This is a confession.
DP and I bought a van last year which was meant to be a joint project to convert to a family camper. The reality was that DP converted it alone while I looked after DC as they would get in the way if we both worked on it, plus I'm much less experienced with any DIY.
Anyway DP has put a huge amount of effort, time and (our) money into the conversion and I fucking hate it.
The DC spend the whole break away arguing and we're going away in it all the time because that was the whole point of it. It's too cumbersome to drive to interesting remote places so sometimes we're on a site and just reading about roads to places and then ruling them out. It's costing a fortune as an extra vehicle to run and then these extra breaks away that I don't even find enjoyable. If we don't do them then the van is pointless but because we have the van we can't afford to go on any other type of holiday. Oh and the packing up beforehand - we've improved on this but it still feels like a fuckton of stuff needs to be done beforehand and put in a very exact place to fit it all in. And then afterwards, basically cleaning everything and loading it back up while kidding yourself it will make it easier when you pack up next time.
We have always been campers. One week a year in a tent is great! But not this.
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So I'm confessing to you all as I absolutely cannot tell DP after all the work he did.
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BoomVan · 06/05/2022 21:23
CaptainMyCaptain · 06/05/2022 22:11
We don't have children but go away in our camper van about once a month. Once we are there we don't drive it around but use public transport or walk. You can check on the campsite website if there is a bus stop nearby. The last place we went had a bus stop outside the gate.
If you really don't like it you could sell and make a profit as prices have shot up in the past year. It isn't for everyone I suppose.
pictish · 06/05/2022 22:34
Milk tankers are driven by professional drivers. My dad was such. They don’t let Billy Nextdoor jump in the cab and take off in one of those.
What a daft thing to say.
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