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Adventure Campervan Hire now has a new website!

We recently launched Adventure Campervan Hire right here in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, so our customers can hire our beautiful Volkswagen Campervan Sully for their adventures. We’ve set up a dedicated website for VW Camper van hire Sheffield here. You can also find our Volkswagen Campervan Sully on Quirky Campers Check it out!

Our first Brit Stops stay.

Hey everybody we’re Aimee & Pete – we’ve been into campervans since 2020 and this post is about our very first Brit Stops stay! Aimee decided to get the Brit Stops book after hearing good things about it.  For anybody that isn’t aware Brit Stops is a network of independent farm shops, pubs, and other…

Our home made, hand crafted, part fixed, part sliding bed.

This in our opinion is the holy grail of bed solutions for a medium wheel base van IF…you are over six feet tall and have a medium wheelbase van (so need to sleep length ways) AND want or need a garage area for bikes, paddle boards and adventure gear. It’s neither fully fixed or fold…

Installing a Chinese Diesel Heater

As our van isn’t huge (MWB, Medium Height) we decided to go with a 2kw Chinese Diesel Heater. We purchased the heater from Amazon and everything else we needed from Amazon, Ebay, Wickes, B&Q or Screwfix. We have added our shopping list, prices and links to some of the items further down this page! The…

Van basics

Cab area – the front of the van where the driver and passenger sit. Cargo area – the back of the van where the stuff being carried about is stored.Bulkhead – the divider between the cab and cargo area. This can be solid sheet metal, partially glazed, metal mesh, wood and sometimes other lightweight materials.…

Insulation

Some of the most common questions we see and hear are:’Do I need to insulate my van?’ ‘How much does it cost to insulate a van?’ ‘What do I use to insulate my van?’ ‘What depth of insulation do I need?’ In this blog we’ll cover why you should insulate, what we used to insulate…

Hello and welcome to our blog

Hello and welcome. We are Aimee and Peter. We both work full time and live in Sheffield near the Peak District. It’s a beautiful part of the world and we are both quite active people. Aimee is a personal trainer so movement is a big part of her life. I on the other hand work…

Choosing the right van for your build.

Choosing the right van or ‘base’ van for your build is a big decision and one that we wished we’d have taken more time over. The van you end up with can either help or hinder what you want to achieve with your build so it’s important to give it some thought before you dive…


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