On the 23rd June, during the week of the longest day of the year, Spain is lit up with bonfires, bbqs and partying to celebrate San Juan. Another on our ever-growing list of reasons to love Spain – the celebration of San Juan is one of the craziest and most fun events we’ve ever experienced! Around this time of year […]
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Three days in to our journey through Spain we made an amazing accidental discovery… We’ve been in Spain for just under a week and so far it’s been full of brilliant places to stop the van. We’re working our way down towards Portugal for NOS Alive festival on 7th July, so having a few weeks to fill we decided to […]
Over one weekend we turned £8 worth of pallets and a hand full of nails into a stunning cabinet to hold a Bang & Olufsen BeoMaster 2000 record player. Last November, after having lived in the van for a month, we came to a bit of a halt with the build. Things seemed to keep going wrong and the cold of winter was […]
We lived in our van for 8 months whilst working full-time at our office jobs Whilst working on converting our van we got a little impatient and wanted to set off for Europe as soon as we could but it was nowhere near finished and we didn’t have enough money. To try and move things along more quickly we decided to […]
After over a year of planning and preparing we’ve finally set off on our adventure and our first stop is of course France! Setting off we didn’t have any concrete idea of a route to travel, only that we need to be in Portugal for a festival we’ve booked in July. At first this felt a bit daunting as we weren’t even […]
We completed the conversion of our Fiat Ducato Maxi in May 2016 and have been on the road ever since…
Over 18 months we converted a used carpet fitters van into our dream home The first day – Van came fitted with a raised floor & rough ply lining which all needed to be stripped out. Getting stuck in removing the raised floor Ready with our blank canvas – now the real work can start! Letting some […]
We decided to move in to the van before it was finished and before quitting our jobs to help us put aside some savings for travelling across Europe. This made saving money so much easier , not having to worry about paying rent and bills. Both our jobs were based near Salisbury so during the week we generally stayed around […]
When it came to deciding on a base vehicle for our self-build conversion we did A LOT of research. Taking the plunge and spending a big chunk of our savings on the vehicle that would one day be our dream home was a huge step for us so we’ve put together this guide based on what we found for anyone […]