Camper Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/camper/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:43:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Camper Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/camper/ 32 32 2696646 New Roofrack Day https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/new-roofrack-day/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/new-roofrack-day/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:51:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37734 How exciting can a roofrack be? Well, my new one from DropRacks is about as good as they get. The Roof Rack Challenge Having a van as a vehicle and needing to get long, heavy, difficult to handle and often expensive toys such as surf ski’s and canoes onto the roof isn’t easy. I’d managed,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/new-roofrack-day/feed/ 0 37734 Going Grey https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/03/going-grey/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/03/going-grey/#respond Mon, 07 Mar 2022 11:37:17 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37292 Me? Grey? Are you sure. OK, OK, I’ll admit it there are one or two grey flecks here and there! That’s not what I’m talking about here though. Instead, it’s a refresh for our camper. It now has a new ‘Nardo Grey’ bottom half. Not only does it look good but it has (for now)...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/06/summer-continues-2/feed/ 1 26674 Paddle, Pedal, Paddle https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/03/paddle-pedal-paddle/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/03/paddle-pedal-paddle/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:56:03 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=26313 Another weekend away in Ramsey our Campervan for me. Although it was quite a wrench to tear me away from Ynyslas on Saturday morning. I had arranged to meet Mark in Colwyn Bay, but before I left I wandered over to the beach in the early morning sunshine. The skies were blue with the sun...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/03/paddle-pedal-paddle/feed/ 1 26313 What a Weekend https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/what-a-weekend/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/what-a-weekend/#respond Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:30:30 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25213 Wow, what a weekend that was! I left work on Thursday afternoon with a fully loaded van. Three bikes, kit for a quadrathlon, surfboards and my surf ski as I had a busy weekend ahead of me. First thing was a drive to my parents house in Gloucestershire where I had dinner and spent the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/09/what-a-weekend/feed/ 0 25213 Dumfries, Galloway and Great Cumbrae – Quite an Adventure https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/dumfries-galloway-great-cumbrae-quite-adventure/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/dumfries-galloway-great-cumbrae-quite-adventure/#respond Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:50:11 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24985 Well, that was quite an adventure! We were bound for the island of Great Cumbrae just off Largs on the North Ayrshire coast of Scotland. I was due to take part in a kayak race around Great Cumbrae so we planned a trip in the campervan. The idea was to take our time heading up, maybe...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/08/dumfries-galloway-great-cumbrae-quite-adventure/feed/ 0 24985 Adventures in North Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/07/adventures-north-wales/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/07/adventures-north-wales/#respond Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:50:47 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24818 Surf Skiing in Conwy I arranged to meet some fellow surf-skiers in Conwy on Saturday. I thought I could make a weekend of it. Surf Ski somewhere a little different for a change, do some mountain biking and then sleepover in the camper and continue my Coast Path run project on the Sunday. The Facebook...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/07/adventures-north-wales/feed/ 0 24818 Entomology – Bees, Bugs, Moths and Flies https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/entomology-bees-bugs-moths-flies/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/entomology-bees-bugs-moths-flies/#comments Sat, 17 Jun 2017 06:31:15 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24539 It’s only 6:15am on Saturday and it’s already been a busy weekend full of entomology. Bees After finishing work on Friday Morgan and I headed home. Anna is on the Isle of Man so it was just the two of us again. The skies were overcast but the winds had at least died so it was...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/entomology-bees-bugs-moths-flies/feed/ 2 24539 New Surf Ski https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/new-surf-ski/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/new-surf-ski/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2017 18:11:54 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24528 New Surf Ski I collected my new Surf Ski today whilst dropping Anna off at the airport in Birmingham. I’m pleased to say that it matches the camper nicely! Although I’m sure it will look a little battered and less new fairly soon. I played around with the new roof rack attachments from Whispbar when...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/new-surf-ski/feed/ 1 24528 Campervan XScape https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/campervan-xscape/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/06/campervan-xscape/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2017 09:09:55 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24432 After a day in Brigg at the Brigg Bomber Quadrathlon, we headed back to our quiet little campsite and chilled in the sunshine. My legs weren’t working properly thanks to the efforts earlier in the day but I was able to head off into Burton upon Stanton with Morgan in search of a geocache. The...

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