- Nov 16, 2021
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Hi all,
Glad to find this site to help me with my 'journey'.
Don't panic about avatar pic. It is of me but was taken in 1976.
Short story version is I will need to vacate where I have lived for the last 12 years in the UK and rather than rent a flat or bedsit and join the EOL old people crew struggling by on a meager pension, I've decided once more to live off grid.
I have lived in vans before once for six months and once for a couple of years, also on a narrowboat. The vans were basic but ok when I was a lot younger. Spent a couple of years in India travelling around nearly the whole country on an Enfield Bullet. In my youth six months in Morocco too. Lived a couple of years in Holland in the 80's.
Nowadays I need a bit more comfort but have a max of £15000 for a reliable camper plus a grand for the obligatory Yamaha YBR 125 when I sell my Trident that I must admit has become too heavy for me really, plus rather large to consider carrying on a van!
So a van for one person, been looking at the VW LWB T4/5's. Just a bit of concern about the 150 to 200000 mileage ones available in my price range?
I would consider alternatives if any suggestions. I'm capable of most diy jobs but not up to a full refit of a van.
I've been following the latest van insurance posts with interest and realise asking for full living requirements in the van only is a no no!
My idea is to spend 6 months in the UK per year, then meandering down to Morocco for 90 days and then returning to the UK up through Spain and France using up my 90 day Schengen allowance (I believe you can split the 90 days within a 6 months time period?) before arriving back in the UK around April time. This is all rather fluid for now but I'm thinking of getting on the road in April 2022 and spending it in the UK until November time.
Any thoughts or advice would be welcome.
Thanks all and I hope to contribute on this site in the future but initially probably just lots of questions!
Rattay
Glad to find this site to help me with my 'journey'.
Don't panic about avatar pic. It is of me but was taken in 1976.
Short story version is I will need to vacate where I have lived for the last 12 years in the UK and rather than rent a flat or bedsit and join the EOL old people crew struggling by on a meager pension, I've decided once more to live off grid.
I have lived in vans before once for six months and once for a couple of years, also on a narrowboat. The vans were basic but ok when I was a lot younger. Spent a couple of years in India travelling around nearly the whole country on an Enfield Bullet. In my youth six months in Morocco too. Lived a couple of years in Holland in the 80's.
Nowadays I need a bit more comfort but have a max of £15000 for a reliable camper plus a grand for the obligatory Yamaha YBR 125 when I sell my Trident that I must admit has become too heavy for me really, plus rather large to consider carrying on a van!
So a van for one person, been looking at the VW LWB T4/5's. Just a bit of concern about the 150 to 200000 mileage ones available in my price range?
I would consider alternatives if any suggestions. I'm capable of most diy jobs but not up to a full refit of a van.
I've been following the latest van insurance posts with interest and realise asking for full living requirements in the van only is a no no!
My idea is to spend 6 months in the UK per year, then meandering down to Morocco for 90 days and then returning to the UK up through Spain and France using up my 90 day Schengen allowance (I believe you can split the 90 days within a 6 months time period?) before arriving back in the UK around April time. This is all rather fluid for now but I'm thinking of getting on the road in April 2022 and spending it in the UK until November time.
Any thoughts or advice would be welcome.
Thanks all and I hope to contribute on this site in the future but initially probably just lots of questions!
Rattay