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Trist and Kez
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After 5 years of travelling in our little VWT5 campervan, we were inspired to step into an alternative way of living. As of July 2023 we will have sold all our possessions ready for full time van life. We created this channel to share with you our van life adventures to either inspire or give the chance for others to live vicariously. It looks like that adventure has evolved 🤗
Join us as we travel and explore the UK first, then Europe, as we hunt for the perfect place to make our forever home. The ultimate goal will be a self build eco home as far into nature as possible.
Thanks for watching, we hope you enjoy the videos.
- Trist, Kez and Frank x
Kez runs our instagram page so make sure you pop by and say hi 👋🏼🥰
Join us as we travel and explore the UK first, then Europe, as we hunt for the perfect place to make our forever home. The ultimate goal will be a self build eco home as far into nature as possible.
Thanks for watching, we hope you enjoy the videos.
- Trist, Kez and Frank x
Kez runs our instagram page so make sure you pop by and say hi 👋🏼🥰
Why Can’t VANLIFERS Cook?
How to cook in a campervan. With such a small amount of space in our Talbot Express campervan, you might wonder how we cook easy meals to stay healthy and fueled on the road. This week Kez takes us through the Kitchen Essentials you need in you campervan kitchen to make the most epic meals on the road.
Watch this week's Vanlife UK vlog to find out more...
Thanks to everyone for watching, liking and subscribing. If you have any questions please let us know in the comments.
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Who are Trist and Kez
We’re Trist and Kez, a couple in their 40’s. We’ve sold everything for a life on the road. Come and join us as we show you our Van life UK Travel Series. We show the best spots for van camping, hiking and exploring, from the countryside to the coastline of our home island.
👫🐶 Our aim as (another) van life couple (and our dog and cat) is to document each UK road trip we take, sharing tips and tricks for van camping in the UK. In summary, we want everyone to be able to access the magic that van life UK opens to us all. Adventures in the great outdoors. We also appreciate that travelling in a van with a dog isn't always the easiest, therefore everywhere we share is 100% dog-friendly.
Watch this week's Vanlife UK vlog to find out more...
Thanks to everyone for watching, liking and subscribing. If you have any questions please let us know in the comments.
WEBSITE
Head to our website with travel guides, van life tips, and hacks...
www.tristandkez.com/
NEWSLETTER SIGN UP
trist-and-kez.ck.page/2192b3800b
HELP SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL
www.buymeacoffee.com/tristandkez
FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS!
Stay up to date with all our travels
Instagram - tristandkez
TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@tristandkez
#vanlifeuk #vanlifecooking #easymeals
LIKE THE MUSIC IN OUR VIDEOS
🎁 Try Epidemic Sounds FREE for 30 days 🎶 Download the copyright-free songs we used in this episode: share.epidemicsound.com/ngpom6
Who are Trist and Kez
We’re Trist and Kez, a couple in their 40’s. We’ve sold everything for a life on the road. Come and join us as we show you our Van life UK Travel Series. We show the best spots for van camping, hiking and exploring, from the countryside to the coastline of our home island.
👫🐶 Our aim as (another) van life couple (and our dog and cat) is to document each UK road trip we take, sharing tips and tricks for van camping in the UK. In summary, we want everyone to be able to access the magic that van life UK opens to us all. Adventures in the great outdoors. We also appreciate that travelling in a van with a dog isn't always the easiest, therefore everywhere we share is 100% dog-friendly.
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Never had this area on our radar but definitely have now! Many thanks for this inspiring video! Just gutted it's taken us this long to stumble across you guys! Most genuine van life posters we have encountered!x
Good luck and best wishes to you all
Cheers Tom, appreciate the comment mate 😎🤙
Great video! Could you recommend good resources on how to choose a van, what budget is needed to buy one etc? Also, how do you deal with things that require a fixed/permanent address? Insurance, registering with a GP, mail, etc? Thank you :)
Hey, we don’t have any resources I’m afraid. We’re always happy to help and answer any questions you might have. With an address you could ask a friend or relative to get mail sent to theirs for you. In terms of picking a vehicle I’d think of the following How much money do you have Do you want to buy or convert What do you want you want from having a campervan/motorhome How long do you want to go away in it Do you want to live in it full time Where do you want to go What activities do you want to do with the van Do you want to be able to work from the van How much electricity are you likely to consume What devices will you need powering How do you cook or eat out How many people will be using the van How many pets will you be taking in the van Do you want something fuel efficient or don’t care as you won’t travel far Do you want onboard toilet and shower Do you want a fridge There’s lots more questions but we’d start there. Think about what you want from the vehicle and how you’re going to use it on trips. Everyone’s different and have different needs. We hope these questions will help kickstart your search.
Oh m g, why has it never occurred to me to use peanut butter as a satay sauce 😮 Another awesome one pot cooking solution is the trusty rice cooker and steamer basket - boom 🎉 (now I’ve got that song in my head… thanks 😂)
It’s a right little treat in the noodles. Rice from scratch is something I miss in the van. In a future van I think we’d have to get a rice cooker. They seem like a game changer for cooking 🧑🍳 . Have an awesome Monday and week mate 🤙😎
The pot noodle brigade will be scouring the shops for Carbonara & Lasagna pot noodles now you've mentioned one pot cooking 😂
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That carbonara looks delicious 😊
It was amazing 🤤🤗
@@TristandKez looks like it 😊
Honestly I eat like a king 👑 🤗
@@TristandKez 😂
I recognized your handheld blender - it's the same one as mine which I use every day! 😀
It’s so useful in the van 🤗
My top tip. If you’re free camping always reverse into your park up so if there’s a problem later you can leg it out of there easily. Only happened to me once but so glad I didn’t need to reverse.
Love it 🙌. Sound advice as you never know. Something we keep in mind when parking up 🤙
What do you do if there is somewhere you want to go out for the day? A lot of places accept dogs but would probably stress a cat out. Or even popping out for a bit, to the shops, etc, it must get hot n the van (even on non-hot days)? I’ve been thinking about how I could make it work. I love the channel btw 🙂
Hey 👋, we don’t get Murphy out anywhere too busy. We always use quieter places. On hot days we don’t leave the animals in the van on their own. We have fans on to circulate the air. As long as there’s a bit of a breeze, that really helps keep the temperature down a bit. Or we’ve been parking in shaded areas on the recent hot days. Both animals are really good tbh and I think they are happy it’s not super hot like last week 🥵. If you’re thinking of getting your cat in the van and not full time, just take it step by step and see how they get on. We were worried at first Murphy would hate it but he loves it. Seems a lot of cats do from what we’ve seen. He also likes to sleep a lot. Be aware of where you walk them as Murphy got a tick the other day but we were in the New Forest so what did we expect 🤣. He’s fine btw 🤗 and got it removed swiftly. Anymore questions we can help with just let us know. Thanks for the positivity about our channel 🤗. We want it to be helpful and hopefully a little entertaining 😎. Have an awesome Friday 🤙
@@TristandKez thank you for taking the time to reply, really helpful. Have a great weekend 🙂
Could i plug a lawnmower into this to mow an average garden?
Hi Emily, yes you could. You’d just have to work out the watts the lawnmower use to make sure there enough power from the unit. For example we can run an 1800watt electric heater fan from it. Not for that long but it will run the power. Hope that helps. Let us know if you have more questions.
@@TristandKez thank you!!
@emilyhops2566 no problem at all 🤗
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How did we forget that one. We’ve used tea lights to boil our water for coffee when we’ve run out of gas. This is not official advice 🤣
Love the New Forest! Great tips 🥰
It’s awesome isn’t it. It’s one of our fav places to be. Wild life and nature everywhere. You don’t have to go far before you are alone in nature. Glad you liked the tips. Hope it helps anyone starting out with vanlife. Have an awesome afternoon guys 🤗
Hi Guys! No need to find a manual for a Talbot Express...Just get one for a first-gen Peugeot J5, or Citroën C25, Fiat Ducato 1, Alpha Romeo AR6. All the same vehicle, parts are entirely interchangeable. So long as your engine type is the same, you'll be right as rain.
Awesome thanks for the heads up. Can we get a haynes manual for one of these and that would be the same?
@@TristandKez No idea, but there are plenty of workshop manuals floating around the internet for these oldtimers (I've got one for mine). Finding one in English may be trickier, but they're out there. Have a google :-)
Sweet thanks 🙏. We’ll take a look and see what we can find. We really appreciate the comment and advice. Have an awesome day matey 🤙
Looks yummy 😊❤😃
It was delicious 🤤
Just spent 4 lush days at Long Beech thanks to your recommendation. Cheers Guys 😀
That’s awesome to hear Antony 🤗. It’s such a lovely campsite right in the forest. Did you get graced by the animals?
@@TristandKez lots of Squirrels lol. The horses came visiting and on a walk through the forest to the pub we were lucky enough to spot three deer briefly. We fully intend to go back.
@antonyevans3929 ah that’s awesome. They seem to come and go. Hope you get to see them around your van next time. It’s quite I sight to see them so close. When we were at Roundhill campsite last year with the back doors open a donkey popped their nose in to have a snoop around 🤣
The muzak! So annoying.
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Love your van! It's so cute 😍
Thank you 🙏, she’s a little gem 🤗
Cheers guys, love your tips, good to cover as many bases as possible 👍 First wild camp night in the van for us last night, loved it! Thanks for your previous advice 🙏💐
@@SimonPlatt thanks for the comment Simon. We love that you found it useful. There’s more we can add so may make an additional video soon. Ah that’s awesome, hope you had a blast and that there’s many more wild camps to come 🤗. Have an great Sunday evening and week ahead 🤙
@@TristandKez There certainly will be more! We woke up next to Mablethorpe beach, Lincs, and walked the beach at 6am! We arrived late and didn't really know where we were but turns out we picked a good place ...there were even public loos there, and open, free and clean, very bizarre it was! Cheers 🙏
@@SimonPlatt Now that looks like a beautiful place to wake up and go for an early morning walk. There really is nothing quite like it is there. We're very excited for you to get some more wild camping under your belt. Also, you can't beat a bit of free facilities. Have an awesome Monday mate.
Anything with Google Maps is all the pictures are taken from years back so be careful. I’ve been travelling around and park in my camping for many years now I don’t take a lot of notice when people say they’ve had a knock on the door 🙄Interesting video just found your channel. Take care have safe travels mate catch up with you on the road sometime you never know😊
@@TheGoodlifeoffgrid very true. Always good to check when the photos and street view was taken 😎, as things can change quickly. Thankfully we’ve not had the knock either but I guess there’s still time 🤣. Hope you find our channel helpful with adventure and a few laughs thrown in. We hope you’ve had an awesome weekend 😎🤙
💩💩💩💩💩💩 dumb fake energy jog on
I’m going to attempt to make these today how long would I cook them for
Awesome. Our oven is rubbish so we’d say about 15-20mins at 200 degrees. Let us know how they get on 😎🤙
@@TristandKez ok cool thanks
Great tips guys 🤩🤩 (as always )
Thank you 🙏 😎
great tips ,tyre pressures on cold tyres not after a run ,your tips should help alot and save grief, the old vans especially they need more nursing, but get into a simple routine its easy peasy 😇
Thanks Sam. We’ve had a few people comment and contact us as they are starting out with vanlife, so we hoped this would be useful 🤗. Hope you’re having a great day 😎🤙
Great tips as always. You really don't like to sleep 'on the huh' as we say in Norfolk, do you? I'm in a microcamper/car set up so no room for chocks. When you were talking about breakdown cover it got me curious, how do you cope with not having a permanent address? Obviously, you don't need the 'home start' option, but what about other situations where you'd need an address? Or do you just use Trist's dad? Seems like he deserves his own episode, you've got us curious.The New Forest is awesome. I had a great study trip there as part of my work with National Parks learning about their ponies and going to a sale and to one of the commoners houses. Really interesting and unique set-up.
Thanks Lottie. Haha there a few people we’d contact but wanted to see if my dad watches these videos. We are in love with the new forest. We still have so much more to learn about the place and the animals. We still can’t believe you only have to walk a short distance to be in peace and quiet. Hope you having an aeration Sunday 😎🤙
Mine worked for 1 day then wpuldnt power anything.had tonreturn it was nice having because i boondock . Decided i better just buyba gas generator
Ah no way, sorry to hear that. I hope they got everything sorted for you.
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The dog rubbing his wee Willy at the start had us cackling 😂😂😂😂
Haha he’s always doing it 🤣😂. Only realised in edit that he was doing it 🙈. Turns out he’s ‘cleaning’ himself… sure 🤣