Loving Life on the Road
After spending the night at the lighthouse we headed down to Sagres Fortress where we all had arranged an impromptu meet up for anyone who “followed” the 3 channels to come and join us for a night or two. Missy, Dom and co had stayed there the previous night as it was a little too […]
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So we did it – we have left the house and are now living in the van.. which is weird and cool and a bit scary and a LOT exciting.. We have started by popping down the road and are in a pub stop in Crewe for our first night away from the house (we […]
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Denmark Part 2 Thankfully the weather was still being kind as we made our way out of the village to get to the Great Belt Bridge for the return crossing. We managed to see a few more gorgeous villages with thatched cottages everywhere – these looked slightly different to those I’d seen in the UK, […]
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So the border guy waves his little red stop sign and points to the right so as good upstanding citizens of the world we stopped all recording devices and pulled over. A handsome Danish Viking (all blonde hair, blonde beard, blue eyed) has a very thorough look at our passports and asked where we were […]
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This trip was planned before we decided to live in the van and sell our house, so we thought it was a great test for a week to see how all our stuff fits in the van and how we get on living on a small budget. In 36 hours we got from Manchester to […]
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This is a Bonus video to this series showing the latest gear I use to make my videos and to also reveal the competition winner of the DJI Osmo Mobile 2. The vlog setup I have now settled on is the GoPro Hero 7 Black in a case which also houses the external mic adaptor […]
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If you’re making youtube videos for fun then this part might not interest you, however, if you want to grow your audience and really benefit from what youtube offers then this guide is for you. Continuing from my last video about editing your film the end result needs to be uploaded to Youtube, some editing […]
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We decided to go away with the Whippets as Jo’s birthday is on the same day as our Wedding Anniversary. We thought we’d wait until the last minute before choosing where to go due to the storm rolling in over the UK, and Dorset was earmarked to have the best weather anywhere in the UK […]
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In ep3 of my series on how I make my travel videos we talk about basic video editing for beginners. I show you how I edit and the software I use. I go over basic editing methods to get you familiar with your editing software and to understand video formats and editing techniques. I show […]
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Campervan Tales Weekend Meetup With Friday booked off work we set off nice and early to the meetup at the Waterloo Inn in Biggin, just past Buxton. The sun was shining and the skies were blue which was a massive change to the weekend at Sentry Circle – I think we’d forgotten what travelling in […]
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In part of of How I make my travel videos I go over the filming techniques I use to try and capture the action, the scenery and also keep the viewer interested in what they’re watching. I show how I use my gopros and what accessories I have and how they help get certain shots. […]
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Wonderful weekend celebrating the “almost” finished Betty Boondocker. When we saw Kirsty and Purdy’s video arranging a meet up to see them off we couldn’t resist! We’d seen their videos showing off Sentry Circle and also a little tour from One Man and his Whippet so were excited to go. With a Friday booked off […]
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We’ve had a lot of questions, from people who have watched our 2018 Scotland videos, asking if the applecross pass is suitable for them and their motorhome to drive up. So as I recorded the descent I thought the easiest way to show people is to upload the full video and they can check out […]
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I get asked all the time about what gear I use to make my videos, along with how I edit or how I got a certain shot. So I took all the questions from the past few months and worked out a series of 4 videos split into topics to hopefully help as a guide […]
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During the last few days of 2018 we met up with the “Whippets” and camped at the highest pub in England, The Tan Hill Inn, for the night, oh what a night that was with gale force winds rocking the van all night and whistling through the van vents. Then we travelled over the the […]
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This was a family weekend visit trip, take a ride on a steam train and catch up with family for fathers day. Watch the 360 train film here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5qOTbpCpgU&t=69s We are John & Mandy, and sometimes Cooper too. We travel, mostly in our campervan, to explore new sights and eat great food. Our videos will […]
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In the 2nd part of our Scotland 2018 Summer trip we visit the Isle of Skye and head home via the Lowlands. We are John & Mandy, and sometimes Cooper too. We travel, mostly in our campervan, to explore new sights and eat great food. Our videos will mostly cover our travels or campervan maintenance. […]
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We visited Scotland in 2016 in our old ‘van, however, the weather was wet and the scenery was hidden, so we decided a great test of our new ‘van would be to explore scotland again, this time the weather seemed to be in our favour. On this episode we travel from Manchester to Carlisle and […]
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I started the re-conversion this week by removing everything and ended up finding a few more faults to fix too. I picked up the new furniture kit and will be fitting new new 12mm ply floor and alto floor covering this weekend.
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