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- Vanlife
A weekend in beautiful Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
I headed east over the Easter weekend, and met up with some vanlife friends in Dorset. The venue for the meet up was Kimmeridge Bay, a beautiful little village near the coast on the Isle of Purbeck. The place is steeped in history, and the village features perfect thatched cottages…
- Adventures
The stunning beauty of Lustleigh Cleave, Dartmoor
In this video above I take you on a tour of Lustleigh Cleave and the the river Bovey valley on eastern Dartmoor. The place is stunning, with hidden bridges and steep slopes to explore, all with no vehicular access, which just adds to its mystical “lost world” feel. At the…
- Reviews
Driftr – The first social app for Vanlifers
There’s not many things in the crowdfunding world that has compelled me to make a contribution, until I found out about the Driftr app around a month ago. I had been following vanlife_jelena on Instagram for a while, when she posted up that she was working on a new app…
- How To
How to wire in a volt meter, usb and lighter socket in a camper van
One of the most common questions I have been asked via social media and email has been how did I wire up my USB/volt meter/cigarette lighter panel in the van. As the demand seemed to be out there for wiring instructions, I thought it was about time to write a…
- How To
Freshening up the campervan!
With all the damp, rainy days we have been having over the past few weeks, it was welcome relief to have a couple of bright sunny days to give the camper van a freshen up. The air in the van can get stale, so its important to freshen things up…
- Talbot Express Motorhome
Vanlife: Driving the Devon Lanes
Recently I put up a video on the Vanlife Blog YouTube channel explaining how I am finding it stressful at times to drive the campervan in some of the countryside lanes of Devon. So I thought I would make a video showing what its like to drive the van in…
- How To
Vanlife: How to change over the gas bottles
So the time was going to come when I run out of gas. And that time was when I was trying to make a cup of tea whilst the wind and drizzle battered the side of the van. So what better time to make a video about changing over the…
- How To
How to empty a Thetford cassette toilet
In this video above, I cover one of the less pleasant aspects of vanlife, emptying the cassette toilet! In my Talbot Express camper van, I have a Thetford cassette toilet, that can hold around 20 litres in the waste tank. It has a separate tank for fresh water, and this…