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Author: Rick Hurst
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VW T25 Mobile Office
After years of working from tents and the passenger seat of a VW Beetle, I finally have a luxury mobile office! Before you get excited wondering…
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Braindump April 2013
One of the oldest production web applications i’ve ever built is still happily running mission-critical operations for a small distribution company. I’ll be the first to…
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Bodywork almost done!
Although this is far from a professional job, it’s a massive improvement on the brush painted grey primer, rust streaks and patches Rocky had a couple…
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Bodywork spruce-up
So Rocky has now passed his M.O.T., but after picking him up from the garage I only drove a few metres before attacking him with a…
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T25 mobile stage
Love this photo of a T25 being used as a mobile stage by US band Half Blonde. Their music isn’t bad either! I’ve actually just started…
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The WTF switch
Does your camper have a WTF switch? Rocky has three – two on the dash and one on the outside of the wardrobe. Having a vehicle…
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Braindump March 2013
There seems to be a trend for free services shutting down recently – following the recent-ish announcements that Posterous (a kind of blog service with strong…
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Gone with the Wynns
Nikki and Jason Wynn sold it all, packed up their 2 cats, bought an RV, and hit the road! Another inspirational travel blog by a young…
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Anywhere Working Bristol
Last night I gave a short talk at the Anywhere working Bristol event at The Birdcage. I spoke about my experiences of working on the road…
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Upgrading a VW T25 1.6 diesel CS to a 1.9 1Y engine
I’ve mentioned a few times before how I find the frugal little 1.6 CS non-turbo diesel engine that Rocky came with a bit underpowered. Before we…
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Dreaming of road trips
So Rocky is currently having an engine transplant down in Devon (expect a blog post about that very soon), and meanwhile i’m fuelling my dreams of…
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Painting the spare steelies
One day we might buy some badass alloy wheels for Rocky, but that really is at the bottom of the list. In the meantime steelies will…