Revamping the van. Re-VAN-ping if you will.

The land of my fathers, the land of my choice,

The land in which poets and minstrels rejoice;

WELSH NATIONAL ANTHEM

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today I am whiling away the hours of trying failing to answer the phone convincingly with ‘how can i help?’ - (when actually the last thing i want to do is help anyone of these basterds, i just want to get out of here and go swimming!! then eat me some delicious FUD. 4.5 hours to go… 4.5 hours to go….!)by planning my impending trip to Wales

EXCITEEEEDDDDD.

me and my partner have been renovating his van, its a Nissan Vanette
like this little fella:

We have taken out all the back and cleaned it and sanded until all the paint stripped,


then put on a primer and a new coat of white. My partner has sewed a space blanket to a wool blanket with fairy lights threaded through it (sanding AND sewing… perfect new age man. <3) for the ceiling. And our next project is to build some kind of fold up bed for the back.

He has the tools and the expertise, I will be a scrappy-doo style sidekick, bashing in nails and sanding and stuff. We have until July 12th to get it all done…… then its us and the open road!

we’re going to sleep in coastal carparks, sometimes on campsites, cook on our little gas stove and make beautiful memories :)

I can’t wait!!!!

only problem is living in the back of a van gives me approximately 2m x 1m x 1m for snuggly clothes, shoes and makeup.



i shouldnt need makeup to go into the wild. but i am a VAIN MORON. what if some passing seals judge me on my uneven complexion and large pores?? i’ll never live it down.



First we rip out its innards!



Then scrub it clean.

 



then we sand.........



and a shiny new lick of paint!

 
Stay tuned for more ..............................