Oh to be on the open road again. I've got so many

Oh to be on the open road again. I've got so many roadtrips planned and ready to go! Who else?

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Well, the van is definitely not looking like this

Well, the van is definitely not looking like this right now 😂 who else has decided to take this lockdown and get jobs done on the van?

So far, we've removed our gas bottle and swapped it for an underslung tank so that Shane lets me use the heater now (though by the time we're allowed out it will probably be summer hahah), and then we're re-doing all of the cupboard doors, and we discovered a nice leak in the ceiling so we're currently trying to fix that up so half of the ceiling is hanging off haha.

Have you done any projects on your van?

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Spot the lighthouse! That's another one ticked off

Spot the lighthouse! That's another one ticked off the bucket list. It was a bit of an adventure getting the photo though... in true April and Shane style, I'd (April) had seen this famous shot of the lighthouse, but we followed the trail *to* the lighthouse. Which is basically down a sheer cliff face. So we walked down realised the view i wanted was not the way we were going and had to walk all the way back up this insane hill (i mean, we had to walk all the way back up to get back to the van anyway, but that's beside the point 😂). After dying on the way back up, we had to walk through a field of mud to find the shot. At least we got it in the end, but we could have saved ourselves an hour or so of hiking haha!

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Dreaming of days when we could travel. We realised

Dreaming of days when we could travel. We realised we never finished posting photos from our Scotland roadtrip from back in September! We've really been slacking on here lately... it's kinda hard to post about van stuff when the van (and us 😂) has been locked away for months on end.

Anyway, this was from a quick stop at Eilean Donan Castle. I wanted to see it for so long and the plan was to get the ferry from Mallaig to Skye, roadtrip Skye and then pass it on the way back, but the ferries were fully booked so we got to see it twice! We didn't go in the Castle, but we had a little walk around and got some lunch. Their little takeaway cafe is SO good! Shane got fish and chips and i got their cullen skink which I've been dreaming about ever since haha!

We brought it out of storage last month to work on it over Christmas and it's basically in pieces now 😂 hopefully we can get away in March if the restrictions are lifted. We'll see. How's everyone getting on?

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How was this almost 3 months ago? I realised we ne

How was this almost 3 months ago? I realised we never finished sharing photos from our Scotland roadtrip! We still have the vlogs to edit too, though knowing us we'll get that done in a couple years 😅

One of my favourite moments from the trip was finally seeing the Jacobite steam train pass over the Glenfinnan viaduct. Or if you love Harry Potter, you'll know it as the Hogwarts Express.

I've been here a few times before and i think me and Shane stopped here for some photos years ago, but we've never actually stayed to watch the train pass so I'm glad we finally ticked that off!

We woke up in our layby parking spot on the edge of Loch Eilt early that morning to sunny skies, and as we drove just 5 minutes down the road to the carpark we drove into super thick fog. We hung around chatting to our parkup neighbours from the night before until we could finally pay and head off to grab our spot on the mountainside to get the shots. It was amazing! And with our luck, the moment the train passed, the fog cleared and the sun was shining 🤣 Then we headed to the loch and monument and the other viewpoint before continuing on the road again!

Tips for visiting:
* Get there super early, we arrived at 9am, and it was already half full.
* The train passes at 10.30am and it's about a 15 minute walk to the viewing point.
* There's only one carpark despite what park4night says. The other ones all have boulders blocking entry now, so parking was crazy while they're expanding the carpark.
* Take a tripod. It was a lot slower than i expected it to be!

Have you been? What did you think?

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The van is out of storage this weekend ready to do

The van is out of storage this weekend ready to do some work on it! We're changing a few things - mostly the door and drawer fronts, but we're also debating on swapping our refillable LPG bottle to an underslung tank giving us more cupboard room, which means we might have to rebuild our sink area. I hinted at just ripping the entire van out and starting again so i can finally get rid of the carpet on the walls 🤣 and put proper insulation in the floor.

What are your plans this weekend? Are you doing any work on your van in the last weekend of lockdown?

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One of my favourite views from Scotland back in Se

One of my favourite views from Scotland back in September. We pulled up in our (layby) parking spot for the night with everywhere else full and i sat in the van while Shane checked it out (he likes to scope the place out when we arrive and i just wait in the van incase he gets kidnapped or something haha). He got talking to another couple parked further along and wheni finally came out the van i was in awe of the sunset! So so beautiful!

Who else is counting down the days till lockdown is over? Do you think it will be lifted on the 2nd?

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We didn't have all the amazing campspots we imagin

We didn't have all the amazing campspots we imagined we would in Scotland, but this one was pretty amazing. The only downside was that it was literally a layby by the side of the road. Everywhere was full and so we took what we could get, but we couldn't complain with views like this. We even saw the Jacobite Steam Train pass by in the evening which was a nice surprise!

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After our morning hiking at Steall Falls we headed

After our morning hiking at Steall Falls we headed over to the Corpach shipwreck. The boat is actually called The MV Dayspring but as it washed up on the shore of Loch Linnhe at Corpach, it's more famously known as the Corpach Wreck.

The old fishing vessel broke free of its chains at it's mooring in a bad storm in December 2011 and ran aground and has been left there ever since. I found it fascinating that it was actually bought in 2008 by a couple and converted into a home. They were on holiday while the storm hit and the coastguard helped it safely to shore.

We arrived just before the tide started coming in, and at certain times you can walk all around the boat, and at others you can't even walk up to it due to the tide. Definitely worth a visit if you're near Fort William!

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