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Category: Campervan
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Cool runnings – France 2014
There’s a saying that people use after a successful trip in an old vehicle, something like: “I just did a 1000 mile trip and it didn’t…
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New versus vintage Dilemma
I’ve recently started to wonder whether I might be better off aiming to get a more modern van and do a self-build camper conversion. I’ve even…
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Surviving a rainy campervan trip
I’m sat writing this in deepest Norfolk, using the passenger swivel seat as my office chair, while on the other side of the curtain (seperating the…
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VW T25 1Z Tdi conversion
Those of you who have been following along will know that last year, Rocky’s original 1.6 CS diesel was replaced with a 1.9 1Y engine from…
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The Camputer Part 3 – API hacking
In part 2 I got RasbBMC installed, and worked out how to get vnc server running. The next goal was to get to know how the…
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The Camputer Part 2 – raspBMC installation
(See Part 1 for details on what the project is about and the kit bought for it so far). I decided to go with RaspBMC as…
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Raspberry Pi project – the Camputer (Part 1)
I’m building an in-vehicle computer for my camper van. I wasn’t sure whether to blog about this here or on my Camper van blog, but as…
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Overland dreaming
As you may have guessed from the lack of recent updates, we haven’t been able to use Rocky much over the winter, and he is currently…
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Living The Van Life
I found this blog about a guy living in his Westfalia Vanagon (T25/T3) while surfing youtube – I found a video about heating a van on…
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2CV Campervan
After I had to let my first T25 go, I bought a Citroën 2CV. The 2CV, due to it’s incredibly simple mechanics, bulletproof 2 cylinder aircooled…
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Heating a campervan for winter camping (and day trips).
Rocky has sat parked up near our house pretty neglected since the summer, but now my thoughts are turning to winter camping and day trips. Last…
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Catching up – Summer 2013
Ok after a productive start to the blog this year, i’ve failed to post since the start of the summer. I’m going to blame it mostly…