PACKING for an Adventure - Part 2/3
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Join us for part 2 in this on the road series where this week we share our tips on packing our van for a longer trip!
Complete with outdoor equipment, plenty of food and drink and clothes to last over 2 weeks plus not forgetting our dog Mollie and her equipment 😁👍🐶
Part 3 coming 27th August - Travelling with a dog
Camera Equipment:
Sony ZV-1
Sony Xperia 5
Rode VideoMicro
Insta One X2
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Thanks again guys, can't wait to pick up my Adventure 65 at the end of the year!
Thank you 🥰 it was very much trial and error for us learning to pack and we still take things we don't use 😂 but it's all part of the fun ☺️
We use packing cubes for clothes that are normally used in suitcases. Much easier to find things.
Thank you that's great, will check them out 👍😁 do you have any of a particular brand or supplier of the cubes you would recommend or best just to search online?
@@VantasticAdventures we use Gonex, but there is a bewildering choice of packing cubes out there. Make sure you buy ones with a see-through netting on the front and handles, which makes life much easier for transporting clothes from the house to the van (especially if, like us, you live in Scotland and have to pack in the rain!).
Superb thank you so much, will check them out and great tip on the see through front, didn't think of that 😁👍
Great tour and not one mention of death👍
Ha ha 😂 we were literally talking about you yesterday walking to Culloden, it was far too safe all on a path and even when that finished it went through a woodland walkway all signposted properly - we knew you wouldn't approve 😂👍😁 Have a lovely weekend 🥰
A great use for us is packing cubes in cupboards found them so useful
Thank you Ann, we need to check these out as they seem very popular 🥰👍😁
Wow, really well organised and great storage. I need to go and repack our van!!!! We discovered we could store our ladders on the mattress in the pop top on our last trip, not sure if they’ve done any damage up there or even if your supposed to but hey ho😂. I might buy some of of those packing cubes for our clothes one day to make it look a bit tidier too and save carrying piles of clothes outside too ha ha. Thanks for the inspiration 👍🏽
I love your pink heart shaped cushion Iain 🤣🤣 Great to see how you pack your campervan. Like the idea of zip bags. We don’t have a boat but judging by recent British weather maybe we need one 👍🏻🚐 Trev
Ha ha thanks Trev yes pink really goes well 😂 Zip bags are very useful, just opened a pack of bacon 🥓 but only needed half so can store it easily in the fridge when it's not always the right way up 😂👍
Nice tour...thanks for sharing. I enjoyed your travelling with he dog videos too. Just watched part 3. Beautiful girl Mollie.
Thank you that's very kind 🥰 glad you enjoyed the videos and hopefully lots more to come - Mollie is a great travelling companion and also helps keep us fit 🐕😁👍
Good to see the practical side of things, thanks for sharing, happy travels
Thanks Peter glad you enjoyed the video, we are trying to keep a mix of content so thank you for the feedback it's very helpful 🥰 We are still currently in Scotland 🏴 weather gorgeous so hopefully some good travel videos to come soon 😁👍
Where's the smokin midge stored 😂🤣😂🤣have a good break guys
Ha ha 😂 It's new home is the tiny end cupboard where we keep the bucket so it's easy to get to right by the door 😉👍 About to test it again around Loch Lomond although this sunshine is really helping battle the midges too 😂 🌞 Enjoy your fishing 🎣
@@VantasticAdventures just had 4 days Laggan Bridge spey dam weather was good melting every day but hopeless for the fishing, beer was good tho 🍻🍻🎣🎣😁
@@hegster1966 just past close by, sounds perfect apart from the fish 🐟 😂👍😁
@@VantasticAdventures you should have had a look its 10mins off main road
Thanks will add to our list for future spots 😁👍
Hi iain Caroline and mollie, love your channel. We have been watching the blogs from day 1 and absolutely love them. We have actually just ordered a van from spinneys and fingers crossed should get it early next year. Keep enjoying your travels as much as we do watching . Pete& Wendy.
Hello Pete and Wendy, thank you for such a lovely comment and glad you are enjoying the videos 🥰 Bet you can't wait for it to arrive, we are currently away on a fantastic trip and love the van more every time we use it 😂 Thank you for watching and we hope to bring you lots more content from this trip soon 😁
The downside of the van with a teen is that the pop top is their private space, so we end up using the passenger seat to store bedding during the day.
I think we prioritised board games over clothes storage, but maybe need to rethink that - those rear cupboards seem to work really well!
Ah yes that's a very good point, we are currently sat with the bedding on the passenger seat too and you are spot on, it works well when the roof is full (or closed 😂) 😁👍
We tried all sorts of configurations and this seems to work best, have a lovely weekend 😁
We’ve ordered the same van (hoping it arrives on schedule in October) and have been following your videos. Great to see the storage under the rear bench is full length in one side as no video I’ve seen so far has confirmed that.
Hope you’re enjoying your current Scotland trip. Sorry the weather isn’t brilliant.
Thanks Raymond, we are glad you found the video useful 🥰 The rear bench is great we have so much stuff under there, but even when full you can still use the bed etc.
Bet you can't wait for your new van, they are brilliant we are loving this trip especially, lucky with the weather so far with BBQ's outside until dark most nights although tomorrow looks a bit bleak so maybe just some hill walking but it looks better after that 😁👍
@@VantasticAdventures You need to take a trip up to Orkney sometime too. You’d love the drone footage you’d get. Here’s one of mine from a couple
of years ago. I go up a couple of times a year as we have family up there.
ruclips.net/video/N1mB6Ocy1Z4/видео.html
Aha the Emergency Coat ! Hi Both just playing catch up on your great Vlogs, thanks. Packing cubes / bags essential for clothes for us (2 +2 smaller ones) unless want a jumble sale in back of van everyday ! Pop up Pup Tent great for storage of what we put in back (it is a van after all so our Paddle board etc goes in) when overnight or more. We Squash bedding for 2 in nearside bench as possible with other bits, move drill box to other side, sorry Iain, really ?! Rest of bedding (+ million soft toys) goes up top when stop over as you do. It's amazing what we fit in yet still room. Payload ..... topic in own right for another time, even without much of our stuff and just basics for 2+2smalls was very tight ( we have tow bar + extra baterry). Came down to me or the Bikes, Bikes won ! So I had to Up-plate !
Ha ha excellent tips there thank you! 🥰 We will have to take a look at the packing cubes, they sound great 👍 also the pup tent, that's a good idea too 👍 Also good shout on the drill, it should fit nicely not sure why we haven't tried that before 😂 still undecided on up-plating but if we keep buying things it may well have to happen 😂😂😂 thanks for taking the time to comment and for watching, we are the same still trying to catch up on RUclips as making the most of being away as much as possible 🥰👍
Some great idea's there. Didn't realise how big the door pockets are. Our van won't have the over cab storage but looking forward to not bumping my head. I love cooking so don't think our oven is going to clean for long.
Thinking of starting a channel of our own when we get the 636se. Would you consider doing a video of the camera equipment you use at any point?
Hi Paul yes sure, it was quite daunting when we started with the video equipment so that's a good idea 😁👍
Yes the door pockets are huge, really good extra storage and you won't miss the overhead compartment, it's useful but already today we have both bumped our heads at least twice 😂
Good luck with your channel, it's great fun and keeps us getting out on new adventures 😁
Do you sleep in the pop top normally or do you make up the bed downstairs. I really like your van and it has loads of storage. Take care Gill
Hi Gill, we normally sleep in the pop top whenever possible, tonight we are camped right by a lochside and it was very windy so we decided to sleep downstairs but it's now dropped so will definitely pop the roof and sleep upstairs, the views are amazing 😍 👍 😁
We are going to look at a similar van do you find the kitchen area and walk way a bit to narrow ? As this is the one thing I’m worried about
Hi Mark, yes you are spot on, that was one of the few compromises we made with the van, the other models we liked had a wider aisle and 3 burner hob in the kitchen as it had more room but overall we decided it was worth it. We just make sure we take it in turns to move in that bit of the van, the dog doesn't always understand the rules but it usually works out okay 😂👍 When we had multiple people staying with us we also used the barn doors to access the rear which avoided any issues in the aisle, once you get used to it it's fine - good luck with your viewing, anything else you want to ask don't hesitate to shout 🥰
@@VantasticAdventures thanks appreciate it, we are coming from a coach built and are a little worried it’s going to be for us, but like the idea of a van conversion. Do you find the rear lounge comfortable in the day as I believe the sofa are not long enough to lie on as a single ? is it well insulated and warm enough in winter ? Is the bathroom k and enough room for a shower ? And is the oven good enough to cook a meal in etc ? So for all the questions.
@@The-Salty-Bager no problem at all 😁 The oven is best described as a warning oven, we don't use ours we have an Omnia and Ridge Monkey for inside cooking and charcoal BBQ for outdoors - other owners use the van oven and say they are fine but take quite a bit longer to cook than a normal oven.
The lounge is great one of the main reasons we bought the van, it's comfy for sitting and lounging but not long enough to sleep as a single, certainly for us but height depending you could maybe sleep on it, we have done it to try but need to bend legs all night 😂
It's nice and warm, especially on gas the heating gets to temperature very quickly - they are not described as fully winterised due to the pop top but we have slept all year round up top, coldest was -1C and it was fine with a duvet, the heat from the van rises into the pop top but if very cold the lounge converted to a bedroom would be nice and warm anyway.
The bathroom is snug, very well layed out and functional, you can use it for everything but you will find it smaller than your coach built, it's fine for us and gets nice and warm as has a heating vent inside.
Definitely some compromises from a coach built but we absolutely love it, just back from a weekend exploring Scottish borders and benefit of just being able to drive and find places is great, parked carefully it fitted into a normal space 👍
Great video. Did you weigh your van empty and then again when you packed it? We are just working out what we can carry. We have a 120 kg payload which doesn’t seem a lot.
Thank you Elizabeth 🥰 We haven't actually weighed it yet, just worked on the published figures and then weighed everything we put in 😂 We will weigh it though soon as want to add a bike rack and tow bar so need to know what we need to take out first 👍😁
We always travel with empty tanks too which helps payload, just means you need to fill and empty regularly but it works for us 😁
@@VantasticAdventures we were surprised at how heavy it was with 2 adults, medium dog, almost full gas and fuel and half a tank of fresh water. We will be travelling with minimal water on a big trip.
Also we had a tow bar on
Thank you that's really useful to know, we have tried to buy everything as light as possible but definitely worth getting the van weighed 😁👍
Ah perfect thank you, that was a question we had 😁👍
How much would one of them cost on the road
Thanks
Hi Barry, the Adventure 55 (6 metre van) starts at £57,309 for 2021 model year and the 65 (6.4 metre van like ours) is £57,915 but I think they have sold out for this year unless any dealers have a cancelled order.
The 2022 models will be available to order around now but we would expect them to be slightly more expensive as the base vehicle Fiat Ducato is a new model with latest features and is a bit more money. Circa £60k probably 👍😁
Lovely insight video. Great use of storage. I do have one question though - what do you use the drill for whilst camping?
Thank you and very good question on the drill 😁 Will show you soon in one of the next video's 😂👍
Hmm a mask near the seat belt….
Handy for quick garage stops or nipping into a reception 👍
Yes but u don’t need the muzzle!
@@ianmargetts9163 some parts of Scotland still keen on the masks, don't want to upset the locals 👍