ,custom water tanks, solar, discreet and stealthy Build blog: …
Overview In designing Van #2, we’ve got a couple of years to get it right before we even start. So, like everyone else, we’re stealing as many ideas as we can from places to see what we like. We’ve designed a layout we think will work, not set in stone,…
For all pics, see HERE For a change, we decided to hop on a small pre Christmas city break to Riga which is the capital of Latvia. A place we know nothing about and thought why not! We booked flights with AirBaltic which is their national carrier and to be…
Note: Writing this late 2018, build will be 2020-21 – so this is very much ideas and draft!!!! The Van2 project is different to the NV200 self build. The NV was designed as a camping car with a 5 year lifespan to fit in with our plans then, which included…
Always good to put ideas down on paper 🙂 Our interests are varied, cycle-touring, backpacking and campervanning. And the current small campervan (aka car) is used as a car so we don’t feel bad if it doesn’t do big trips as its not left of the drive doing nothing. We’ve got…
Wow. Back in late 2016 we posted about our plans for the next year (or two) – see HERE So how did we do 2017 Cycle camping trip to the south of France (again) direct over the hills DONE! Excellent trip (see HERE ) Month around Scandinavia up to the…
Wow. Can’t really believe it Its 10 years ago since we left full time work and decided to do something a bit different, so thought it would be useful to have a quick review of what its been like. If you didn’t know, we’d planned doing different for many years,…
Last big DIY project of the year is now complete, and that is fitting new driveway gates and having them electrically opening. We’re lazy, we never closed our old gates in 5 years!! The gates are 11′ and 4′ and made of oak and on first glance look good, but…
Yep, another DIY project! Our under stairs cupboard was large, but naff, and just unusable. I did make a storage cupboard inside, but that was pretty useless. On visiting a friends, they had a pro installed under stairs cupboard with sliding pullouts which really made the most of the space. …