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                  The Best Vanlife Books   Since the pandemic, the #vanlife phenomenon has gone absolutely nuts! Prior to the phrase 'vanlife', most of us, well versed in all things leisure vehicle related, were simply referring to it as campervanlife, but as is the trend these days, words are being shortened and language is evolving. Why bother saying 'delicious' when 'delish' will suffice or definatley when 'deffo' will do, you get my drift? So what is 'vanlife'? Well, there are generally two schools of thought, for those that live full-time in a motorhome or converted van, and are living the 'vanlife', and those who are campervan enthusiasts, and use the term as it encompasses, quite literally, the van in their life. Don't get too hung up about who exactly owns the right to define their particular lifestyle or avid interest as 'vanlife', because I think everyone involved in the leisure vehicle world has their right to u...

        Celebrating 60 years of the Rootes Commer 3/4 ton FC For owners and enthusiasts of the Rootes Commer 3/4 ton light commercial, this year marks a special anniversary; 60 years since the launch. Light commercial chassis in 1960 Britain was limited to the Bedford CA, Austin-Morris 152/J2, Ford Thames, Standard Atlas, Morris J-type, and the Austin-Morris J4 (also launched in 1960). Let us not forget the iconic split-screen VW, popular not only in the UK, but around the world.The vehicle of choice, and certainly the most popular in the UK in 1960, was the Vauxhall-Bedford CA, which had been introduced in 1952, and would continue in production until 1969 (when the CF was released). As with most light commercials, the Commer was available a basic delivery van, pickup, minibus, gown van, milk float, with many other configurations made available by specialist coachbuilders, such as a camera vehicle for film and tv work, and tv detector van. My main focus of int...

Those who have followed my camper-related blogs will know about the 1964 Commer Maidstone which both me and my father owned, and the story of how my father came to own the camper three times! Well talk about history repeating itself, this really was a case of deja vu, but this times the tables were turned on me, not my father... We had purchased the Fiat camper, and were indeed getting great enjoyment from it, but as we were heavily involved in the UK classic vehicle scene, we did feel like a couple of frauds using a 1988 model when our friends were all camping in vehicles built in the 60s and 70s. By coincidence around this time, we had a letter from the owners of our old Commer Car-Camper informing us that they were going to sell it, and did we know of anyone who might be interested? By now readers, you are already one step ahead of me aren't you! Yes, of course, we took all of several minutes to decide, we wanted the lovely old blue girl back in our lives, even if it was a...