Self-Build
This wonderful conversion inspired me to convert our Berlingo.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
First Trip away
So the time came for us to have our first trip away. We bought a special tent that fits snug to the car. The added benefit is that we could leave the tent as it can be free standing adn drive off in the car. Even better than a Campervan!! The tent is obtainable from http://www.caranex.co.uk/


Preparation for 2011
As Scruffy has been re-homed and we still have the Berlingo, I thought it could be good to see how easy it is to "convert" the car to sleep in.
We love camping but find that comfortable sleeping is an issue. So I researched the internet and came across this wonderful idea: http://youtu.be/Oyffv623TDA and the practical "How to" at http://smallmotorhome.co.uk/self-build.html.
Over the Easter Holidays, I get an extra 2 days at the University, I went about creating my own bed base. My materials cost about £70.00 and I had it completed in two days.

Here is the finished product, designed in three sections, the section nearest the rear door is deeper than those in the instructions as I wanted to leave this one in the car when the seats are returned to their normal position.

It fits nicely across the width of the car - 4ft.

Built on legs so that we can store items underneath and designed with moddile legs to help support our combined weight!
And here is a view from the side. Now we are looking forward to trying it out.
We love camping but find that comfortable sleeping is an issue. So I researched the internet and came across this wonderful idea: http://youtu.be/Oyffv623TDA and the practical "How to" at http://smallmotorhome.co.uk/self-build.html.
Over the Easter Holidays, I get an extra 2 days at the University, I went about creating my own bed base. My materials cost about £70.00 and I had it completed in two days.

Here is the finished product, designed in three sections, the section nearest the rear door is deeper than those in the instructions as I wanted to leave this one in the car when the seats are returned to their normal position.

It fits nicely across the width of the car - 4ft.

Built on legs so that we can store items underneath and designed with moddile legs to help support our combined weight!

Sunday, 26 April 2009
Orangetip Butterfly and a pair of Shieldbugs
On Saturday we went out to the woods at college to identify the plants that were out. We found an Orange Tip Butterfly who let us really close to take pictures of him. Isn't he amazing! Just look at those eyes. He was sitting on some beautiful bluebells.
We also saw a pair of Shieldbugs - I just need to work out what these are now!
Friday, 24 April 2009
First timer
This is my inaugurational post, I have read many from across the USA and am inspired to set up my own one now.
Hopefully it will become the place where my husband, R, and I write up our experiences of our experiences with nature.
We both love walking, photography and surveying; our major areas of interest are fungi and botany, but anything that walks, crawls or slides around is also noted and photographed.
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