Occasionally I take the van to work, it just depends what is parked where the night before.
I'm careful about where I park and use the staff car park at work.
I'm also cautious about where I park when I go shopping as there are numerous scratch marks on the van, I suspect from trollies and car doors. it's annoying.
We've had a couple of days pout in the van this month, with a picnic on Castlemorton common and I took our granddaughter home and visited Nags Head Nature Reserve for a cup of tea and another picnic.
I've put a stool in the back so I can sit and make hot drinks without breaking my back bending over when we don't pop the roof up if it's raining or we're not staying long.
We also went away for a weekend to Porthcawl, camping in a pub car park on the beach. The views weren't the best and the weather was awful. Back home it was 30c, less than 2 hours away, but we had rain most of the day Saturday, but that did mean it was much cooler and we were able to sleep.
We're happy with the set up we've got and we do have a drive away awning for longer trips.
We have to play Tetris with going to bed, the washing up has to be done straight away and everything put away.
We do have a portable toilet, but prefer to use the ones on the camp site. Peter will use the showers but I tend to just wash in the van and we do have running hot and cold water.
There have been a few housekeeping issues. Peter fitted a new water pump. We bought a new washing up bowl that collapses so we can empty the grey water without having to drive home with the extra weight. And we finally found the source of the rattle. Table legs, simple fix with a cloth shopping bag.
There are a few trips planned for July and August, need to get sites booked with the school holidays. We're lucky we can go off grid which gives us more options.
