Vanlife: it's not all pretty park ups, adventure, exploration and travel. Quite often it's a hard life, full of challenges where many sacrifices need to be made. And in a small campervan like ours especially, this can sometimes take its toll, even more so when there's two of you. In this video, we show some of the more day to day aspects of van living, but also the mental health side, and the struggles we can face. It's not intended to be a negative video - but a necessary showcase of the more difficult side of this lifestyle. Do we still love this life? Absolutely! But it's not easy, and you will have bad times and face challenges as often as the good. Which is just life anyway, right?!

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Ultimately this video came about because we were "in between" travels so started filming some of the mundane day-to-day tasks whilst sharing our thoughts on the experience. And for me (Dan), I certainly hit more of a block with this life than I had previously. Stephen much less so, but we both agreed we miss a base of sorts, so maybe that can be a future plan. It's a bit longer than usual because there's more chatter in this one, but hopefully you guys can make it to the end! And even among this, we still find time to go out exploring, walking in a Kent woodland to go mushroom hunting (which doesn't quite go to plan).

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Chapters:

00:00 - 03:27 - DIY Hell
03:28 - 04:42 - Olive Oil Trauma
04:43 - 09:10 - A Clothing Monologue
09:11 - 11:28 - Who'd Live In A Van Like This?!
11:29 - 13:38 - Idiots Play With Electrics
13:39 - 17:31 - Beware Vanlife Newcomers
17:32 - 21:27 - A Van of Many Talents
21:28 - 24:30 - Blinds Leading The Blind
24:31 - 28:03 - Fungi, Forests & Fairies
28:04 - 33:02 - The Bad Stuff? Hold My Beer...
33:03 - 36:53 - Onwards and Upwards?