Practical Tips
Myth-Busting Van Life UK: What It Really Costs
By a UK van life writer who has lived on the road for over five years and has heard every myth imaginable.
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Practical Tips
By a UK van life writer who has lived on the road for over five years and has heard every myth imaginable.
7 min read
Practical Tips
By a UK van life writer committed to eco‑friendly travel. Van life is often seen as a sustainable, back‑to‑nature lifestyle.
4 min read
Practical Tips
By a UK van life writer who has spent years on the road with a young family. Van life with children is often portrayed as either a dream or a nightmare.
5 min read
Practical Tips
By a UK van life writer who has traveled extensively with a rescue dog and a cat. Van life with pets is often portrayed as either a dream or a nightmare.
4 min read
Travel Guides
By a UK van life writer chronicling a week-long journey through the heart of Snowdonia. The clouds hung low over the mountains as I rolled into the heart
5 min read
Wild Camping
The United Kingdom boasts 15 stunning national parks, each offering a unique blend of mountains, lakes, forests, and coastline.
10 min read
Off-Grid Living
The Nature's Head composting toilet is the most popular dry toilet for campervan conversions in the UK.
6 min read
Travel Guides
The North Coast 500 is Scotland's answer to Route 66 — 516 miles of coastal road wrapping around the top of the Scottish Highlands.
7 min read
Travel Guides
The North Coast 500 (NC500) is Scotland's most famous road trip. Here is what it actually costs in a campervan.
3 min read
Food & Cookery
A nesting set is useful when it reduces the space your cooking equipment occupies without making everyday meals awkward.
3 min read · Revised guide
Food & Cookery
Nesting cookware — pots that fit inside each other, with lids that cover multiple sizes — is the only practical option for a campervan kitchen.
9 min read
Wild Camping
The New Forest National Park is one of the most tightly regulated areas in the UK for campervan parking.
5 min read
Travel Guides
The New Forest is one of England's most unique landscapes. A mixture of ancient woodland, heathland, and open pasture, the New Forest is home
4 min read
Travel Guides
Newquay is Cornwall's surf capital, and it's the closest thing the UK has to a surf town. With Fistral Beach, a vibrant nightlife, a cosmopolitan crowd
3 min read
Health & Wellness
Living in a van does not remove the need for a workable relationship with a GP practice. Discuss where you are living or staying, how the practice can
3 min read · Revised guide
Health & Wellness
Accessing NHS healthcare as a van lifer without a fixed address is simpler than you might think. Yes.
2 min read
Van Builds
The Nissan NV400 is the badge-engineered version of the Renault Master and Vauxhall Movano. Built on the same platform at the same factory in Batilly
4 min read
Travel Guides
The North Coast 500 (NC500) is Scotland’s answer to America’s legendary highway myths – a spectacular 830‑mile loop that hugs the rugged Highland
12 min read
Travel Guides
It started with a Instagram post. A friend had shared a photo of their van parked beside a turquoise bay in the far north of Scotland, mountains rising
10 min read
Travel Guides
North Wales is England's best-kept secret for van lifers. With the Snowdonia mountains, the Llyn Peninsula, the Menai Strait, and the Anglesey coast
3 min read
Travel Guides
By a UK van life writer who has explored every corner of the Emerald Isle. Northern Ireland is a land of myth and magic, where rugged coastlines meet
5 min read
Travel Guides
Northumberland International Dark Sky Park was the first International Dark Sky Park in England, designated by the International Dark-Sky Association
7 min read
Off-Grid Living
Going fully off grid in a UK campervan is the holy grail for many van lifers. No campsites, no paying for pitches, no hunting for power points or Wi-Fi
5 min read
Solar & Power
Without power, your van is a box with a bed. With power, it's a home — fridge running, lights on, phone charging, heater working.
3 min read
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