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…
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Yay, We Start the Bed at the Converters Meet-up!
Ooohh it feels good… we have just started to build the bed and in a campervan conversion that often means that you are getting near to completing the main build (not that they are ever really finished of course).
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QUEST FOR A NEW CAMPERVAN: Good Progress at the New Forest DIY Van Converters Meetup
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.
Win the Spring Edition of Campervan Magazine: What is Your Favourite Camping Accessory?
Well, it looks like I have subscribed twice to Campervan magazine this year (senility is a terrible thing!). So I now have the spring edition to give away as the prize in my new competition – ‘What is the best camping accessory that you have found?’. Just let me know in a comment or by email and I’ll post the magazine to the winner. Intrigued to see what you come up with…
You can email your answer to thecampercookie@gmail.com
QUEST FOR A NEW CAMPERVAN: My Moment of Despair
Today you find me feeling a bit down on my campervan conversion quest. It is proving to be harder than I thought to find skilled help to convert our new Vauxhall Vivaro van as we want a bespoke design and need to do it on a reasonable budget.
But I will find a way…
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Campervan Christmas Presents: The Stick-on Mirror You Can't Live Without!
Sometimes it’s the simple things that make a big difference and a stick-on mirror can make a big difference to your campervan life (and a great Christmas present for your campervan friends)…
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Campervan Christmas Presents: The Hi Gear Stool/Table
Yes it’s nearly that time of year again so I am going to bring you a series of blogs on cool presents for your camping family and friends, or you can even treat yourself to one! Some of these clever products are great to use at home, too. So let me tell you about the Hi Gear Stool/Table which we have had in our van for a couple of years and it has so many uses…
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Campervan Kit: The Gorgeous Teddy Bear Blanket
When I spent a few days down on the Dorset coast recently in our campervan, Trev-the-Prev, we had some zero degree nights and I was soooo happy to have my Teddy Bear blankets with me. If you have not entered the world of Teddy Bear fabric yet then you are in for a gorgeous, new experience…
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