Tag campervan conversion

Don’t be Afraid to Change Your Campervan

summerbourne 1 Comment

So, what do you do if you want to change your campervan? I don’t mean selling the van, but what if you feel that the current layout is not working for you anymore?

Perhaps your circumstances have changed or maybe it was never what you really wanted when you designed it and now you really want YOUR van. Well, this is what happened to us when we changed our camper to not only fit our style of camping, but also to adapt to changes in our life and the world in general…

Continue reading “Don’t be Afraid to Change Your Campervan” →

Our New Campervan, Kai, has Arrived!

summerbourne

Can there be anything more exciting than picking up your new campervan! Well maybe, but probably not for the campervan geeks and dreamers in the world. A few days ago, we collected our new campervan, a Toyota Alphard converted by Northstar Conversions, from the Isle of Wight. While we were there, we had a weekend camping with him to get to know him and so that Northstar could do any tweaks that were necessary. Here is what happened…

Continue reading “Our New Campervan, Kai, has Arrived!” →

Yay, We Have a New Campervan (well almost)!

summerbourne 3 Comments

Glyn and I are just back from the Isle of Wight where we ordered our new Toyota Alphard campervan from Northstar Conversions. This time we are not going to convert it ourselves as we did with Big Red, our Vivaro, (don’t think our relationship would survive it!). This time we are having a bespoke design based on Northstar’s new mobile office/weekend camper concept which is totally brilliant and is what really works for our current style of camping. Let me tell you more…

Continue reading “Yay, We Have a New Campervan (well almost)!” →

Does Your Campervan ‘Talk’ to You?

summerbourne

OK, I know that sounds a bit weird but I’m not talking about the van actually saying good morning to you when you wake up (although that would be just brilliant),  I mean communication in subtle ways. Because I swear that our van ‘Big Red’ is telling us what he wants and what he doesn’t want as we continue to convert it. Let me explain…

Continue reading “Does Your Campervan ‘Talk’ to You?” →

Well, I had some interesting answers to my ‘what’s your most useful camping accessory?’ competition and I was surprised at how many of you said that your dog or your partner was your favourite  accessory! Not sure how I would feel about being a camping accessory but I get that it was said with luv. Anyway, the winner of my camping accessory competition is…

Continue reading “Winner of my ‘Most Useful Camping Accessory’ Competition” →

Winner of my ‘Most Useful Camping Accessory’ Competition

summerbourne

QUEST FOR A NEW CAMPERVAN: Good Progress at the New Forest DIY Van Converters Meetup

summerbourne

Yay, good news at last! We made some really good progress on converting our Vivaro campervan,  ‘Big Red’, at a DIY campervan converters meetup in the New Forest in March. We had been feeling stuck for a while but, with the help of the Dorset/Hampshire/Sussex Self-Build Get Together Facebook group, we were able to get some of the more scary things done like, putting a solar vent in the roof and cutting a hole in the side of the van for the hook-up panel. And the great thing is that this has now given us the confidence to try more of the DIY work ourselves and we can see how to do some of the trickier parts as we have our ‘converters eye’ switched on now.

Continue reading “QUEST FOR A NEW CAMPERVAN: Good Progress at the New Forest DIY Van Converters Meetup” →