Van Turismo Diary

Any fear i had that the show was going to be a bit of a struggle has been blown to smitherines today. I have never ever known anything like it. It was absolute carnage. The weather was nice and warm so it was a denim shorts and fake Moroccan Prada sunglasses kind of day. It […]

There are a few well known super hero’s Batman, Spider man, Flash Gordon and Iron Man etc. But today we got to the see the emergence of another lesser known super hero…… Wind Break Man!! I have had a few promotions over my time working with A and E Leisure. I started off as a

The doors opened at 14:00 for early bird entry for people this show is roughly about 1/5 of the size of camper jam so i am a bit apprehensive about how we are going to do. Also, not only that, we are ultra concerned about the weather. Another thing i am mindful of is that

Show day!! It has been a tough day as far as days go, the pack up went ok. We drop shipped 12 pallets of stock straight to Dubbed out festival and i was in charge (as much as the Dodge allows) of picking the stock that we were going to take. It was a 7am

Pre show day today and it is one of the more stressful ones. If you can imagine getting handed 3 pieces of paper with probably 150 odd items on it. We are not renowned for out tidiness in the warehouse so sometimes you can spend an age looking for something that is no longer in

You will have heard me talk about how tiring the shows are and how much they make my feet hurt but what i have done today is totally counter productive for someone who suffers with bad feet. The walk from Belmont Hall to AnE is about 3 miles and it has absolutely battered my feet

It is amazing just how much easier life is with a motorhome. Every minute that passes it makes me wonder just how did we manage to live in a Short wheel base Ford Transit for nearly 6 months with 2 full adults and a 4 month old baby? But it was easy at the time

Hayling Island is an interesting place. It has a population of 36,000 but everyone seems to know everyone. Ness and Gee who have only lived there for 4 years know every man and his dog. It does feel a little bit like Eastenders. Gee insisted on taking us to a cafe where they go “Up

What a lovely day we had! We had a lazy morning at the van, with the instruction that I was to be ready for 2pm and not to have ate! We had quite an early breakfast so were both starving. In the end we had a sneaky pot noodle about 12:30 just to take the

We’re on the road baby!!! Hayling Island here we come. We were supposed to set off for 9am but in the end it was closer to 1pm when we set off from Blakemere 🙈 I’ve made up sandwiches for us all, Beef included – he loves seeded bread with ham or cheese, lettuce, mayo and