Van 91: Croeso I Gymru
I was invited along to a brand new campsite in Wales so a friend and I went along in our campervans on what would turn out to be a very warm August weekend.
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Author: David Johns
Van 90: Door Blimey!
A few years ago, I made a video about how to fix the handle on the sliding door of my Toyota Proace van, when it comes apart from the mechanism inside. That video still stands and you can watch it on the link below. However, this time around, the entire door handle mechanism had come apart inside the door so I had to take the whole thing apart from the inside to fix it.
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Van 89: Bard cheese
A new event, of sorts, this was Camperlife@Stratford at Stratford Racecourse, a weekend get-together for van folk.
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Van 88: Legging It
Join me in the van for a session of DIY as I fix a broken tap and – finally! – get around to sorting out hinged bed legs.
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Van 87: Packing Heat
After installing my Autoterm diesel heater a few months ago, I went for a night at a nearby campsite with overnight temperatures predicted at about freezing.
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Merry Christmas, 2023
A quick message wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2024, with apologies for not having posted any videos lately.
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Van 86: Getting It Up
I recently bought a “6 person living space” tent-like thing from Tesco which was on clearance at just £15. This is the video of me putting it up and testing it for the first time, to use as a cheap awning substitute.
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Van 85: Willow Fields of Dreams
Willow Fields campsite at Haxey near Doncaster held a weekend for self-build campervanners and it was great fun.
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Van 84: DIY SOS
I’m looking for suggestions and help with reworking the legs for my campervan bed and this video explains the issue.
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Van 83: That Festival Feeling
I spent a weekend at the VanLife Festival in Shrewsbury along with hundreds of other vans, motorhomes, tents etc.
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