44. Overnight campervan trip! Plus test of a pop-up shower tent and portable shower
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- I went for a one-night campervan trip to Billing Aquadrome in the Northamptonshire countryside, meeting up with another van enthusiast as well, whose video is linked below. There I tried out my new pop-up shower tent, with water coming from a collapsible bucket via a battery-operated pump. Did it work? Watch and find out.
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You need a bumper sticker for the van that says 'my other car is a narrowboat'
I never thought I could be so entertained with someone putting up a pop up tent.
Or taking it back down.
You are so very funny.
Great video
Better camera work than normal 😉😉😉😉 - well done Lorna
"Washing ensued. No one needs to see that." ROFL I laughed soooo hard at that slide. Nice insert. Absolutely brilliant!
Never in a million years have I ever seen a person fold up a pop up tent so easily... very impressive
"When all else fails, read the instructions, but only as a last resort," said every man, everywhere.
I used to have a beach shelter that folded up like your tent. I lost the directions. It took four PhD candidates about 45 minutes to fold it up. After that, I made about fifty copies of the directions and hid them everywhere. I gave the shelter away years ago, but I still keep finding the directions. So I admire how you managed to fold your shower tent up on the first attempt. Bravo!
Glad you’re keeping the tradition for us chaps if all else fails read the instructions 😀
Add to the shower tent equipment list:
1: wood slat mat to stand on. (extra one for outside the door) (bamboo mats work great)
2: stiff wire (coat hanger) across the top through the netting to hold the shower head.
3: a: dry bag or other waterproof stuff bag to hold change of clothes and drying towel.
b: empty cooler that can hold dry clothes and towels and double as seat inside tent. (also holds TP and other bathroom essentials)
If you set up for more than one nights stay, just put the toilet in there to sit on.
I was very excited to re-discover my dry bag a few days ago that I thought I'd lost so I'm all sorted now for next time!
Cooler is a great idea.
Loved your excitement over getting the shower folded up. Those can be quite difficult, I know!
Seeing there is no type of floor in that portable shower, I would be concerned about a gust of wind lifting it while I was inside. Now that's a sight that could never be unseen!!!!!!! lol
Like a Scotsman’s kilt!
Very enjoyable watch.l couldn't help laughing out aloud when you were trying fold the tent 😆. I have given up on pop tents in the past when it comes to trying to get them back into their bag. You did a good job though 👍 " what does that mean!!!" 😆 was reminiscent of a Basil Fawlty sketch.
Nice to see you two spend some time together, I had no idea that you were friends. I have enjoyed videos on both your channels in the past.
Oh yes, we're good pals. There's a few videos we've done together on our narrowboat channels too :-)
Found your Cruising The Cut channel the other day and there's something about you that I really enjoy its very strange because I have no relation to boats or anything.. you're great! 👍
Magnets on out side could hold metal hook or loop to inside to hang shower head
What a nice surprise to have a camp mate.
The putting down the pop up tent, had me in tears of laughter. Years ago I bought one for the beach for our kids it ended up going home on the roof of the car still upright we could never pop it down😂
When we got home, we left it out for the binmen , still erected 😂😂😂
Have you thought of getting an extra-long tub mat? Half inside, leading to outside. Feet remain clean, and outside remains dry. There are rugged ones with rows of large bumps that keep you slip-free. A quick rinse and hang it up to dry over a rod or something.
Such a lovely vlog. It's always nice to see your big smiles when you are having fun.
PS: There are pop-up shower AND changing room combos, with a panel between to keep the changing area dry. You might like that.
28.7 thousand people, plus Lorna think "David, are those not the instructions we can clearly see just there?" Well done on the repacking. I had one of the first Lastolites, you'll be familiar with, back in the early 80s. It spent the first week of its life standing fully expanded in the corner while I plucked up the courage to try folding it.
Hahahahaha
I could listen to this over and over.
You really didn't have 1.8k views by different people. I'm on pain meds and found this so entertaining I kept watching it over and over. Wow I could hire out as a professional watcher. Well, as long as the meds last.😍
Even without the meds I found it just as enjoyable! Wishing all excellent health
Use a builders large rubble bucket, stand in it with hot water and pump submerged and have a longer shower time.
When the awkward folding worked and tent was suddenly folded...🙃👏
I swear I almost wee’d myself watching you fold up your shower tent. You are a treasure and a hoot. I needed a laugh. South Carolina continues to be overrun with Covid. 😢
RUclips gold! Shower tent folding comedy🤣🤣
I laughed so much at your joy when that tent folded! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's a humble man that films himself folding up a popup shower for the first time.
I do love a good outro, the summing up of the day, the teary goodbye, until we meet again.....it’s all too much, where’s my hanky!
That getting the portable shower hut back into it'storage bin looked like a Monty Python comedy bit!
I made this same comment on LJ’s video. Two boat tubers go van camping together and end up at Billing Aquadrome campground ‘moored’ next to a marina on the (non-CRT) Nene River. Why does that make too much sense? But Mr CC was able to one-up LJ by having a wrestling match with a pop up tent. Too funny. I had flashbacks to watching an Englishman named Stan with an American named Oliver. Thanks for sharing.
I assume by now you’ve noticed, but the tent has a loop of ribbon sewn onto it. Once you have the circle, you slip the loop over it and that just holds it folded up while you put it in and out of the bag. Makes the process slightly easier.
The “wait, what? That makes no sense! Oh.... oh my god it worked! It’s magic!” process of folding pop-ups is v familiar to me.
The more videos I watch the more I become convinced that David you are a gadget lover. The very opposite of my ex husband who had an allergy to gadgets (or maybe parting with the money to buy them) He would go to extraordinary lengths to try to create some gadget from scraps. He said it was perfectly feasible to make your own. Sadly they rarely worked.
We had one like that. When you popped it out I was thinking "wait till he tries to fold it up". :)
I just started watching Vandemonium. It is a shame it took me so long as I so enjoyed Cruising the Cut. Your wit and oratory skills are "you betcha" worthy. One suggestion for future Vandemonium guy is to put the shower stakes (which I would exchange for wooden in case of vampires) and guy lines somewhere you will not forget for your next trip. Thank you and please continue to boat, camp, and orator on!
Love his videos
I always enjoy your sense of humor. When you found the last maneuver to fold up the shower I was as surprised as you were.
You and me both!
So nice to have a self contained shower! Definitely looks like it could use some modifications though. More storage pockets and an upper loop or rope would be a must. Great to see you motoring again. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!
Well that was unbeliveably easy to fold up the shower tent
When you were screaming "Look Look Look"! at your ability to correctly fold a collapsible shower my dog was on his way to the water bowl. He stopped, turned around and watched. I'm sorry to report he was less impressed with your abilities than you were.
The triumph when you got it folded was a Tom Hanks in Castaway moment! I always take forever to get things like that folded up right.
Excellent David! Now that you have mastered the shower tent you can progress to the map folding trial. No fair using GPS anymore, paper maps only. ;^) Thank you for the fun video. Have a great week ahead.
New Vandemonium and new Slim Potatohead in the same day. I was trying to imagine how it would go if they were to switch campsites.
Good to see you weren't outdone by a small nylon tent David 😉
You looked sooooooo pleased with yourself, LOVE IT, lol.
Oh David!! I loved your reaction to finally getting the shower folded. Have that problem everytime I use my car window sun cover....so frustrating. Congratulations!🙂
I'm waiting for my tent to come, I watched a video of how to fold it on RUclips! I think I'm going to tie a loop of string onto the zip on the little window thing and hook the shower head into that! I also bought a bigger bucket, as us old gals need more water ;) Glad to see it did the trick though!
Yaaaayyy a Lorna crossover ❤ hope you cheered her up after all her boat woes
So sorry, I had to laugh throughout folding that thing because I CAN NOT DO IT! Haaaaaaaaa, thanks so MUCH for the laugh, I really needed it. Now maybe I will be able to do it.
Congrats. That was the quickest I've ever seen anyone master folding one of those up.
Get yourself a "chimney starter" for lighting briquettes
Well…
Looking through your „old“ videos … AGAIN … I’m pleased to see, that there are other people, like me having problems assemble and disassemble items … 😂😂😂 … like a folding shower tent ☺️
Greetings from Germany everybody 👋
Stay safe 👍
Imagine taking a shower and the wind blows the tent away. Those stakes are important!
OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣
i completely understand why David got so excited when the shower tent folded up.
Since March I use a Decathlon pop up shower tent, very easy to fold. Same as yours. The Decathlon tent has a hook on the outside to hang clothes so they stay dry and is open on top, no mesh cover. So you can hang a towel there. I use it on 6 trip and have showered in it for about 25 days now. It comes with a ground sheeth so you are off the grass with your feet. I also have the Decathlon shower, it holds 10 liters and is a closed system that you can pressurise by a handpump build into it. It is black so the water can get warm when you set it in the sun. But after showering warm once and after that with cold water I got used to cold water and now love it. I do not even want to shower in a campsite shower block anymore, it is so much more fun to shower in the open air outside. I am going to try that too in winter, I camp all year with my tent every month I am out and about. The shower head has a a spring loaded button to start the water. It also works great. I always overfill it with 12 liters and can use it for 4 days. I use biosoap so I do not pollute to much. As a matter of fact I am heading out now for 2 weeks camping with the shower tent and shower. I was supposed to go to the UK but sadly quarantine rules put an end to that. So now I stay in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
Very impressed with you folding that tent.
This brought back memories of great times at Billing Aquadrome. Your battle with the shower tent made me chuckle - thanks for sharing!
Very entertaining! I knew you could do it! 😁
re the shower head, i would attach a small sticky back Velcro pad to the shower head handle and stick it to the top of the shower tent with the added help of a drop of gorilla super glue.......
Since you didn’t share your showering technique (thank goodness :-), you may already do this: May I suggest flip-flops/shower shoes/thongs worn into the shower. On my ship we wore them all the time we weren’t in our bunks or wearing regular foot ware. “Never go barefoot on a Navy ship!” Same applies to any shared/campsite shower for me. I never had any transmissible foot issues in the four years I was there. As far as drying, you can stand on one and kick the other off to dry that foot. Plus you don’t have to pack or track yet another item like a mat.
Educational, enjoyable, and relaxing video, as usual! Thanks!
Most enjoyable video David. You really hogtied that Shower Tent and schooled it on who's the Boss ! So relaxing to see you out and about enjoying the camp ground life, it looks so green there, lots of grass. I wish you a wonderful camping season ;)
I just purchased the Wolf Wise privy tent myself... that, after returning another brand because it had a mesh roof like that, with no rain cover included. That made no sense to me. Might I not need to use the toilet in the rain?? Anyway, I believe reviews like yours got back to Wolf Wise, because mine ( a lovely, faded turquoise color) came with many upgrades: it has a floor, for a start, bordered by mesh to allow water to drain away. It is also SPF 50, with the interior done in white. It has a large, hanging pocket organizer with multiple pockets, and a hanging bar for shower, towels whatever. And it came with a warning to learn how to fold it back up BEFORE going out on your first trip with it... including reminding one to watch a RUclips video on the subject if the included, pictorial directions don’t help. 😂😂😂
I mist upgrade, it sound fantastic!!
Re the shower, for me, following the instructions are sometimes like following destructions, but as usual you mastered it. Well done!
Woo-hoo. Much better than I would have done. I can never refold those pop up things or a fitted sheet for that matter. Well done David!
What an engineering genius :) You made folding up that shower look like a piece of cake!
Absolutely hilarious VDM! That was laughing out loud for me! Pity my dog was asleep and missed the whole thing. How nice to see the lovely Lorna as well! All in all a good night in for me.
Good for you David! I loved the elation when you got the folding inward to work! ooh! ooh!! :) super nice!
You made putting that tent away look easy and no swearing id call that a victory
Very enjoyable as always,and only 5 minutes drive from where I live.
Funnily enough, just watched an advert for a high-pressure showerhead before watching this vlog🚿 🤔Did you try disassembling the hook from the shower holder and sandwiching the material between the two? Well done though for keeping the shower cubicle tamed long enough to get it back in its case! I honestly had visions of it springing right back out again yet you did it with such panache you should have taken a bow🤣
No, I never did get a good way to hold the shower head
Camping English style.....lol. You did alright on the tent foldup.
I keep a log of all your videos that I later show my teen daughter; this is a keeper for sure 🙂
Oh my..what a great vlog. There's a great little village up the road for amenities if your staying a while..Earls Barton. A co-op, couple of good cafe's and 3 pubs, 2 with good food and a few other nice independent outlets, butchers and pharmacy. So entertaining. Thank you.
Oh let me tell you about my shower tent I had for only one day. I had a solar shower bag, had my nice shower tent up & mine was a little bit fancier then yours. It had shower hooks on the inside to hook your bag up to it. So I filled it up. Stepped out of the tent & it came crashing down to the ground breaking ever pole it came with. If I was inside under the shower bag it would of broke my neck. I was lucky I didn't get hurt. I sent it back to Amazon. Hopefully I'll get a new one soon. I just love to take outdoor showers. I usually take showers with my swimsuit on bc I'm out in the public's eyes. I do love to shower out in the open.
I'm so happy yours worked & didn't try to kill you in the process like mine did.
Happy trails,
Chris from Missouri
You getting so excited about folding your shower tent was awesome! Folding it looked akin to playing Twister.
David I do enjoy you!! Laughed out loud watching you fold up the shower!! You’re the best!!
The shower unfolding and refolding . . . big smile here.
How someone can dislike a video by David is mind boggling to me! You’re so enthusiastically sarcastic sometimes and I love it!
nice to see LONDON VAN GIRL
Came here from Lorna's video, love this one as well!
Great to see Lorna again.
Wear flip flops whilst in shower then walk back to van in them
Who'da thought that shower tent wrestling would become so popular ;-)
The problems with using that pop-up tent as a toilet are:
1 - It probably isn't as sound proof as you may like.
2 - Any mis-directed matter would require you to clean it.
3 - Where do you hang your loo roll ?
"Misdirected matter"! What on earth are you doing in there?!
@@Vandemonium What happens in the tent, stays in the tent. Mostly.
Make your family sing, or sing by yourself, but not too good.
SOME people sit down all the time.
Sea to summit has a tp holder that you can have around your neck.
Next time have Lorna test the shower. Million views, guaranteed!
Well done for folding that tent up!!!
So much joy at achieving the unachievable
A suggestion for your shower tent floor. We used a section of 70/80% shade cloth. It would drain well but not allow muddy water to seep back up.
I just discovered your channel and found you very entertaining! I had a good laugh over your reaction to getting the shower folded back up. Those pop-ups are always a good laugh when watching someone else give it a go! God bless you for your bravery!
I love your shower tent. I camped in my Transit Connect in state parks on the Oregon coast for the last two weeks and because of Covid, ALL the showers were closed! Two weeks, mind you! One of my camper neighbors said I could use their shower tent, a Wolfwise, just like yours. It was magnificent!
Across the pond, David, most people use mini butane or propane torches to start the charcoal briquettes in the barbi or just even any kind of fire.
As one human to another I love you. You have a great sense of humor and add joy to my life. Sorry if that sounds self centered. I just want you to know how much you are appreciated.
Not self-centered at all but a lovely compliment, thank you
Oh David, thanks for this video! I have been a subscriber to your videos for a few years now and have watched them all (cruising the cut included). I have lived in Brisbane now for ten years so it’s nice to get a taste of home and to ease the homesickness with your videos. At the start of this video I found myself thinking they looks familiar. My nan used to take me and my cousins to Billing every summer when we were kids and seeing it again brought back some fantastic memories! That was the first place I was chased by a swan! All the best David.
"First place" 😂😂
Always have a few very large paperclips in your camping bits. There are never enough hooks for anything including shower heads!
Also worth having quick drying microfibre towels. They are cheap enough.
You don't think they are drying you, but they work well, they take up barely any space (one would fit in the pouch inside the shower tent) you can place one of the floor of the shower and being quick drying they can be washed out after every use!
I've got one of those towels but had lost it (am very pleased to say I've found it again since)
Jovial vid... But actually that solves a couple of very big issues in small vans... Showering and toilet privacy.
The compact nature of the tent makes it perfect...
If push came to shove :) so to speak, one could set that up in a lay-by on the motorway...
I daresay a bushcrafty solution would be to arrange 3 large sticks around the tent, that would support a gravity fed shower... Food for thought... Thanks 👍
What a cute video! Lorna with the matches reminded me of Mr. Weasley from the Harry Potter books 😁
The reference is lost on me but I'm glad you like the video!
That shower tent is just what I needed some years ago.
Used a tarpaulin, a few lines, a bucket and a ladle.
Worked ok, although if there was a little wind the tarp tended to cling to my body much too intimate.
Not always the crash-bang method works unpacking and installing things, but most of the time it does.
Not this time....
Thanks for the vlog.
WOW. A Great looking campsite. I like the pop up shower tent. I am writing this on a very cold Wednesday (5/08/ ) night. Here West of Sydney Australia. Two friends enjoying a BBQ and walking around the area. I enjoyed the Video.
Oh joy, another episode from Mooring the Cut! ✌️
Genuinely though, really enjoying the varied content! The self-contained shower set-up is quite interesting. I’d imagine the ground next to the van would get quite soggy after a couple of showers. How about sewing a length of ribbon into loops onto the shower tent so you can hang the shower and some S-hooks for your clothes?
Looks like you forgot to put the tents pegs & guy ropes in the bag David, but given the triumph with getting the tent in the bag it came in, I think we can call that a victory.
You and Lorna made my day. I'm home recovering from a medical procedures and really needed a laugh. So happy I didn't pull any stitches out. You might consider placing a health warning at beginning of your videos. :)
Ouch! Glad the stitches are still in; we'll have to try harder next time :-)
That shower tent almost folded itself! Nice video!
I never thought I'd be watching somebody camping in a whizz bang do you want to know what a whizz bang is every time you open the door and close it whizz bang 👍🏼👍🏼