So what’s it been like to live in a caravan? A lot of people have asked us on the trip and the answer is: fantastic. During the course of the year we have had temperatures ranging from minus 18 to high 20’s, but we’ve always been comfortable in the’van, despite having a big hole in the front for half the trip!
Tips for living in a caravan:
- Go with someone you get on with - you're going to spend a lot of time bumping into each other.
- Take small dogs with you, not large dogs – you’ll keep treading on them (sorry Prince).
- Make sure you have lots of visitors – they remind you of home (thanks everyone!)
- If you buy something new, something else has to leave (think of the weight the car is pulling!)
- Don't rely on there being TV or mobile signal in Scotland.
| Trip Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total number of miles driven: | 13,650 |
| Miles ridden on the mountain bike: | 860 |
| Miles walked on planned or waymarked routes: | 660 |
| Celebrities spotted: | 4 |
| Number of split screen VW camper vans spotted: | 11 |
| Number of waves received from passing caravans | 17 |
| Number of caravans written off: | 1 |
| Number of photos taken: | 5,600 |
| Number of arguments: | 2 |
We met lots of lovely people on the trip, and it is the people as well as the places that make a trip like this special. So in no particular order we send our love and thanks to Roy and June, Dave and Lorna, Greg and Karen, Martin from Lealholme, Mike and Dorothy, Vic and Vron, Carol and Julian, Anne and Nigel, Julie and Roy, as well as everyone else we met who we didn't know the names of!!
For the nerds out there, the caravan we used for the trip was a 2002 Sterling Eccles Onyx, a single axle 'van with a fixed bed (which we couldn't have done without, no making up the bed every night for us!)
Unfortunately the 'van will now be taken away by a salvage company, and go to caravan heaven..
