Surviving My Third UK Winter in the Van | Van Life UK
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- In this video I bring you up to speed on my #vanlife adventure and my third UK Winter.
I warn you that this isn't an upbeat, happy video. This is the reality of #solovanlife for me.
It has always been my intention to bring you the reality of van life but whenever I'm having a bad time of it, I stop creating content which is sort of counter productive!
So I do apologise if this video comes across as negative but that is the reality of van life. Its not all rainbows and cookies.
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Next year could be your year, I feel Spain could bring you much happiness and warmth! The future is only around the corner
Thank you for your honesty Elton. Makes an authentic change from a lot of what appears on social media. I've a good friend who opted for solo van life 5 months ago with her little dog. I'm going to share your video with her. I know it's not an easy choice of lifestyle, at times. If ever you feel the need to chat, I'm always happy to talk on the phone. Or maybe we might cross paths sometime on our respective travels.
Thats a very kind offer Jackie, thank you very much 🙏
I've been on the road for 30 months now and this winter is the first time I've really, seriously considered throwing in the towel on this lifestyle, but then I realise how little I've actually explored for my long-term photography project. I'm totally fine during Spring/Summer, its just the Winters that I really cannot deal with anymore. It's clearly not in my DNA to be wet and cold.
definately go abroad in your van during the winter months, even living in a house gets me down when it dark, wet and cold!
Even had ideas of emmigrating to Warm climes such Southern Europe or Asia😅
That is absolutely the intention once my pooch crosses the rainbow bridge. As mentioned in the video he is too old (14) to put him through getting all his injections up to date etc. But one he does cross over I won’t spend another winter in the UK.
I agree, 4 months working hard for 1 week off in the rain 😢.... Crap but that's UK weather..... You get used to it over many years.... Chin up, smile and soldier on 😊❤️🇬🇧
I’ve endured 26 winters o& the UK. Each one has been more challenging so I’m afraid for me personally there will never be a time that I’m used to it. So will just need to head abroad once that’s an option 😊
'What a Boykie' Blessings and good luck to you and 'Shaka' 👍🙂🐶
Cheers boet 👍
Hey there i love your hairstyle i get miserable with the cold dark weather blessongs to you🌈
I think hairstyle is a bit of a stretch 😂 There certainly is hair, but no style at the moment. I need to get to a hair salon.
Thank you 🙏
Spring is on its way now i must admit im not keen on extremes if its too cold or too hot personally my favorite seasons are spring and autumn good luck with your dog hope it works out for him
Thank you very much. As I say in the video, I can deal with cold. Its the damn combination of rain AND cold that I really will never come to terms with. And the sheer number of days of rain we have had this winter especially here in the UK
Forgive my ignorance if I'm wrong but my friend would park in city streets in winter he said if you look carefully there is always a free spot or dark corner so to speak, he got shelter from the big buildings and company from folk going about there business etc
For most of the Winter period I have been house/pet sitting so parked up on peoples properties. When I'm not pet sitting I stick to small campsites before I tow a motorcycle on a trailer which means finding parking in city streets isn't really an option.
I'm not sure which city your friend parks in but its getting increasingly difficult to enter, let alone park in English cities these days with all the low emission zones going up.
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You need a haircut, you're looking too much like Gandalf 🙂
Do you have a GP that can prescribe Vit D injections or check you for low Vit D? It can be a contributor to SAD and while you can buy 10,000 unit Vit D capsules online, it doesn't absorb as well as the direct-inject stuff, so it might be worth thinking about if you haven't already.
also sorry if you mentioned it and I skipped over it, but where are you parked up right now?
I’m going for Moses.
I had bloods around this time last year and there were no detected deficiencies. But I’m going to book another blood test and ensure they specifically check vitamin levels as I’m not entirely sure what was checked in the last test. It’s definitely exaggerated by frustrations of being confined to the van. Or attempting losing a wellington boot along a footpath (this has indeed happened to me twice so far in my travels). A walk in Nature should be relaxing (my personal preference) not an extreme sport.
Your location is LOONY
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