TallyAnne replied on 18/01/2022 21:18
Posted on 18/01/2022 21:18
Hello everyone, I'm Anne.
In 2019 my partner Martin and I hired a campervan for a festival in 2020 after deciding that in our 50s we didn't want 5 nights on the floor in a tent. Well Covid cancelled the festival but we kept the van hire and found a couple of places to stay whilst we visited Derbyshire, each evening we sat in the van working out how we would improve it to make it right for us. When we got back home we looked at each other and I said "we're buying a van aren't we".
So we did, in October 2020 we found a Vauxhall Vivaro that had been converted and it wasn't quite right but the majority of work had been done and we brought our new baby home just before the second lockdown so we couldn't use it and we weren't allowed to do any work on it either. Anyway, eventually we could so we installed a new sink; a gas hob (and the gas connection for it); fitted a revolving thing to the passenger seats; installed a reversing camera; put the holes in the side for the water and electric hook up; made new seat pads, built a cupboard above the sink and improved the storage under the seats. We were so proud and enjoyed several trips over the summer of 2021 just getting used to it all. Martin would show everyone we met all of the things we had done, he was so excited to have created our 2nd home.
Sadly, and unexpectedly, at the age of 56 Martin passed away in November which has turned my life upside down as you can imagine. I'm getting things sorted out and I'm generally OK most of the time now. One of the things I have decided is that I am going to do all of the stuff we had planned, every gig or festival or event that we have tickets for I will be there, all of the home improvements that we had talked about I'm going to complete and all of the adventures in our van that we were looking forward to I am going to have. It won't be the same, obviously, but me and George our lovely dog and possibly my teenage sons will go out and have a whole new adventure.
If anyone has any tips on solo campervanning please pass them on.
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