My Citroen Dispatch stealth-camper

Tiree · 2016-02-03 22:06:55

Kicking off this thread to encourage myself to get more photos up of my van.

It's been with me through 25k miles, 2.5 years and a timing belt disaster (another story I need to tell!)

I sometimes get a bit jealous of some of the bright & airy camper conversions I see going on around here - mine pretty much still looks like an off-the-shelf white van from the outside .... (here we are at Kilncadzow, Lanarkshire a couple of weeks back) ...

But that was always the plan. I spend as much time visiting cities, towns and villages as I do camping wild so being stealthy makes town-dwelling a breeze big_smile

Inside though it's a proper cosy nest and has been a great wee home for 50 or 60 happy nights.

More soon ...

Tiree · 2016-02-03 22:46:16

At the Rest and Be Thankful

Another advantage of not having windows is having a full-wrap insulation inside smile

vaz2121 · 2016-02-04 00:57:42

WWWWOOOO WWWHHOOO Snap ! ! last Oct, When we were on our way back out from Tighnabruaich

Tiree · 2016-02-04 01:06:32

Haaha! Such a great spot isn't it? smile

Only time I've ever thought the van might actually blow over was up there .. positive I was close to being on two wheels at one point!

vaz2121 · 2016-02-04 01:53:49

Brilliant... You can't beat it, Dodging around the west coast..... You've got the right idea for hiding in plain sight .... we're not to bad as camper looks go and have started to compile a list of our more favored stealth stop overs

Casper · 2016-02-04 16:54:48

Google map link would be nice as i may want to visit the area lol

Tiree · 2016-02-04 17:12:55

Rest & Be Thankful is right here:

https://goo.gl/maps/kgxjAgB1uCk

smile

goody33 · 2016-02-04 17:27:43

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@56.22590 … 312!8i6656

I presume this is the place.

goody33 · 2016-02-04 17:28:58

I was so busy finding it, I didn't realise it had already been posted, sorry.

Casper · 2016-02-04 17:32:08

Tiree wrote:

Rest & Be Thankful is right here:
https://goo.gl/maps/kgxjAgB1uCk

Cheers. Always looking for somewhere new. The A84 North i have never looked further inland towards the West or south from Oban. I did go up the A82 but again i was heading north. You being more West than me would travel that area more as we tend to just head up the Trossachs (A84 From Stirling) to get to Oban or further North. My forst long weekend when the van is ready will be back up the A82 and playing in the general area then more north on other weekends is the wife has never been further up than the Green Welly shop or Oban for a ferry to Mull.

Tiree · 2016-02-04 17:33:06

That's the spot. I've never stopped overnight there - but there's nothing to stop you doing so.

It can get some pretty mental weather!

20 minutes up the road and you're at Inveraray. Park up outside the Inveraray Jail museum and spend the evening in great company in the brilliant bar at the George Hotel.

vaz2121 · 2016-02-05 03:37:41

I'll go along with Tiree ... I've never stopped here over night either you'll get blown off view point, only couple miles further on towards Inveraray tour coach (July, August ?15) got blown off road... I too prefer Inveraray, and on towards Ardrishaig or even Tighnabruaich (Argylls Secret Coast)

Casper:.... If heading across Rannoch Moor and over Ballachulish Bridge (A82) almost half way from there to Fort William
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@56.74188 … 6656?hl=en

A favorite of ours and we've got under height restriction with top box on..... that is if you/we haven't just parked up somewhere across Glen Coe

Casper · 2016-02-05 15:24:02

There is a hotel in Onich just up the road from the bridge. Funny its called the Onich Hotel. Drinks out the back on the lawn are amazin as its a sun trap and the lawn slops into the loch with fantastic views. Think the hotel has went all upmarket now but worth a visit even for a afternoon tea.

vaz2121 · 2016-02-07 03:24:09

Casper wrote:

There is a hotel in Onich just up the road from the bridge. Funny its called the Onich Hotel. Drinks out the back on the lawn are amazin as its a sun trap and the lawn slops into the loch with fantastic views. Think the hotel has went all upmarket now but worth a visit even for a afternoon tea.

Yes I know the place... One and only time I was in there was about 10 yrs ago..... View points a little farther on about 1.5 to2mls it's after Corran ferry which I'm sure you'll know from the Antler at Ardnamurchan

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vaz2121 · 2016-04-28 23:48:24

Tiree wrote:

Rest & Be Thankful is right here:
https://goo.gl/maps/kgxjAgB1uCk

Traveled over here again approx 5 weeks ago (13/03/16)

Here we are/it is today (28/04/16)

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Tiree · 2016-04-28 23:59:15

Absolutely bonkers Vaz .. was watching the RABT traffic cams today and saw it was turning white - but that's a proper covering!

Hope you got wherever you were going smile

Casper · 2016-04-29 02:37:35

Last night at about 9pm. I am in a coastal town east of Edinburgh so this is quite rare but April rare yikes

vaz2121 · 2016-04-30 18:52:19

Casper wrote:

Last night at about 9pm. I am in a coastal town east of Edinburgh so this is quite rare but April rare
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nkElv … 58-h643-no

Was this the chance you'd been waiting for to test the effectiveness of your Insulation? wink

Casper · 2016-04-30 19:12:48

vaz2121 wrote:

Was this the chance you'd been waiting for to test the effectiveness of your Insulation?

No but what i did do was nop doon in the morning and see if i was 100% water tight. Glad to say i am. The ridges for the sliding windows is quite deep and i was thinking all the snow would block the drain vents but all was in order.

Tiree · 2016-05-11 22:13:18

Casper wrote:

Last night at about 9pm. I am in a coastal town east of Edinburgh so this is quite rare but April rare

Just one week later - mutt & me arrive early for a wee folk festival in Dumfries & Galloway - glorious warm sunshine for most of the weekend!

Casper · 2016-05-11 23:43:11

I was petting one of those yappie wee bas****s today. Do they ever shut up? This is a old burd i do a bit gardening for. That and my neighbors last one did not need much excuse for a bark.

Judging by the loos in the background there were not expecting large crowds then. Dylan not on the bill. big_smile Cant wait to get away in mine for a weekend trial. Looks like it may just be me and the dug as the wife is working most weekends.

Got my bed working as it should. Just a couple of units, soft furnishings and almost good to go.

BTW. I had to add the video tags as the link on the toolbar would not accept the url

vaz2121 · 2016-05-12 00:08:51

Tiree wrote:

Just one week later - mutt & me arrive early for a wee folk festival in Dumfries & Galloway - glorious warm sunshine for most of the weekend!

As an educated guess it'll have been the Moniaive festival......{Knockengorroch not for another fortnight}

BTW... That looks awfully like my table at the back of your van..... big_smile ....... just needs a beer awaiting on it

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Casper · 2016-05-12 00:18:39

vaz2121 wrote:

That looks awfully like my table at the back of your van.....

Me to. John Lewis?

vaz2121 · 2016-05-12 00:55:27

Casper wrote:

Me to. John Lewis?

Naw no us.... we went up market ..... B&M I think cool

Casper · 2016-05-12 07:14:51

vaz2121 wrote:

Casper wrote:
Me to. John Lewis?
Naw no us.... we went up market ..... B&M I think

No me either. I scrounged them off my mum. I would not give them the money. B&M is no bad for the odd bargain and the range is another. Actually got some nice tin mugs from B&M the other week. 2 for £5 i think it was. Tesco also had camping chairs for £7 two for £10. They had the bottle holder or they had cheaper without the holder.

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