The next adventure

Well so it begins... 

I would like to begin by apologising for being such an antisocial person for the last few weeks and month. This is an attempt to explain why. 

In short I bought a Van.

The long of it is that I have been converting it to a camper van... 

It started with a crazy idea, followed by a crazier business plan.

Then came the building. I bought the van and then took it to Scott Campers to be insulated, lined and carpeted. While I had wanted to do this myself I just ran out of time to mess things up so decided that as I wanted a window put in the back anyway this could all be done by the professionals.

Building commences on my new bed.

So with a little help from my brother i started making a bed. 

A work in progress but the basic design of the bed.

After building a fairly passable and quite secure bed, I started building a cupboard to house the stove and food and cooking stuff. I can safely say that having a brother who likes power tools became exceptionally handy.

Henry jigsawing the front of the cupboard.

The framework goes into the van.

One advantage of trying to do all this over christmas is that various family members were around to help, or to be honest, being volunteered to help by having jobs sprung on them. Nana and mum rose to the challenge of making the upholstery for the bed (and mum got to buy an new sewing machine). 

Mattress covers being made in the living room.

To cut a long story short and because its getting late, everything came together in the end. I find myself writing this blog on the eve of my departure. But where am I going? 

Well... I will be moving, in the new van, to Scotland. To climb, Ski and Mountaineer until work picks up again in the spring. Honestly this is possibly on of the biggest, scariest things that I have under taken.

The idea is to meet as many friends and colleagues as possible while in Scotland and to log as many days in the hill as possible.

So wish me luck, and feel free to come visit while I'm away. Ill try and keep the blog updated this time. 

My big brown van all packed up and ready to go, (apart from the tyres, they will be on the van, not in it).

A couple of canvases and its looking homely.