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Bike-rack DIY for your campervan ladder

Does your van have a ladder but no hitch to install a bike rack on? Read how to carry your bikes anyway and avoid putting them on the roof or inside your van by this 10 minutes DIY!

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Camper friendly multi functional bike for getting around with your baby or small child.

Here’s another post on how to travel with a baby / small child. We discovered this awesome bike with so many functionalities on the road! It’s a bike, it is a stroller, it’s a child table chair!

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Automated gray water disposal system

This is definitely one of the more “nice-to-have” modifications of our van. However, the solution came out really neath with yet an another button to the dashboard!

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Camping Lucherino

A small family friendly camping site with great atmosphere in beautiful surroundings. Good for exploring the South Tuscany such as Val’d Orcia
to the North (with the many wineries in eg. Montalcino) or the hot springs
Saturnia and Bagno S. Filippo to the South.

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Camping Lou Labech at the coast of Languedoc, France

A great small family run camping site in walking distance from
Bouzigues center and close to Séte city.

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Great atmosphere at Camping Sole Langhe

Stay in Piemonte near the touristy Barolo but away from the crowds! We found this great little campsite by coincidence driving past it but couldn’t resist to stay here a couple of days.

We had a corner pitch at Camping Sole Langhe with a great view of the surrounding wineyards.
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Talbot Express gutter improvement

The Talbot Express van is known for a troublesome gutter around the fiberglass top. The idea behind it is good I guess but people are reporting water ingress and rust as a result. Read how I improved the gutter design.

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Mount a flexible solar panel without any screws!

Read how to mount a flexible solar panel on a bending fiberglass surface with glue or tape! The job is quite easy and the past 20.000 km on the road has proven that it holds.

Solar panel seen from above at a Campsite in Le Marche
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How to fix a Truma E1800 cabin gas heater – no ignition at low fan/ heat setting (easy at no cost)

I finally managed to fix the Truma E1400 cabin gas fan heater! It was fairly simple – read how!

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Agriturismo at the coast of Tuscany away from the crowds

Agritusimo De Santis is a great place for both campers or B&B guests in walking distance from the Tuscan coastal town, Castiglioncello.

View just next to the campsite on the way down to the coast
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  • Automated gray water disposal system
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