Loving Life on the Road
We visited stonehenge this week, after a long wanting to stay here we finally made it. Such a great vibe there and plenty of vans to look around and great people to talk to. We left after staying 2 nights and travelled over to Wales to go explore the mountains and find some parkups with […]
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Our Cooper is an English Springer Spaniel, he was born June 23rd 2009 and his parents were working gun dogs hence his little docked tail (this was done “properly” at the vets) It seems he failed his puppy tests for becoming a working gun dog himself as he is scared of almost everything. He hates […]
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This week we visited the camping and caravan club site near Hampton Court Palace and had a lovely day cycling around. We continued to try our the remoska oven with some amazing food and Mandy also cooked some epic halloumi fries. We then made sure we went to back to Caz Bar in Milton Keynes […]
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After over 20 years of “vanning” we thought we’d share our full history of the caravans, campervans and motorhomes we have owned and the decisions to buy and change each type. We hope some of the information in this video will help you decide which is best for you. Should you still have any questions […]
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It’s been another eventful and productive week, getting Darrans motorhome wiring working and safe, having friends around for a good catch up and even learning about fire extinguishers and Fire Safety Sticks, and all that before we talk about Mandy’s accident and cooper being poorly. On this weeks vlog you can see the following youtubers: […]
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We’ve had such a great week, really busy but really great. We spent the weekend with friends and the week we have been helping other vanlifers, paying it back in another great pub, The Crooked Chimney nr Welwyn Garden City, and we also went back to Willow Fields Campsite to catch up on their progress […]
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Having CCTV on your motorhome or campervan provides you security if wild camping or also peace of mind if leaving your vehicle parked up while you’re away from it. So this cheap CCTV system not only allows you to see what’s going on around your vehicle at all times but also to record to cloud […]
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As we travel around we are trying to route our trip around the pubs who were kind enough to allow us to stay overnight during lockdown. This week we pay it back to The Hobnails Inn If you’re interested in what it’s like driving in Europe then please watch this via on Those Weirdos channel […]
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As you know we use 12v PC fans in our van to draw cool air into the van, extract hot air or cooking smells and also to use 2 fans to pull air in and blow air out to create a nice air flow during the hot summer months. We can also use the fans […]
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After the recent lockdown easing and Darran, The Urban Motorhome, had a week off work, we decided to take a little holiday around East Anglia as we’d all never been before. Jon & Tash, Life Beyond Bricks, joined us for the weekend too. We have been travelling with Darran for over 4 weeks now and […]
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After 3 weeks enjoying the tranquility and safety of being on private land it was time to head back out into the big wide world of English hatred of Motorhomers, well that was our expectations after the last trip out, but this time is was different. More to follow soon… Thanks you very much for […]
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Its been a while since i’ve written anything on here. A lot of that is down to a lack of confidence and some to do with a lack of content. It seems easier to make a video where John and I chat to the camera to discuss what we’ve been up to or future plans […]
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It’s been over 6 months since we moved into a van, though almost half of that time has been under lockdown, but this hasn’t changed our mind about living full time in our motorhome. The original desire to be free to travel is still there, though it’s been a challenge in recent times. With the […]
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We’ve found a spot to relax with Friends until we can start travelling openly once again. It seems the UK public isn’t quite ready for those of us who live in our motorhomes to actually live in our motorhomes! We were very kindly offered a place to stay with Darran, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBnF7q4L-h4aP440PylsQYg and Jon & Tash, […]
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On our travels around the UK we are learning where to park without getting local attention, with limited success, but it’s a big learning curve living in a van during these changing times. We just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who have offered us a safe parkup or land to park […]
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After getting far too many visits from the Derbyshire Police we decided to move on and try and get back into travelling. Then we got asked to move on again in Gloucestershire. We are keep our distance from people, finding quiet parkups well away from people and generally loving the ability to travel a little […]
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We’ve been quite busy over the past few weeks since making a regular vlog. We’ve finally got round to putting up our stickers in the new van, though we do need to get some more ordered. We’ve sorted the Fridge fans and cab door seal and soundproofing. Mandy’s been trying our Chai Tea and has […]
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Another Instant Pot Meal by Mandy. This is one of our favourite meals form the instant pot, not only as it lasts a few meals but it’s really tasty and versatile too. Get your instant pot here – https://amzn.to/2RLNF44 Why not get one of our stickers https://www.johnandmandy.uk/stickers/ Or say thanks & make a donation if […]
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I wanted to primarily power the vans electrical sockets via our 2KW inverter, but then wanted to use the same sockets on electric hookup when possible. So that meant finding a easy way, and an automatic way, to switch between 2 power sources to the vans internal mains wiring. I’ll show you what I used […]
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We had initially thought that we would scoot over to La Rochelle and the Ile de Re but looking at the weather and any chance that we might get to Amsterdam we thought we would scoot through the middle of France, dip our toe in Luxembourg (it’s a sticker we don’t have on the van […]
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