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08. Boar Patrol

Hey folks, excuse the delay, we had a mad weekend catching up and the heat is causing some issues, but I'll go into detail on that in a later video.
This week Lance visits the vets & becomes...

Bloopers & Outtakes 3

Hey all,
Happy Wednesday! As this posts we are currently out in the middle of the ocean returning home to Portugal, finally!
It over run a bit, and although It's been nice seeing family and f...

07. The Wild Critters of Escanevada

This week we get close up and personal with many of the wildlife creatures we share the land with, some a little too close for comfort...

06. Terrace up, Awning Down.

With my Brother still with us, we make a start on a few jobs around the land.

Mostly around the rear area of the trailer, creating a mini-terrace workspace.
As we begin building up the wal...

New shoes!

Whilst back in the UK I got onto sorting out why the van’s RPMs were too high and burning through fuel.

There were a number of options but all expensive. 😑

I decided to go with the...

05. Well well well, a Guest!

My younger brother Jordan pops in for a while as he makes his own journey through Europe for the first time.
We play with a myriad of new toys & make a start on clearing the old well.
The...

The wedding and other UK stuff 🇬🇧

Hello you lovely lot, how we doing?

Just a quick photo update for you whilst we’re busy getting some bits done here in the UK.

The wedding was Saturday just gone and was well worth th...

04. Wind Power! 💨

I was generously given an old wind turbine oh over a year ago now which has sat patiently in pieces in the trailer until we could make it back to the land and bring it back to life.

I did mak...

03. Rain’s back.

Getting the land back under control is an ongoing mission but we make headway, until an awesome storm confines us to the deck once again.

We try out the wet tracks with the vans to see how th...

02. The slower pace of life

Hello all!

Things on the land have begun to settle and sink in that we'd actually made it and could chill out.
That chill lasted a month, not gunna lie to you, we vegged hard.
A couple...

01. Day One.

Before we could sit back and switch off after the big trip over, first we had to get the trailer into its place.

That was not an easy task but we vaguely managed it and began to let it sink i...

Trailer burrowed in!

Hey all! I hope your well,

Im just working on the next video where we are attemting to locate the trailer the night we arrived. 😱

Below is a screen grab from that night wi...

Escanevada photo dump

Now that the video of our return is out I can start to share some photos of whats been going on over the past 3 weeks, some of which will give you some clues on whats to come. 😉

Returning to the land- Roadtrip to Portugal: Part 2

Hey folks!

Part 2 is up for your viewing pleasure now.
We disembark in Santander and face an "interesting" experience in the port, before making our way 600 miles south through the dead o...

We're finally returning to our Off-grid Land in Portugal!

It's been 1 year and 3 months since we had to leave our land in Portugal. (not that we've been counting or anything)

 With a Covid restrictions & Brexit cocktail of ever changing rul...

Will it Run? Vintage Citroen HY van off the road for 40 years.

So after 4 months of farting around with vehicle internals you’d have thought I’d be done with all that, but no!

Geoff had asked me right at the start of us moving into the uni...

First venture out since transplant: South Central Self Build Get Together.

Hey all!

We've made it! and that's all I'll say on that front as I still have some videos back in the UK to get through, but we made it without any major hassle and life is once ag...

Behind the scenes - Finale

Hey all,

Thanks for bearing with me whilst we are getting sorted in prep too leave the UK.
It's been a mad few weeks and as always we've been kept busy right up to the last few days, but ...

Big Problems, Do I Give Up? Amber 2.0 Finale

Hey you lovely lot and hello to you few newcomers that have recently signed up.

Sorry I've been quiet this week, since the gathering last weekend it's been even more crazy here than usual. 2022-03-12 18:07:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Re-solidified: Amber 2.0 - Ep.9

We're getting there folks!
This has to be the closest to real time I've been for about 2 years!
Ady returns to tackle the titanic-like chassis on Amber, I'm able to get the cooling system fi...

MUCH WELD! - Amber 2.0: Ep.8

Hey folks!

Sorry I've gone a little quiet again lately, it's been another mad few weeks but all the work has paid off! Amber passed her MOT last week! (That's a UK yearly safety inspection f...

Ironing out the faults - Amber 2.0: Ep.7

Now that the van is running again, the real fun begins. It's time to address the many niggles that have or will show their face now the van is being built back up. We hit the electrical issues, sor...

Fitting a Log Burner In Emma's Camper Build - Ep.8

This time we start work on fitting Emma's beautiful narrow boat wood burning stove onto the plinth we'd built for it months ago. The video is a little bitty in places as it was during this time I w...

Project.Amber Patreon Meet! 4th March 22

Hey all!

I have some news!
After talking with a good number of you on a livestream the other week we've decided to go ahead with a Project.Amber Patreon meet!

Alex on here has aga...

2022-02-01 19:49:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Will She Run? Starting this Re-built Ex-Ambulance: Amber 2.0 - Ep6

Tonight's the night! Will all the work put into my full-time home-on-wheels pay off? After an engine swap, semi-auto to manual conversion, new wiring looms, ambulance setup removal & and much m...

Panel work

It’s great to see a face re-appearing on the van again. Even if it has come at some extra cost.

The welding work has escalated somewhat, as it usually does, but it’s all in good hands wit...

Re-Engined. Amber 2.0 - Ep.5

We dig out the replacement engine and give it some TLC, a new clutch and pull off some of the more "sticky-out" parts that'll likely hit my fresh engine bay paint.
Then a battle pursues of tryin...

Am-Bol-East Live Stream tonight!

LINK: https://youtu.be/YiZurSSP9zU

Sorry for the delay folks, this has been a long week of welding and sorting ...

Pre-manual Prep - Amber 2.0 - Ep.4

The tear down is over!  The cogs have stopped spinning backwards on this project and have started to turn back in the right direction as I start fitting the new essential manual parts and buil...

Livestream link

Remember, watch this on YouTube to bring up the chat window and be able to get involved. Cya later 👍🏻

2022-01-15 17:46:02 +0000 UTC View Post