Pétunia the van is now in conversion mode at Scandinavian Camper Conversions in Hungerford. Here are a few pictures. Today I took Gimli, my dog, who will live in Pétunia with me. Not sure what his thoughts are... 🤔 I am very excited to see it evolve into a little house!

Dear vanlifers, as I am planning to travel in Europe half of the time, I need a reliable Internet provider. I was planning to have a Mifi unit with an antenna as I heard a lot about it in forums, Vlogs, etc. I recently heard about Connect +, via Runningoffthegrid's vlog. It relies on cloud sim (digital sim, so no need to buy a card for each country). Alan and Sadge use it without a antenna. The company claims it work well with an antenna but do not have the expertise!? What is your experience with Mifi? What do you use? Any recommendations? Manon

Hi everyone! I do not have much to show at this point. I am having the conversion done by a small company, The Scandinavian Van Conversion Company. They do everything by hand with wood finishing, it will look great, I hope..., We are currently discussing the final details about batteries, heating, boiler, etc. The only tangible things I have at the moment is the ceramic tiles I am making for the back splash. I love making them so much, I might become a tile maker for a living! 😂😂

My name is Manon, I am a 59 year old French Canadian lady, who has been living in the UK for 7 years. I am separated from my husband and currently live with my 22year old son in a rented cottage. We are facing eviction at the end of August. At first I panicked, then decided that since I loved camping, I could just buy a campervan and live in it with my dog while travelling and discovering UK and Europe. I had no idea Vanlife was a thing! I am not really into social media and living in my bubble kicking my wounds. My decision is made now, I used some of my retirement money to finance a L4h2 Boxer conversion. It will be ready in mid-August. I am both excited and stressed about the whole thing. I cannot wait to start and wish to meet nice people, but at the same time I am a bit scared. I do try to see things in a positive way. At least, I will not have to pay rent, council taxes and electricity. Thanks to the initiative behind this group, it makes a difference to communicate with people in similar situations.