Competition time The guys over at Combe Valley Campers were recently running a monthly photo competition. Winners getting selected by the number of likes
Goodbye 2020 So, 2020 wasn’t quite the year I had hoped for. A year mostly stuck inside looking at the walls, dreaming of road
All change It was great meeting Leslye and Tina yesterday afternoon in their campers, but today I was Billy no mates on the shingle
Great garden, great people Sometimes you find a great stopover and don’t really want to move on. The beautiful Sandown Castle community garden was
Sunrise smiles After a good night’s sleep, it was great to be up with a beautiful early morning sunrise. Last nights blast from the
Let’s go road trip! Even if it’s just for a few days, a mini road trip seemed like a great idea. Weather was ideal.
Bus blues With lockdowns and shutdowns, there have been limited opportunities to enjoy using the bus as much as I would like. It’s been
Air-cooled hangout At the end of a long, hot day, I remembered a few local air-cooled drivers were having another catch-up at Galley Hill
Headlining resources Waste not, want not. I used a large ply offcut from cutting the sheets to length, as a full-size test piece to
Headliner back on track No chance of going too stir crazy in lockdown. A VW camper often presents lots of potential work projects to
Flat four air-cooled relatives Porsche and VW automotive history have been closely intertwined right from inception. Classic early Porsches even have a very similar
Impromptu gathering by the sea It’s been a while since I caught up with a few bus buddies. So it was nice to have
They’re not the best equipped, the fastest or the most comfortable campers out there. They’re quirky to drive and the technology is dated and sometimes a challenge to use. An odd choice for my classic camper van then!
To me, none of this really matters though. It has its own unique character and story. Without doubt, it’s my fave vehicle ever! People wave at you whilst you’re driving around. You stop places and have complete strangers come up and start conversations with you about it. So many stories, from so many different people. It does way more than merely just get you from A to B.
Yes it’s cool. No I’m not going to paint it!
This is a standard reply to one of my most commonly asked questions. The bus was made in Germany in 1963/1964. It is still mostly original and solid in all the right places! Sure, the paint is faded and worn through in areas. That’s to be expected after all these years. Especially if you spent most of those early years in sunny California. You only get original once, and this bus shows its age with pride!
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