Loving Life on the Road
Not many life changing opportunities exist for most people, but when they do you truly feel inspired by the people who offer them. So when I was asked to go on a sailing day with the UK Charity Cat Zero I knew I was about to be given an amazing opportunity to not only go […]
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Around 7 days ago Greg, Myself & Geeky Phillip had a manic morning organising a meetup we thought would be fantastic if 50 vans turned up, in the end well over 100 vans and around 170 people turned up at the meetup to get together and also say bon voyage to Greg & Lou as […]
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One thing we’ve found out really quickly about spending time in the van is it’s great to have time on your own, but wayyyyy better to spend time with a small group of like-minded people every so often too. We got so relaxed and had such a great time with everyone at this meetup that […]
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Back in 2016 we went to Rhodes and thought it would help pass the time for John if we made a funny holiday video, it was our first all-inclusive holiday and John gets bored easy but I (Mandy) like lounging by the pool. So we decided to try our own version of a holiday video. […]
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After recently installing a new roof rack I can now start to upgrade our solar power by installing a new 360 watt solar panel, but first I have the messy task of removing the old solar panel that’s stuck down to our van roof using sikaflex 512. To start the removal process I had 3 […]
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We thought it was about time to give you an update on how the house sale is going and also to go over some of the recent updates on the van and also chat about future plans for meetups and your videos. Let’s start with elephant in the room, what’s going on with the house […]
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In this final part of the Fiamma Trilogy I fit the Fiamma Roof Rack system to our Fiat Ducato Campervan. The main reason for fitting this roof rack is so we can install more solar panels on the roof and also to allow us to fit some storage boxes too hopefully. Looking to buy this […]
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What gear do I carry to help fix my van or help others? The gear I carry is important, not only to carry what I need but not to carry too much, so choosing the best tools to carry is really important. People have been asking for some time now for me to make this […]
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What do you “need” for full time van life? A Legal Address: Once problem right away is you need an address for things like van insurance, driving license, travel insurance, NHS and Doctors, vehicle V5, pet passport & Vets, your bank and credit card company amongst many others. You could use a relative or friend’s […]
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We wanted to go away to get the recent upgrades fully tested, see family and also record our van tour video. Are you interested in the Gear used to produce this video? Here’s a link to all my tech I use to record and produce my videos… https://www.johnandmandy.uk/filmmaking-gear/ Thanks you very much for watching our […]
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As we have made so many changes to our van since the last Van Tour last year we thought we’d give you an up to date tour so you can see what the van looks like now, although since filming this we have found a hidden cupboard and make a few other very minor changes. […]
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Just when you thought the campervan was finished there is more work to be done. The fridge fan i fitted recently wasn’t great, so we it was time to get something more suited to the job and a subscriber got in touch, thanks Richard, who has the same van as us and has found a […]
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One of the big tasks I had was to somehow make the van a lot quieter so when we filmed in the van it wasn’t really noisy, so I installed special sound deadening mats throughout the van and also within the front cab doors and side loading door. I also installed additional door seals to […]
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In Episode 3 of this campervan refit, the 3rd revision, I use the wood and items I removed previously to remake the interior to provide more storage for the back fo the van. I install a fan to help cool the back of the fridge which has a speed control so you can have a […]
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As you might have seen in the last episode, HERE, I uncovered quite a few issues with the van after removing the original van furniture. The first thing was to install quality panel insulation to the doors and side panels anywhere I could get access too, I also stuck plenty of Silent Coat sound deadening […]
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So.. or should that be Sew.. haha.. After complaining a LOT about John leaving gadgets and other paraphernalia lying around on every surface of the van, I decided to see if I could utilise some unused space in the van – the cupboard doors! I had an idea in my head and lots of spare […]
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The decision to take everything out of the back of our van and rebuild it to create more storage space has uncovered a few problems, mainly that the campervan has no insulation under the floor, has large holes all over the floor and a rats nest of wires – all these issues are going to […]
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