Seasons change After a brief New Year break, it was back up to the Outer Hebrides again. The journey up through England might be long and a bit tedious at times, but once you get to Scotland, it’s never dull! Even though I’m getting used to the route, at different times of the year, the … Read more
Journeys destination It was a nice feeling to have finally arrived in the Outer Hebrides and to be back at the Small Mission Hall again. A different kind of road trip experience this time with an actual destination to go to and stay in. However, before you get carried away thinking I’ve ideas of grandeur … Read more
Sunshine start It’s time to leave the glorious sunshine start of Morecambe behind this morning. Today I’d be continuing north on my way up to the Outer Hebrides. I expect I won’t be wearing my shorts for too much longer the further north I get, we’ll see. Before I head off anywhere, it’s time to … Read more
Insulation in a camper is not just for winter. OK, so the sun’s not out. It’s often rainy, and not that hot. Typical (some might say) UK weather. This does not stop me enjoying driving my camper, whatever the weather! When I first got it, I made sure to add both thermal and acoustic insulation … Read more
Summers coming You know that summer is coming when you start seeing a few more air-cooled VW’s on the road. Seems that now is the time that a few more are coming out of their winter’s hibernation! I was walking home along the seafront and saw this cool custom bus in the seafront car park. … Read more
Electrickery Last summer I managed to get the basics of a head unit and some speakers in the bus, but never had the subwoofer set-up and working. This in itself was quite a mini achievement for me and electrickery. Now it was time to get some items on my to-do list properly sorted at last! However, … Read more
UK weather testing After all the hard work of getting the new rubbers fitted, there is only one real way of finding out if all the effort was worth it or not? Fortunately, this is England… and it’s winter, so it didn’t really take that long before the new rubbers were put to a real-world … Read more
Perished rubbers So 2016 has started off being rather wet thus far, hardly the motivation kick up the backside I sometimes need to get out and get stuff done on the bus! However, some jobs are a bit of a must, even in this weather! Big plans to try to crack on and get an … Read more
Rivet fun OK, after all the ‘fun’ of drilling out the 14 factory fitted rivets, I now get the added fun of being able to fix the new rubber seal back in place with guess what, 14 new pop rivets – it’s like a present that just keeps on giving! Having never actually owned or … Read more
Some of the regular readers might remember the driving rain coming through the overhead ‘air-conditioning’ experience on my way back from getting the fire suppression fitted from a little while back… I had wanted to sort this for a while, but unfortunately the internal vent flap had subsequently become stuck in the open position. OK in the warm summer months, but not … Read more
Camper goodies Remember when you were a kid and you tried guessing what was wrapped up in any presents under the Christmas tree? Happy childhood memories right there! Well I know it’s getting pretty close to Christmas now, but imagine finding this under the Christmas tree, what could possibly be inside… Unfortunately, this is not … Read more
OK, it’s not quite getting the tinsel up for the Christmas decorations, but the bus interior is now becoming a bit of a silvery winter wonderland inside! Just need a few twinkling lights, reindeer and a snowmen outside to complete the festive scene! With the sides, tailgate, cab and cargo doors all insulated, time to get the large metal … Read more