Fitting a Roof Vent to our Self Build Campervan - Real Vanlife
So whilst we are stationary living on my Mums drive we've been doing lots of improvements to The Sub our 2013 LWB high top ex DHL Mercedes Sprinter van. Here our biggest update/upgrade to date we instal a 700mm by 500mm Dometic Sky Light/roof vent. Its a pretty easy instal bar a few things we had to over come, like the curved Sprinter roof. We take you through the installation from start to finish. If you're considering adding a skylight we highly recommend it and can't wait to use it when we hit the road again!
We have been travelling as a family in our own self built Sprinter campervan conversion for 10 months. We travel with 2 dogs and 2 cats, and work online as we go. Rosie has been home educated since she was 6, we unschool and will make a video all about that soon too :)
We'd love you to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss Rosie's future van tours plus cooking in a van tutorials and our other adventures on the road as a family of 7!
We are now the proud owners of a stunning off grid property - "Wild Lands". It's in the Castelo Branco region of Portugal, surrounded by likeminded people all living off grid and creating permaculture homesteads.
We signed the deeds in the middle of August 2021, and so far have created a large drive with van parking spots, built an outdoor "tarzan" shower, a shade house, a cozy spot for Rosie with a tent and hammock plus we've planned a fruit forest, herb garden, polytunnel and plant nursery. Subscribe to see what we get up to next!
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We are Those Weirdos, A FAMILY OF 7: 3 people, 2 cats and 2 dogs living and travelling full time living the Vanlife in our self converted Sprinter van.
We have a passion to improve our film making and vlog our LOVE of full-time travel. Not only that, but we make regular and varied content for you, and also we hope to inspire others to follow their dreams. We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years now, and we've now bought off grid land in Portugal to create a homestead and a base for our travels.
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HOW do you clad a beautiful cabin in the woods and make her watertight? Tonight we house wrap the cabin and get her clad and start putting the windows in.
We have a vision for a 2 story cabin with a high A frame style roof and a medieval inspired veranda and balcony. Follow along as we build our cabin without any previous building skills & we show you anyone can do it!
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The floor goes in on our NEW cabin, Missy starts installing our off grid solar system and I make a moveable frame for our Shawllar flexible Solar panels.
We are The Wildlanders Off Grid! A family learning how to live the good life sustainably and on a tight budget. Subscribe to watch our adventures as we turn our 1.3 hectares of Portuguese Wild Lands into a little slice of off grid paradise!
We hope to inspire others to make their dreams a reality.
We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years and now we're creating our dream homestead and living simply off the land.
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German TÜV certified
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We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us. Thanks for watching :)
? Links to EVERYTHING we used in our van build, including useful van/moho and campervan bits and bobs as well as pet stuff, off grid tools, van electrics and more:
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We are The Wildlanders Off Grid! A family learning how to live the good life sustainably and on a tight budget. Subscribe to watch our adventures as we turn our 1.3 hectares of Portuguese Wild Lands into a little slice of paradise!
We hope to inspire others to make their dreams a reality.
We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years and now we're creating our dream homestead and living simply off the land.
RIP Those Weirdos, HELLO The Wildlanders Off Grid!
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If you're interested in learning how to set up an off grid homestead, or family off grid living follow our journey with us. We've never lived off the grid so it's a voyage of discovery!
? THANK YOU!
We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us. Thank YOU for watching :)
? Links to EVERYTHING we used in our van build, including useful van/moho and campervan bits and bobs as well as pet stuff, off grid tools, van electrics and more:
▸ https://www.thoseweirdos.online/our-gear
? Read our blog:
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This solution to powering an off grid cabin is fabulous! Using a Bluetti AC200L, a fabulous large capacity powerbank & all in one electricity solution!
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If you're interested in learning how to set up an off grid homestead, or family off grid living follow our journey with us. We've never lived off the grid so it's a voyage of discovery!
? THANK YOU!
We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Subscribers and everyone who watches our videos and for all the lovely comments, it really does mean a lot to us. Thanks for watching :)
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The Drunken Van Chef: Cooking in a Van - Living Van Life - Episode 2 - Paella for 7
I'm really pleased to put up this van life cooking video - the second in our "Cooking in a Van" series. After a few too many Guinness' I cooked Paella for seven people which we ate by the camp fire on the beach in Portugal.
During and especially after filming I was dubbed the Drunken Van Chef - what a reputation eh?! Special guest appearances by the cats and dogs as well as Greg Virgoe, Gadget John, Lou and Mandy, and of course ourselves Dom, Missy and Rosie
Follow the recipe for our Vanlife Paella making it Vegan OR add fish/meat, its relatively easy and a wonderful meal to have whilst travelling on your van.
We don't have an oven and have 2x LPG burners and wanted to show how well we eat, despite what may appear as a limitation without an oven, how versatile and easy vanlife cooking can be. I tend to make things up as I cook, so wanted to share some of my recipes and van cooking 'secrets' with you. The secret is that it's easy!
We have been travelling as a family in our own self built Sprinter campervan conversion for 8 months. We travel with 2 dogs and 2 cats, and work online as we go. Rosie has been home educated since she was 6, we unschool and will make a video all about that soon too :)
We'd love you to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss future Cooking in a Van episodes plus Rosie's van tours and our other adventures on the road as a family of 7!
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Please watch: "Van Life - 101 Park Ups - Ep1 - Those Weirdos "
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We are those Weirdos, a family of 7; 3 people, 2 cats and 2 dogs living and travelling full time living the Vanlife in our LWB self converted Sprinter van. 3 Weeks ago we left the UK and are currently in France making our way SLOWLY to Spain.
Here we park overnight at a couple of wonderful French lakes and find out how many beers and wines we can drink with the fabulous Driving DeeDee. As well as getting cordoned in and stuck in our park up at Lac du Salagou!
We've been living in our van for over a year now, we've seen so many wonderful things and so many beautiful places. We thought for the next leg of our adventures we'd document all our park ups in this new series 101 Park Ups. We'll film and document each park up as we travel, perhaps with our own rating, let us know what you'd like to see in this new series.
Park 4 night available online here:https://park4night.com/
OR download the app from Google Play.
We normally live and travel in full time in mainland Europe in a converted DHL delivery van with 2 adults, 1 child, 2 dogs and 2 cats. In the future we will cover topics such as Rosie's education, living with 2 cats AND 2 dogs, minimisation, adjusting to nomadic van life, wild camping, our van, people we meet on the road and why you should live or choose an alternative lifestyle, plus what happens after too many beers!
We'll also be soliciting questions via our social media or if you have any questions feel free to post them in the comments. We'd love you to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss future episodes of our wafflings, as well as our Cooking in a Van episodes plus Rosie's Van Tours and our other adventures on the road as a family of 7!
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Missy clears an enormous patch of brambles and explains why we won't be getting rid of all of them. Watch to the end for two minutes of peace exploring Wild Lands.
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? WHO ARE WE?
We are Those Weirdos, A FAMILY OF 6: 3 people, 2 cats and 1 dog living full time in our self converted Sprinter van on our off grid homestead in central Portugal.
We hope to inspire others to follow their dreams. We've lived on the road as nomads for over 2 years and now we're creating our dream home and living simply off the land.
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If you're interested in learning how to set up an off grid homestead, or family van life.
? Links to EVERYTHING we used in our van build, including useful van/moho and campervan bits and bobs as well as pet stuff, off grid tools, van electrics and more:
▸ https://www.thoseweirdos.online/our-gear
? Read our blog:
▸ http://www.thoseweirdos.online
? Follow us on Instagram:
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? Join our Facebook group: ▸ https://www.facebook.com/groups/those...
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Hello! In today's vlog I talk about why you shouldn't use a satnav, installing a new head unit (Android in cab DVD/Satnav/CD Player). AND also discuss why I personally both hate and love the Park4night app, and how we find our fav park-ups.
Link to Van/Sprinter replacement head unit /satnav/DVD player etc:
https://amzn.to/2IuvTkz
Missy and I are now doing 1x Vlog each per week, with our own unique take on living full time in a van.
Follow our Vlogs for Real Vanlife updates and updates on COVID-19 travel restrictions in Spain.
PLEASE POST ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE IN THE COMMENTS, we answer ALL questions and make a note of them and will cover all your questions off in future Vlogs :)
We are Those Weirdos, a family of 7: 3 people, 2 cats and 2 dogs living and travelling full time living the Vanlife in our self converted Sprinter van. We'd love you to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss future episodes of our adventures on the road!
Read our blog: http://www.thoseweirdos.online
Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wearethoseweirdos
Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoseweirdos
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