meeting interesting characters and the rarest of buses on our road trip

beautiful early morning start at the Metal bridge Inn

Well after a good nights sleep, it was an early-ish start as we had to push on and get back home in the next couple of days. Fortunately our route home would take us near the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, so not the worst scenery ahead for the first part of the … Read more

good progress on the Canterbury Pitt cooker unit refresh

a few coats of Danish wood oil and a final coat of beeswax to finish of the refresh

Wood refresh OK, time to push on with the Canterbury Pitt cooker cabinet refurbishment. I thought I would first start off somewhere discreet and out-of-the-way a little, like the interior shelf of the cooker unit, just to see how things look. That way I can decide how far I want to go with the rest … Read more

interior updates as the Canterbury Pitt cooker unit gets a refresh

original Canterbury Pitt hinges all in good working order

Cooker refurbish So having had a chance to take stock of the original Canterbury Pitt cooker and cabinet, it made sense (to me at least) that before it gets fitted into the camper, to give it a bit of a cosmetic refresh. I want to retain as much of its original character, but things like … Read more