Finally got a chance to play with our new cooking gadget – the EcoZoom no-gas stove – and we are really impressed. It is just perfect for the campervan life.
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Campervans, Blue Skies and Afternoon Tea, what’s not to like…
What a great idea…a campervan meet-up on a nice campsite, good weather and serious afternoon tea together! Just back from a great camping weekend in Kai, our Alphard campervan, talking campervan-geek with other vanners and eating delicious cake and scones…
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Here are 7 of the foodie products that I checked out on my latest wander around Sainsbury’s that I think are really useful for camping. For me, camping food needs to be: quick, easy to store, NOT cause too much washing-up, and of course, be tasty.
Enjoy…
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We’re not long back from a ‘Sea & the City’ camping break in Wales which included Chester (the city part) and Anglesey (the sea part). But Chester is special when it comes to campervanning as you can park overnight in the car park there for only £8.
What Would You do if You had a Serious Injury in Your Campervan?

So do you know what you would do if you had a serious injury while you were camping? It’s not really something that I’d ever really thought about, that is until it happened to me back in April…
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Does Your Campervan ‘Talk’ to You?
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…
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