I live out of my car in the Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee. Best part about the lifestyle is that even if your vehicle does break down, your always in your driveway.
I don’t know how I got here but subscribed after watching the van break down and the humanity strangers showed to fix it for them, fair play for being so brave and doing what you are doing, wish you nothing but good luck
Stumbled over your van at FLORB's channel and already commented over there how charming I find it. Farmhouse look meets gypsy vardo. Love the water heater and the spice rack. Drift wood, up-cycled pallet wood. If I had a van (up to now I live my dream through people like you) I'd need a shower/bathroom, but I believe the style would be very similar to yours. I'm sure you're having a whale of a time in this cute van. Good on you! I'll subscribe and follow you along for a bit. 👍🏼😉
Great van tour we love your series you get so close to the locals and their lives and stories. Also like how you created your own systems in the van and not just bought the norm great work guys keep it up 🏴👍🏴
Thanks so much! ☺️ We’ve got some great videos coming up next month where we’re staying with locals in Hungary and Romania and experiencing some unique cultures, we’re super excited to share them! 😄
You have a gorgeous van, I love how you have decorated it, I’m new to your channel, so happy I found it. You adventure to amazing places, the views are stunning. Thank you for sharing, safe travels, Cheers from Australia.
4:16 Nice touch that spice rack but in any sort of crash those glass jars go flying to become twice the 6 hour operating theatre appointment extracting the shards of glass...
How have I only just found you?! Amazing, you seem like really genuinely lovely, compassionate, interesting people with a van to match! I've had a Convoy and now I'm on a Maxus, mid conversion. Thank you for your videos
Well sure you already scoped it out but!; these Chinese deisel heaters are compact cheap economical and at it's lowest setting completely heats my home a camper trailer in Copenhagen where I live off grid. It completly eliminated my moisture problem. Safe too.
Thanks for watching the tour of our van- we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to Subscribe, Like and let us know what you thought in the comments below! P.S We do have a toilet but who really wants to see that 😃
Omg how do I get these self centred, look at me, ridiculous beater driving drone flying egomaniacal videos from clogging up my TH-cam feed. Get your old man to get you a real home.at least you’ll have something tangible when you dump him.
Chafing dishes, very good idea, I thought about doing something similar until I found an insulated tank of 14L out of a central heating combi boiler and plumbed it into the engine and the webasto diesel heater... these things are called indirectly heated boilers...very handy and cheap pieces of kit...
Excellent video and presentation... What a wonderful life you are enjoying. Thankyou so much for taking the time to share. Maggie and Mack, Huddersfield
@@FromRustToRoadtrip Nice! Just make plans for a 1-2 years trip, because once you put a wheel on Southamerica, you will want to know it all....and believe me, is huge...! Save my email if you ever come to Patagonia, i can provide you and your mate a basecamp for moving around my area. (Neuquen province) @gmail.com Please delete this comment later so my email doesnt stay public.... Cheers!
Super nice van guys, just love everything about it, I think you two will inspire so many people especially the young to move forward in a different way with theirs lives, traveling in a personalised self converted van reflects what you are about, well done. 👍
You’re such a natural beauty! Loved watching the detailed tour with your soothing calm voice... your home on wheels feels like a cozy wee wood cabin 🚐😍
It’s very true what you say, the one thing our generation is lacking is a strong counter cultural movement. We haven’t had one our entire lives so far, the traveller movement was well and truly stamped out (literally) in the late 1980’s by the UK government, and the same thing is happening again with this stricter van conversion legislation in the hope of discouraging this movement. Young people need hope, they need an identity and they need a cause, but all of these has been squeezed out of us by not only the people in power but also the internet too. I fear the ethos of freedom and love of the 60’s will never resurface in this society we’ve created, but we are making small steps in the right direction and breaking away from the norm
Great conversion...looks really good and homely......everything you will ever need on board......top presenting aswel by the the way....enjoy your adventures....
I really enjoyed seeing all of the inventive ways in which you’ve made your van special to you - this is one of the nicest self builds I’ve seen. Your presentation is also very good 👍 Do you worry about weight at all? Most motorhomers that I know are obsessed with how much their van weighs and what payload they’ve got.
Thank you! That’s very kind of you ☺️ We had a lot of room to play with to start as our van was originally a 17 seater minibus so with seats removed and no passengers the weight was very low. We weighed it last year fully converted and it only came to 2.6T so no issues there as our payload is 3.85T ☺️
Brilliant set up, love the LDV easy to work on and built in the Midlands but now sadly all gone 😕 great plumbing and charging systems and having watched the CF build a big up for dad 👌
So true they’re a great van to work on and pretty easy to get a basic understanding of mechanics on too. We’ve learnt everything we know through this van breaking down all the time 😂😂 shame the new Chinese ones just don’t have the same charm. Cheers yeah we’ll be working on the CF once we return, hopefully get it finished by next summer!
Well presented and lots of stuff we should all know more about -like your heating adaptions etc. thank you, I enjoyed viewing this, hoping you could find time to go into the ins-and-outs of your heating, solar, water and electrical arrangements; good luck and enjoy your life (lives), a big WELL DONE to you, cheers.
I re watched this video and I must admit the security feature in the back is a great idea. Unfortunately this type of safes are not as safe as one might think. They open in about 2 seconds if you know how (No tools required) To make it a lot safer I would change out the very sloppy spring which is wrapped around the main locking pin. That would mean the safe is hardly useable with it's key pad (since the electro magnet is no longer able to work against the stronger spring) but you can always use the key. Also these safes become much more safe if it has been enclosed completely so there is no access to the top and sides (this factors in into the 2 seconds of opening flaw the safe has) On a more daily use note: Where are the facilities please? A dry toilet build into the coffee sack ottoman maybe?
Thanks for the tips! The safe is in fact bolted to the floor and the keypad has never worked so it only opens with a key, however we didn’t know about the sides being vulnerable so will have to do something about that! As for the facilities, it’s usually just a shovel in the woods (more ecological), but we do have a small portable toilet as a back up that lives behind our curtain 💩
@@FromRustToRoadtrip The sides aren't vulnerable as such 9unless your garden variety thug is lugging a oxi-acetilene set with him/her... The safe is vulnerable in a simple way. The cause is the very loose spring wrapped around the pin which is actuated by the solinoid. Even if the solinoid is not working it can still pose a vulnerability. It is recommended to upgrade the spring to one which does not allow the pin (held only in place by the very loose spring) being bashed downward (for instance by hitting the top of the safe very hard (which knocks the pin out of the way leaving the safe unlocked for a split second. A well timed bang on top and even better timed pull on the door results ussually in the safe being opened... The key mechanism can not prevent that since it actuates the same loosely sprung pin. Again, upgrade the spring and you will be fine or even better set the safe in some sort of enclosure (in combination with setting it on it's side to save space)
Hope you two are having fun! Adventures are looking awesome and mum is loving following you guys on Facebook aswell. The van is definitely more Lucy size then Ben size 😂
Haha thanks man! Your mum is like our biggest fan now 😛❤️ Ben has a few difficulties with the size of the van like standing up and sleeping diagonally but then I look funny when I’m driving it as I’m so small 😂
Well spotted! Our good friend Danna who was travelling with us for a while is Canadian so we were playing with the idea of doing a Canadian Roadtrip although it will probably link in to a multi year trip across the whole Americas if we do
Thats amazing! I want to be you! (Or your other half, im male) just sorting my transit swb camper to live in so your going to be overwhelmed with questions from me im affraid 😀. First Question - if i were to run my leisure battery with only a TV and phone charge how long untill it should be charged? Same batteries as yours but ive no solar panels. Keep it coming guys, i so envy u both.
Thanks so much, and no worries at all! The answer will depend on a few different factors- how many Ahs is your battery and how many Watts does your TV use? Your phone will use virtually nothing to charge but your TV, unless it’s 12v, will use significantly more. When you know the Wattage and Voltage of your TV (which it should say on the power cord) you need to do Watts divided by Volts to figure out the Amps and from this you can work out how many hours you can run your TV on from your battery. Bear in mind you’ll want to keep your battery level above 12V at all times to avoid damaging it. Hope I’ve explained this well!
“Why you left the U.K.” I can give you many reasons why I left 20 years ago, having moved every 2 years for those last 20 years, home is a concept not a place, today it’s sometimes in our apartment in Northern Italy, sometimes in our T4 which we got 2 years ago, campings getting harder in my 60’s, last backpacking was Northern India in 2014, 2020 will be about 50/50 home/van but who knows, we never have a plan just a direction. Someone asked about Brexit, shit what a mess, we think we will be OK, if not we will head back to Southeast Asia where I spent 16 years before retiring to Italy. One thing I should mention is, if you travel too long it’s impossible to stop, I can’t... have traveled most of my life and get restless if I stay too long , I’m happiest in my (our) van going somewhere with the T4 Tdi 5cyl growling at me, it’s well named California
Your story is very inspiring we hope to be able to live like this on a permanent basis too sooner rather than later. You’re so right about travelling being addictive, once we’ve worked out how to sustain it I think we’ll be doing it for the rest of our lives. All the best to you and safe travels
Your van is a bit like ours ....big kitchen as I love cooking .worktops pretty much the same I've burnt the pallet wood on the back doors and bulk head Love the drift wood handles wish I had thought of that one Dave n Adele ☺☺
Well we built the inside of the van, although my dad did design the entire electrical, heating and plumbing system which we helped put together. He’s also been teaching us about mechanics so every time something goes wrong he instructs us how to change the part etc and it’s a great way to learn on the go, we’re really grateful to have his help ☺️
You've done a lovely job with this van like to meet up with you too when you come back to Cornwall at some stage so we can have a nice chat and I'll show you my van
Thank you! ☺️ And it’s just cheap enamel coach paint from eBay, we roller on a fresh coat every summer to cover up all the scratches from our adventures
From Rust To Roadtrip thanks u have given me so many great ideas as I am building up my camper thanks for sharing your awesome van , i so lov your hair ( I use to be a hair stylist for many moons till I retired to raise my 2 sons ) God bless u and your family and watch over u all and keep u safe and comfortable as u live your amazing life
Beautiful van. Beautiful couple. Those speakers: Noice. One thing I always wonder about living in a van: How do you wash your clothes? Do you do it by hand?
Thank you! ☺️ And yes I wash everything by hand and we usually end up drying it on the dashboard while we drive if we don’t hang it outside on a nice day. We do take a trip to the laundrette every two months to do all of our bedding and bulky items though
Awesome video! The van looks amazing! I was just wondering how you guys actually make a living? Do you just live off of the blogs, videos and pictures you make on your travels? Or do you go back every so often for work? I am genuinely thinking about maybe doing something like this with a van in the near future. But my profession, (nursing) doesn't lend itself well for working on the road :(
Hey thanks for watching! To answer your question; at the moment we travel for 6-7 months then return to the UK for work for 6 months at a time but we're working to change this and hoping one day to not have to keep returning. We're working hard on building our TH-cam channel but it's slow progress and doesn't even cover the time taken to shoot and edit the videos yet but hopefully over time this will change. We're also converting a classic van in the UK that we plan to hire out year-round for families / festivals etc. Most of our efforts are working towards making a living out of what we love doing most which is photo documentaries but unfortunately photography isn't the easiest industry to make money in! We're gonna keep at it though and hopefully soon we'll be able to realise our dream of being able to travel full time. Good luck to you and hope you can find a way to follow your dreams :)
That video is quite a bit longer down the queue after the previous Bedford video, but as it explains in that video, we’ve put the project on hold for a while. More details in the video.
Just found your video - would love to take on van life when I retire. Lucy, did it take you very to get use to driving the van? You both look very happy - well done and I look forward to more videos. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching, and that sounds very exciting, good on you! I was actually kind of thrown in at the deep end with driving the van as when we got it I was the only one of us two who had a license, so I had to drive this huge van down the motorway from London to Cornwall and I had never driven on a motorway either! People say I look too small to be driving it but I’ve never had any issues (apart from hitting a tree with the roof once 😅)
Ohh I wish I had a van like that, it’s super cozy! You should have some different tarot cards there and when you feel like it people can come in for fortune telling!
Very impressive van conversion. I love the way you've used a lot of wood and driftwood. I love the porthole especially. I hope the artwork which glows in the dark isn't radioactive..! One question though - it doesn't look like you have an on-board loo?
Thanks so much! And nope not radioactive, just glow in the dark paint! We do in fact have a portable loo in the van but we don’t tend to use it much ☺️
It was a very comprehensive tour of your van, never thought of doing that in #Helga2004 search for that on TH-cam.. You are n expert narrator and a full bottle on the workings of your home! I think you know more about the tech of the van than we do of #AngelaMerc... A great unscripted description!
Somewhere in these 90 videos th-cam.com/play/PLAPczLULhUgx7RDGVAegpntQEyc5sj86N.html there is a vantour! More likely bits of cooking and views inside scattered around them all!
One of the loveliest and nicest vans I've seen on YT and very clever details. I wish you good travels! You rock!
Thank you! Pleased you like it 😃
I live out of my car in the Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee. Best part about the lifestyle is that even if your vehicle does break down, your always in your driveway.
a driveway which is miles away from any groceries shop, good water source or cell phone tower... #intothewild
I don’t know how I got here but subscribed after watching the van break down and the humanity strangers showed to fix it for them, fair play for being so brave and doing what you are doing, wish you nothing but good luck
Thank you! That’s very kind, hope you enjoy our adventures as much as we do! ☺️
Great build! I love the character, and all the personal touches. The small little "library" was my favourite part of your build. Happy Vanning!
That gas bottle should be in a sealed locker with hole at base for gas leakage.
this is like the nicest self build van i've seen
I love the rustic look of your van!
It’s like a medieval van!
Thank you! ☺️
Stumbled over your van at FLORB's channel and already commented over there how charming I find it. Farmhouse look meets gypsy vardo. Love the water heater and the spice rack. Drift wood, up-cycled pallet wood. If I had a van (up to now I live my dream through people like you) I'd need a shower/bathroom, but I believe the style would be very similar to yours. I'm sure you're having a whale of a time in this cute van. Good on you! I'll subscribe and follow you along for a bit. 👍🏼😉
Thanks so much! And we hope you enjoy following our adventures ☺️
Stumbled across another fantastic journey :)
The squeeky hinges make it perfect
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So incredible! Many blessings 2U on your travels
Hammer, schön gemacht. Viel Spaß noch im Buß.
Your kitchen look great by the way. I'd love to do this at some point
Great van tour we love your series you get so close to the locals and their lives and stories. Also like how you created your own systems in the van and not just bought the norm great work guys keep it up 🏴👍🏴
Thanks so much! ☺️ We’ve got some great videos coming up next month where we’re staying with locals in Hungary and Romania and experiencing some unique cultures, we’re super excited to share them! 😄
simple van with cool accessories
Favourite van lifers. I love following your journey.
Thank you so much for watching ☺️
You have a gorgeous van, I love how you have decorated it, I’m new to your channel, so happy I found it. You adventure to amazing places, the views are stunning. Thank you for sharing, safe travels, Cheers from Australia.
Hey thank you! So cool to have subscribers from Australia. We hope you enjoy the future travels we post :)
4:16 Nice touch that spice rack but in any sort of crash those glass jars go flying to become twice the 6 hour operating theatre appointment extracting the shards of glass...
She is so beautiful 😍 and the guy is lucky bastard subscribed 👍
😂✌️
alan Smith yes she is selling her sexuality , beauty is more than skin deep
1200W speakers and a 600w SUB I love that😂
How have I only just found you?! Amazing, you seem like really genuinely lovely, compassionate, interesting people with a van to match! I've had a Convoy and now I'm on a Maxus, mid conversion. Thank you for your videos
Hey, thanks so much! Always good to hear from a fellow LDV owner! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed our videos 😄✌️
Well sure you already scoped it out but!; these Chinese deisel heaters are compact cheap economical and at it's lowest setting completely heats my home a camper trailer in Copenhagen where I live off grid. It completly eliminated my moisture problem. Safe too.
Thanks for watching the tour of our van- we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to Subscribe, Like and let us know what you thought in the comments below!
P.S We do have a toilet but who really wants to see that 😃
Absolutely wonderful woman. People like you restore my faith in Earthlings.
Aw you’re too kind ☺️
And the impressive beauty😃💚💎
From Rust To Roadtrip keep on pimpin that BS
Omg how do I get these self centred, look at me, ridiculous beater driving drone flying egomaniacal videos from clogging up my TH-cam feed. Get your old man to get you a real home.at least you’ll have something tangible when you dump him.
Nice made van
Nothing fancy
Definitely the home feeling, like having your own cabin in the woods
Nicely spoken,no English dialects
Love it 💖
Big D
I have watched a lot of these types of videos, all I can say about this Van? WOW!
Thanks for watching! ☺️ So glad you like our little home
The best LDV interior ever ! 😍😍😍😎🤗
Aaw you’re so kind! Thanks for watching ☺️
Chafing dishes, very good idea, I thought about doing something similar until I found an insulated tank of 14L out of a central heating combi boiler and plumbed it into the engine and the webasto diesel heater... these things are called indirectly heated boilers...very handy and cheap pieces of kit...
車內佈置得真溫馨，真想多看看妳們的Vanlife！
Loads of clever inventions from dad there Lucy i guess ... in therms of heating and water tanks 👍👍
Your hair is BEAUTIFUL and so is your incredible van. I love your vedeo. Thanm you thank you. Enjoy. ❤
Aaw thank you so much! That’s so kind ☺️
Excellent video and presentation... What a wonderful life you are enjoying. Thankyou so much for taking the time to share. Maggie and Mack, Huddersfield
Thank you both, really appreciate it! ☺️
Good choice
Good Luck to you both. Enjoy it while you still have youth on your side. What an adventure and stories to tell in later life 😊👍🏽
Thank you, we certainly will! ☺️
Hi looking wonderful all 😊😊
Stunning rolling home 💜🚐
Very happy filming
Forever and more
🌟👍😊😊
Thanks for watching Darren 😊 hope you are well 🙏
Watched this van build twice.. I think it’s made with such love... gorgeous build but more than just for show it’s a real lovely home...✌️❤️
Such a beautiful van build, very individualist and excellent filming and presentation skills 👆
Thank you 😊
Congratulations for living life the way you want...!
Cheers from the Patagonia, Argentina...!
Thankyou! We hope to visit your country one day 😄
@@FromRustToRoadtrip Nice! Just make plans for a 1-2 years trip, because once you put a wheel on Southamerica, you will want to know it all....and believe me, is huge...!
Save my email if you ever come to Patagonia, i can provide you and your mate a basecamp for moving around my area. (Neuquen province)
@gmail.com
Please delete this comment later so my email doesnt stay public....
Cheers!
@@henryrollins9177 Hey thanks man that's such a nice offer!! We will take your email and be sure to contact you if ever we come this way :D
I love the way you guys have worked on your vehicle.
Thank you! We’re firm believers in doing it yourself to save money and learn skills ☺️
So inspiring to see how you do not need a huge bank Breaking budget
I really love your van, very nice....
Super nice van guys, just love everything about it, I think you two will inspire so many people especially the young to move forward in a different way with theirs lives, traveling in a personalised self converted van reflects what you are about, well done. 👍
Thank you so much ☺️
You’re such a natural beauty! Loved watching the detailed tour with your soothing calm voice... your home on wheels feels like a cozy wee wood cabin 🚐😍
Aw thank you, you’re so kind! ☺️❤️
OMG I wish I owned that van ... so homely
Love all the personalization of the van. Great job!
Thank you so much ☺️
@@FromRustToRoadtrip most welcome!
The 60s hippie scene is alive and still going 😄🤘
@Stopthewar Taylor just to say I was there in the 60s wish I still was😁
It’s very true what you say, the one thing our generation is lacking is a strong counter cultural movement. We haven’t had one our entire lives so far, the traveller movement was well and truly stamped out (literally) in the late 1980’s by the UK government, and the same thing is happening again with this stricter van conversion legislation in the hope of discouraging this movement. Young people need hope, they need an identity and they need a cause, but all of these has been squeezed out of us by not only the people in power but also the internet too. I fear the ethos of freedom and love of the 60’s will never resurface in this society we’ve created, but we are making small steps in the right direction and breaking away from the norm
Totally agree with the roller painting set-up - we're planning to roller paint ours soon actually since we don't like our silver van ;D
It’s the best way! We re-painted ours a few months ago before we left and it’s already covered with scratch marks again 😂😂
Love your van and your set up and design,the wood work gives it a real cosy homely olde world look,happy travels
Thanks 😃
Great conversion...looks really good and homely......everything you will ever need on board......top presenting aswel by the the way....enjoy your adventures....
Thanks so much! ☺️
I really enjoyed seeing all of the inventive ways in which you’ve made your van special to you - this is one of the nicest self builds I’ve seen. Your presentation is also very good 👍
Do you worry about weight at all? Most motorhomers that I know are obsessed with how much their van weighs and what payload they’ve got.
Thank you! That’s very kind of you ☺️ We had a lot of room to play with to start as our van was originally a 17 seater minibus so with seats removed and no passengers the weight was very low. We weighed it last year fully converted and it only came to 2.6T so no issues there as our payload is 3.85T ☺️
Mead I agree
you guys are awesome, just became two of my favorite people - will seek out your site
Hey thanks for that 😃! Hope you enjoy the future videos
Simply living and looks homely love it
Great Vlog ... down to earth .... an easy watch Thx
brilliant Lucy - really enjoyed seeing round your beautiful van - great ideas and well thought out - have always wanted to see inside!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you finally got a chance ☺️
Awesome, well done you's. Nice home👍🏻
Great van tour. A really beautiful home on wheels. Have to say as well, great hair!
Brilliant set up, love the LDV easy to work on and built in the Midlands but now sadly all gone 😕 great plumbing and charging systems and having watched the CF build a big up for dad 👌
So true they’re a great van to work on and pretty easy to get a basic understanding of mechanics on too. We’ve learnt everything we know through this van breaking down all the time 😂😂 shame the new Chinese ones just don’t have the same charm.
Cheers yeah we’ll be working on the CF once we return, hopefully get it finished by next summer!
Well presented and lots of stuff we should all know more about -like your heating adaptions etc. thank you, I enjoyed viewing this, hoping you could find time to go into the ins-and-outs of your heating, solar, water and electrical arrangements; good luck and enjoy your life (lives), a big WELL DONE to you, cheers.
Thanks so much! I’m sure we could get into the details of those in a future video, it’s certainly a unique system. Thanks for watching! 😄
I love it, it is so homey and looks like a rustic cabin! i reallllly like it!p=
Thanks so much! We agree, it does have a certain cabin vibe 😄
I re watched this video and I must admit the security feature in the back is a great idea. Unfortunately this type of safes are not as safe as one might think. They open in about 2 seconds if you know how (No tools required)
To make it a lot safer I would change out the very sloppy spring which is wrapped around the main locking pin. That would mean the safe is hardly useable with it's key pad (since the electro magnet is no longer able to work against the stronger spring) but you can always use the key.
Also these safes become much more safe if it has been enclosed completely so there is no access to the top and sides (this factors in into the 2 seconds of opening flaw the safe has)
On a more daily use note: Where are the facilities please? A dry toilet build into the coffee sack ottoman maybe?
Thanks for the tips! The safe is in fact bolted to the floor and the keypad has never worked so it only opens with a key, however we didn’t know about the sides being vulnerable so will have to do something about that!
As for the facilities, it’s usually just a shovel in the woods (more ecological), but we do have a small portable toilet as a back up that lives behind our curtain 💩
@@FromRustToRoadtrip The sides aren't vulnerable as such 9unless your garden variety thug is lugging a oxi-acetilene set with him/her... The safe is vulnerable in a simple way. The cause is the very loose spring wrapped around the pin which is actuated by the solinoid. Even if the solinoid is not working it can still pose a vulnerability. It is recommended to upgrade the spring to one which does not allow the pin (held only in place by the very loose spring) being bashed downward (for instance by hitting the top of the safe very hard (which knocks the pin out of the way leaving the safe unlocked for a split second. A well timed bang on top and even better timed pull on the door results ussually in the safe being opened...
The key mechanism can not prevent that since it actuates the same loosely sprung pin. Again, upgrade the spring and you will be fine or even better set the safe in some sort of enclosure (in combination with setting it on it's side to save space)
Hope you two are having fun! Adventures are looking awesome and mum is loving following you guys on Facebook aswell. The van is definitely more Lucy size then Ben size 😂
Haha thanks man! Your mum is like our biggest fan now 😛❤️ Ben has a few difficulties with the size of the van like standing up and sleeping diagonally but then I look funny when I’m driving it as I’m so small 😂
Love your van. Safe travels.
Charming build an some nice diy. Noticed the book on Canada 🇨🇦 are you planning a trip this way?
Well spotted! Our good friend Danna who was travelling with us for a while is Canadian so we were playing with the idea of doing a Canadian Roadtrip although it will probably link in to a multi year trip across the whole Americas if we do
Very cool van 👌
You have a beautiful home.
hehe true english style...oldschool, vintage, disordered ... but i like it, very stylish
Thats amazing! I want to be you! (Or your other half, im male) just sorting my transit swb camper to live in so your going to be overwhelmed with questions from me im affraid 😀. First Question - if i were to run my leisure battery with only a TV and phone charge how long untill it should be charged? Same batteries as yours but ive no solar panels. Keep it coming guys, i so envy u both.
Thanks so much, and no worries at all! The answer will depend on a few different factors- how many Ahs is your battery and how many Watts does your TV use? Your phone will use virtually nothing to charge but your TV, unless it’s 12v, will use significantly more. When you know the Wattage and Voltage of your TV (which it should say on the power cord) you need to do Watts divided by Volts to figure out the Amps and from this you can work out how many hours you can run your TV on from your battery. Bear in mind you’ll want to keep your battery level above 12V at all times to avoid damaging it. Hope I’ve explained this well!
What a lovely van .great job.
Thanks so much! ☺️
“Why you left the U.K.” I can give you many reasons why I left 20 years ago, having moved every 2 years for those last 20 years, home is a concept not a place, today it’s sometimes in our apartment in Northern Italy, sometimes in our T4 which we got 2 years ago, campings getting harder in my 60’s, last backpacking was Northern India in 2014, 2020 will be about 50/50 home/van but who knows, we never have a plan just a direction.
Someone asked about Brexit, shit what a mess, we think we will be OK, if not we will head back to Southeast Asia where I spent 16 years before retiring to Italy.
One thing I should mention is, if you travel too long it’s impossible to stop, I can’t... have traveled most of my life and get restless if I stay too long , I’m happiest in my (our) van going somewhere with the T4 Tdi 5cyl growling at me, it’s well named California
Your story is very inspiring we hope to be able to live like this on a permanent basis too sooner rather than later. You’re so right about travelling being addictive, once we’ve worked out how to sustain it I think we’ll be doing it for the rest of our lives. All the best to you and safe travels
Love the diamond windows 😊
Thank you! So do we 😄
Fantastic, thanks
So this is what happened when Hermione Granger left Hogwarts and started smoking weed...
😂
Thats cruel
He’s just jealous
you are so right what a mug he is
Awesome! Just found you on TH-cam Garath video well presented, have a new subscriber 😊🤙
Happy you liked the tour! Thanks for subbing 😃
Your van is a bit like ours ....big kitchen as I love cooking .worktops pretty much the same
I've burnt the pallet wood on the back doors and bulk head
Love the drift wood handles wish I had thought of that one
Dave n Adele ☺☺
Big kitchen is a must! Sounds like we have similar tastes haha ☺️ thanks for watching 🙏
@@FromRustToRoadtrip I'll have to send you a couple of photos via Facebook
I am guessing you should give a shout out to all the people that helped you with all that ? You got some good old fashioned technology in there 😉
Well we built the inside of the van, although my dad did design the entire electrical, heating and plumbing system which we helped put together. He’s also been teaching us about mechanics so every time something goes wrong he instructs us how to change the part etc and it’s a great way to learn on the go, we’re really grateful to have his help ☺️
You've done a lovely job with this van like to meet up with you too when you come back to Cornwall at some stage so we can have a nice chat and I'll show you my van
Thanks Mark glad you like the video! ☺️
Sorry just saw the other part of the message, we’d love to. Sounds good! We’re not sure when we’ll be back yet but probably around Spring time
@@FromRustToRoadtrip have a great time see you in 2020
You are super....so awesome really
Cool van guys , I subbed to your channel a bit back now and I just came across this, your van looks mint , stay safe 👍🤟🚚
Hey thanks for that hope you enjoy the videos 🤙
i have just bought a pilot version, bit small but a start
New sub great video pal enjoy ur life and see as much as u can 👍👍👍
Thank you very kind ☺️ hope you enjoy the videos to come
nice van!
Your van has real character, Do you have any info or in depth plans on how you made your clever hot water heater?
Yeah we do, it’s all on the build page over on our website- www.fromrusttoroadtrip.com/thebuild ☺️ Thanks for watching!
I love lov lov your van , will be fun watching your travels ... what kind of paint do you use on your van ??
Thank you! ☺️ And it’s just cheap enamel coach paint from eBay, we roller on a fresh coat every summer to cover up all the scratches from our adventures
From Rust To Roadtrip thanks u have given me so many great ideas as I am building up my camper thanks for sharing your awesome van , i so lov your hair ( I use to be a hair stylist for many moons till I retired to raise my 2 sons ) God bless u and your family and watch over u all and keep u safe and comfortable as u live your amazing life
Thank you for kind words :-) good luck with your van build too! All the best x
You could not improve on that build if you tried, well done guys enjoy👍🖖
Thank you! 😄
Just started watching and I love your channel
all the best
Stewart William
Thank you!
That a great van.
Thanks 😃
Beautiful van.
Beautiful couple.
Those speakers: Noice.
One thing I always wonder about living in a van: How do you wash your clothes?
Do you do it by hand?
Thank you! ☺️ And yes I wash everything by hand and we usually end up drying it on the dashboard while we drive if we don’t hang it outside on a nice day. We do take a trip to the laundrette every two months to do all of our bedding and bulky items though
@@FromRustToRoadtrip Ah brilliant, thanks. Not a bad idea. I wish you both all the best on your travels.
Awesome video! The van looks amazing! I was just wondering how you guys actually make a living? Do you just live off of the blogs, videos and pictures you make on your travels? Or do you go back every so often for work? I am genuinely thinking about maybe doing something like this with a van in the near future. But my profession, (nursing) doesn't lend itself well for working on the road :(
Hey thanks for watching!
To answer your question; at the moment we travel for 6-7 months then return to the UK for work for 6 months at a time but we're working to change this and hoping one day to not have to keep returning. We're working hard on building our TH-cam channel but it's slow progress and doesn't even cover the time taken to shoot and edit the videos yet but hopefully over time this will change. We're also converting a classic van in the UK that we plan to hire out year-round for families / festivals etc.
Most of our efforts are working towards making a living out of what we love doing most which is photo documentaries but unfortunately photography isn't the easiest industry to make money in! We're gonna keep at it though and hopefully soon we'll be able to realise our dream of being able to travel full time. Good luck to you and hope you can find a way to follow your dreams :)
Previour video is you putting up the walls on the Bedford. Next video is Why we left the UK - what happened to the Bedford project?
That video is quite a bit longer down the queue after the previous Bedford video, but as it explains in that video, we’ve put the project on hold for a while. More details in the video.
Just found your video - would love to take on van life when I retire. Lucy, did it take you very to get use to driving the van? You both look very happy - well done and I look forward to more videos. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching, and that sounds very exciting, good on you! I was actually kind of thrown in at the deep end with driving the van as when we got it I was the only one of us two who had a license, so I had to drive this huge van down the motorway from London to Cornwall and I had never driven on a motorway either! People say I look too small to be driving it but I’ve never had any issues (apart from hitting a tree with the roof once 😅)
Thanks for the tour of your van - I love it and happy trails on your adventures :)
Thank you ☺️
Lovely van.
Inspirational thank you
Thanks for watching 🙏
Found it!
Yay 😄 Our van’s changed a bit since this video, we think it looks better now 😁
Who did all your electrics? I am thinking of converting a van and it is the electrics bit that worries me. Could you lend me Lucy's dad, if he did it?
Hello Lucy, Ben.... what happened to the Bedford Luton van you started working on?
New videos will be posting over coming weeks 😃
2:14, ''Just slap on another coat of paint & off we go''! Great!
Goes to show, things don't have to be fancy, just decent and cozy/homely.
Ohh I wish I had a van like that, it’s super cozy! You should have some different tarot cards there and when you feel like it people can come in for fortune telling!
I love your van
Thanks for checking out the tour ☺️
Very good. From Brasil
Very impressive van conversion. I love the way you've used a lot of wood and driftwood. I love the porthole especially. I hope the artwork which glows in the dark isn't radioactive..! One question though - it doesn't look like you have an on-board loo?
Thanks so much! And nope not radioactive, just glow in the dark paint! We do in fact have a portable loo in the van but we don’t tend to use it much ☺️
Gorgeous Style.
It was a very comprehensive tour of your van, never thought of doing that in #Helga2004 search for that on TH-cam.. You are n expert narrator and a full bottle on the workings of your home!
I think you know more about the tech of the van than we do of #AngelaMerc... A great unscripted description!
Somewhere in these 90 videos th-cam.com/play/PLAPczLULhUgx7RDGVAegpntQEyc5sj86N.html
there is a vantour!
More likely bits of cooking and views inside scattered around them all!