tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67217906990991441022024-03-13T10:57:40.786+00:00Custard CampersVW Campervan Hire In Essex
What could be more fun than hiring an iconic campervan, loading up your sleeping bags, plugging in your ipod, and taking off on the open road….
Whether it’s a romantic weekend away with a loved one or a week away camping with the family, Custard Campers can make your plans come to life...Custard Campershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766301184714912356noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6721790699099144102.post-46209235239900162372014-06-22T15:53:00.001+01:002014-06-22T15:53:21.378+01:00The End Of The Self Drive Road<div class="MsoNormal">
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After lots of thought and debate we have reluctantly decided
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This is our third year of Custard Campers and I have
ploughed my heart and soul and along with a good chunk of money to get it up
and running successfully. We soon found
our feet and increased our fleet of campers.
Last year we had a tough to start to the season with Delia having
numerous engine problems and being badly let down by the mechanic we then used.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got past this, found a new very helpful and honest
mechanic, got on with our season. We
ended having to replace 3 of the campers engines last summer, which was incredibly
costly and stressful as each one is around the £2000 mark, plus all the time to
fit them, and lost hires while the work was carried out. This pretty much wiped out a lot of last
years profit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Through out the summer months we spend vast amounts of time
at the barn preparing the campers for their hires and valeting them on their
returns. Dan despite working full time,
ends up joining me at the barn in the evening to work on repairing the campers. Something we have learnt a lot about and now
try to do as much as we can ourselves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I started this season refreshed and pushed forward with a
rebrand for Custard Campers. I spent
thousands on Delia’s bodywork and she had a lot of welding work and a lower
body respray along with various other jobs.
Everything was looking good for a successful summer and we were busier
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Then disaster struck when both Nigella’s and Delia’s engines
packed up on the same weekend, despite spending time completely stripping them
down, neither were salvageable and I had to bite the bullet and purchase
another two new engines. We obviously
also had to let down the customers for that weekend something that I absolutely
hate doing as it is awful to ruin peoples plans. Mix it to that the idiot who sold us an
engine for £800 online, we weren’t able to view first and took his word that is
was ready to use, sadly it arrived and needs quite a bit of work, thanks for
that mate, just what you need when your battling life!<o:p></o:p></div>
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All the campers are now running well and I believe we are on
top of everything however the money it has cost has once again depleted a lot of
our profit and therefore my wage. Add
this to the stress I feel every time there is a problem with the campers and
things are not looking good. It had just
about got to the point where I dreaded the campers going out in case I got a
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This has taken all the enjoyment out of the business and for
the time and hours we spend working it made me re-evaluate what we are doing. I have 3 children and one is now an adult but
the other two are still at primary school and I end up dragging them up to the
barn every weekend and school holiday (they have no issue with telling me how
much they resent this!) We are unable
to get away much in the campers as if we have any out on hire I feel we have to
be around in case there are any issues that need sorting out. Mix that with the fact you can’t take the
kids out of school anymore and it makes it impossible to get away.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So sadly we have decided to stop the self drive at the end
of August and concentrate on the wedding side of the business. This is a lot less stressful as the campers
do not have to travel so many miles and it is only us driving them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Typing this does make me sad as I have no shortage of work
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It has been a very tough year for us personally as a family,
due to my lovely Dad having such a rapid decline into Alzheimer’s and having to
go into a care home. The stress of
trying to find a place with absolutely no support or help from social services,
pushed my stress levels through the roof.
Sadly he only managed a few weeks in the home before he passed away in
April. The speed the illness struck him
down is something I am still struggling to come to terms with. We have also had other issues to deal with, bills to pay and work ups and downs. <o:p></o:p></div>
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All of the above has probably pushed me into the decision I
have made when another time I probably would of pulled my big girl pants on and
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However the future for weddings is bright and we still have
the summer to keep our lovely Delia and Floyd.
In September we will be putting both Delia and Floyd up for sale. They are both still taking hire bookings for dates up to the end of August 2014.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Custard Campershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766301184714912356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6721790699099144102.post-47102178649401905352014-06-17T12:54:00.000+01:002014-06-17T12:54:24.927+01:00Holivan Vintage Caravan<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">I have neglected my blog but now I have my head back in the game as they say but for today I am parking up the campers and sharing another project with you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have spent the last couple of years dreaming of owning my own
vintage caravan. At the last house we
had no room for a caravan so there was little point. When we bought this house, it came with a 'secret garden' however there is no access but my husband liked the house and
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think he thought I would go off the idea but
I didn't and as some of you will know I finally purchased my very own space on
wheels. If it works out safe enough to tow then that is what I'll do but if I can't manage a good enough restoration than it will live in the Secret Garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is a Fisher Holivan believed to be from 1969 but I can’t
be certain on this. She is in a bad
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precious with her and worry about ruining her as she couldn't get any worse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first issue was where to work on her, so the first few
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out on a new adventure, I got stuck into removing the other seating carcass in
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today is time for shopping…..top of the list is a jigsaw as
I managed to break my last one on some stupid DIY job that it probably wasn’t
meant for! Thanks to the lovely Sally from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1456273084607292/1489461877955079/?notif_t=group_comment_reply" target="_blank">Vintage Caravan For Beginners</a> facebook group I have a list of what else I need to purchase. So a cup of tea and then I’m
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Custard Campershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766301184714912356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6721790699099144102.post-79291091228919006232014-03-12T11:58:00.000+00:002014-03-12T11:59:24.476+00:00Behind The Scenes At Custard HQDelia went in for some major work at the beginning of the year and sadly she is still not home....very nearly but she keeps throwing up new issues. She should be ready to collect at the end of this week just in time to start her season.<br />
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She has had all her rotten bits removed and lovely fresh metal put in, a new front beam, her whole bottom half has a respray and she's had her brakes overhauled. The inside of the pop top has been refurbed and a lovely floral canvas fitted. I can't wait to drive her again.<br />
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Custard Camper's is also having a bit of a rebrand and revamp. When I told people I was doing this, it got mixed reactions, some couldn't see the point as it was fine as it was and others liked the idea. I was never really too happy with our webpage as I felt it wasn't quirky enough to truly represent our brand. I try to do things a little differently to other vw hire companies and went with an unusual name for the company to try and make us more memorable and more fun.<br />
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I am happy to say we are half way through the rebrand process, I now have a lovely new logo, and matching designs for our social media pages. The website is currently undergoing a new build and I have seen the draft version and I'm happy to report it truly reflects our brand ethos of been fun and quirky and even better there are polka dots....yellow polka dots no less!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">August was just CRAZY busy, a mad whirl of self drive hires for the bays and weddings for the splits. Each time the campers go out, there is a lot of work involved, it's not just a full valet inside and out, they also have to be maintained mechanically, anything broken needs fixing. The stress of trying to get a broken camper mended in time for the next hire is awful. During the busy summer season this involves A LOT of late nights at the barn trying to get the campers sorted, long days checking in and out the campers and add in the fact the kids are off school and no child care, it is a very tiring time of year.</span></div>
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Amongst all that work we did manage a few day trips out....first to VW Sweetcorn which was held locally at Barleylands. This was a good day out, mostly as it was so local. It wasn't massive but there was plenty of campers and other VW's to look at. I also bought myself a cart, I thought it would be handy to put the pug in for Busfest, as she gets tired quickly, however she clearly hated going in it!<br />
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We made a flying visit to Whitenoise, more <a href="http://custardcampers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/vw-whitenoise-2013.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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Finally at the end of the month we actually managed a proper holiday, a full three days away in a camper. We loaded up Floyd with bikes, dogs, kids and had a fantastic time. We headed to north Norfolk, and then traveled back along the coast down to Southwold. We would of loved to have stayed longer but work called.<br />
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This was also the month our daughter passed her driving test, I put it down to all the practice she'd had moving the campers round the yard.</div>
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Campers aside, something much more exciting happened, Perry & myself won first prize at the local greyhound show</div>
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I took the decision to actually take the campers off self drive until March so December meant just a few weddings and lots of time to spend on the family. We did celebrate our 2nd Birthday on the 31st of this month so I thought I'd share the status I put on our facebook page that day.</div>
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Today is Custard Camper's official 2nd Birthday!!!<br />New Years Eve 2011 marked Delia's first trip out on hire, now two years on we've bought another 4 campers, sold one, restored one, replaced 3 engines, been to over 40 weddings, had well over 100 different self drive hires.<br /><br />We've had delighted customers, cross customers, breakdowns, returning customers, good days, bad days and more stress than y<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ou can ever imagine!<br /><br />We've moved house, upset our new neighbours with our campers, found better premises, met some really lovely people who have supported our business, met some not so lovely people who have let us down badly, but you live and learn, some lessons have been expensive some have been tough but you know what we're still here, more determined than ever.<br /><br />2014 is going to see Custard Campers go from strength to strength, we will busier than ever with both weddings and self drive adventures and we'd love you to join us on this beautiful campervan ride.<br /><br />Dublove and a fantastic 2014 to you all<br /><br />Kerry & Dan x</span></div>
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Another issue I've struggled with on the blog is what to write, being a girl I do tend to veer towards the pretty things in life that catch my eye, but as I run a campervan business I wonder if this is too girly to fit with the brand? Are people here just to see campervans? or is it ok to mix it up?<br />
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Inspired by the very lovely Emily over at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FisheeDesigns?fref=ts" target="_blank">@fisheedesigns</a> I thought I'd do a look back at 2013 highlights<br />
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In January we said a very sad goodbye to Ramsey, as he headed up to Norfolk to be sold by a third party. My son in particular was very upset to see his favourite camper leave.</div>
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After a very tense wait to exchange contracts, this finally happened a week before we were due to move. A mad dash to get packed up in time, washing out kitchen cupboards at midnight the night before you move is very stressful! A big thanks to my wonderful friends who helped no end especially on moving day. They helped finish packing up the old house and cleaned it. Provided scones for lunch while waiting for the new keys and then helped scrub and sterilise the new house, now that's true friendship for you!</div>
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Having finally found Ramsey a lovely new home, we were ready to start the search for a new camper. We found this 1973 Westfalia Continental buried in the For Sale forum on VZI. I have no idea why he'd been overlooked, as he was lovely and a good price.</div>
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We took the very pretty Nigella along to exhibit at the Heart Wedding Show at Brentwood. It wasn't as busy as we hoped but did secure some bookings later in the year.</div>
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Still up to our eyes in work on the new house, having had to rip out the kitchen, have the whole house rewired, replumbed and everywhere needing decorated, it was a major project. Also it is not easy to live in house with kids and pets while the floorboards have to be taken up everyday for the wiring....horrendous.</div>
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We did manage a day trip to Volksworld but alas not in a camper as there was snow on the ground. Dan had spent the previous day driving our new camper 'Floyd' down to Sussex in the snow and was not keen to repeat the performance!</div>
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Volksworld is a really good show as there's a good mix but it was so cold that we only did quick dashes to the outside displays and spent more time in the show halls. Want to see more on our visit check out the blogpost on it <i><a href="http://custardcampers.blogspot.co.uk/2013_04_01_archive.html" target="_blank">here</a></i>.</div>
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Another month and another new campervan ;) The very gorgeous Mrs Beeton, I LOVE this camper, she makes me happy and it's as simple as that!</div>
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We did manage to fit in a few shows though and started the month at Vicky Farm & The SSVC campout. We liked this but arrived fairly late in the day, pictures from it <i><a href="http://custardcampers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/ssvc-campout-at-vicky-farm-2013.html" target="_blank">here</a> </i>and<i> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.415143268584802.1073741827.171640109601787&type=3" target="_blank">here</a></i>. This campout is followed by a crusie to Stanford Hall VW show. Fantastic cruise, loved every minute of it!</div>
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We also took a both Nigella & Mrs Beeton to Alive & V Dubbin. I like this show and its fairly local to us but it was very cold this year which did dampen spirits a bit but write up & photos <i><a href="http://custardcampers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/alive-v-dubbin-2013.html" target="_blank">here</a></i>.</div>
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We got a new member of the Custard Crew, the fabulous Matilda, Tilly to her friends. She is actually my daughter's dog and it was her that desperately wanted a Pug. Tilly is a rescue pug, who was used for breeding, she was very overweight and unfit but has now slimmed down and can run around with our greyhounds.</div>
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She won third prize at the dog show for her unicorn!</div>
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So it was a late set off and we didn't arrive on site till nearly 2pm. Now given that the show wraps up at about 4pm after the Show N Shine prizes are announced I was a bit miffed that there was no reduction on the entrance fee of £10 per adult & £3 per child. With only two hours of the show left £36 entry is a bit steep!</div>
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Other than that gripe though, I really enjoyed the afternoon. I would of liked longer to look round the stalls particularly the second hand ones as I love mooching round vintage bits that I really don't need but always end up wanting. Sadly by the time we got to that part most had already packed up. However we still found plenty to look at & buy!<br />
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Spotted this gorgeous 1950's vintage caravan but sadly it was a bit too expensive for me, it was up for £2100 & needed quite a bit of work.<br />
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We did however get this for my daughter, really I wanted it for myself but couldn't justify another bike as I already have plenty! We've been telling her for years to get a bike to make getting around easier but she's always deemed them too uncool but this one changed her mind....<br />
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Custard Campershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766301184714912356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6721790699099144102.post-3416266756770474982013-07-14T23:28:00.000+01:002013-07-14T23:28:57.952+01:00Classic Camper Show & Vintage Fair<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we knew we had no work today, we'd roughly planned a trip over to the Classic Campervan Show & Vintage Fair at Langford Museum of Power. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's already been tested out in the garden and I'm now thinking I need to get my swing chair recovered in matching fabric (with the obligatory white tassels that swing chairs used to have!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">including of course our Nigella, it was so nice to over hear some lovely comments on her when people stopped to look, not realising we were with her. I chuckled when several people commented on what a pretty girly camper she was, as I always think of Nigella as Dan's camper out of all of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We headed off home for a barbecue around 3pm as my head just couldn't take any more sun but it was a nice relaxed day, the bands were good but quite loud & I'm a bit puzzled that one of them had a song about date rape, sung very loudly out to the family crowd, bit odd (I think I must be getting old as I longed for something quieter and lots of shade) </span></div>
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Custard Campershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766301184714912356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6721790699099144102.post-72941939740708969612013-07-07T23:23:00.000+01:002013-07-07T23:23:00.119+01:00Matilda The PugFor the last couple of years our oldest daughter has been more than a little bit obsessed by Pugs. She had cushions, phone covers, calendars and anything else except the actual Pug.<br />
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As some of you might already know greyhounds make excellent pets as they are very gentle souls who love cuddles and only need two short (20 minute) walks a day and will spend the rest of the time snoozing on the sofa. For a good few months now we've been thinking of getting a 'friend' for Perry and I'd been looking at so many beautiful dogs that needed rehoming particularly from <a href="http://clarksfarmgreyhounds.btck.co.uk/Dogsforhoming" target="_blank">Clarks Farm Greyhound Rescue</a> as this is where we got our Agent P from, however our daughter had other plans.<br />
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She really wanted a Pug of her own but the price had always been a major hurdle, so when she found out Dan worked with someone who's wife Julie rehomes ex breeding Pugs, her dreams gained momentum but several months later no Pugs had come up, so she'd just about given up hope of owning her own and I was trying to persuade her to get a greyhound instead.<br />
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Hello <a href="http://www.custardcampers.co.uk/#/mrs-beeton/4576616130" target="_blank">Mrs Beeton</a><br />
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She was bought on a complete whim....Dan was busy looking for a crew cab or ratty panel van when he stumbled on an advert for this lovely lady. I didn't need asking twice, he was duly packed off with money in his pocket to secure the deal. </div>
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I had to wait a little while before I could see her when we went to collect her but she was definitely worth the wait....I absolutely LOVE her. She is very pretty and so lovely to drive. Like our Nigella she is another Californian import born in 1967, obviously a good year for these campers ;)</div>
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She was almost ready to go but did just need her upholstery in the rear and some other bits and pieces, so she was booked into the fantastic Kustom Interiors at Rawreth for her trimming.</div>
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We have put new seals on her cab doors and cargo doors but that's really not very exciting to see so I won't bore you with pictures of them. We do like to give all our campers our 'custard' touch so I went shopping for some cookery books....</div>
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and after some cutting and sticking, turned them into recipe door cards....</div>
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At some point she will need her headlining replacing but for now I have added some roses to tidy it up, plus they look very pretty.</div>
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We've had a Fireboy system fitted in her engine bay as the thought of an engine fire is something that makes me shudder! She is off to Precious Metal tomorrow to get a few more bits sorted and then she should be ready to go out on her first hire this weekend.</div>
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If you fancy a spin in Mrs Beeton just give <a href="http://www.custardcampers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Custard Campers</a> a shout, self drive hire in Essex and London.<br />
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I honestly believe writing a blog is not rocket science but
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The first speaker of the day was ReeRee Rockette of '<a href="http://www.rockalily.com/" target="_blank">Rockalily Cuts</a>' self styled blogger and entrepreneur.<br />
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met her before I still enjoyed her talk and found her an engaging speaker. Among many other things ReeRee felt you should only ever put things on your social media that fits with the image of how you want people to see your brand.</div>
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First guest speaker done it was time for a tea break and
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The second guest speaker was Deepa Mistry from <a href="http://www.lazygiraffe.com/" target="_blank">Lazy Giraffe Jewellery </a>
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After lunch we moved on to our next guest speaker Lina of <a href="http://www.liquidphoto.co.uk/event-portfolio/" target="_blank">Liquid Photo</a>. Tom (the other half of Liquid Photo) was also present
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The last guest speaker of the day was Lynn Hill founder of
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us through how she took early retirement and planned to spend more time on her
gardening and baking but how life took a different path when she started up the
Clandestine Cake Club. Lynn has now
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The thing that struck me most after meeting Lynn was the
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The day was finished off with our own mini ‘Clandestine Cake Meeting’
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If you'd like to read more on <a href="http://thesecludedteapartyshhh.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/secluded-blogfest-2013-inspirational-day.html" target="_blank">The Secluded Blogfest 2013</a> check out Miss Sue Flay's blog post.<br />
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Nigella was packed up, food sorted, kids swimming lesson done, we were good to go just as the rain started. Still nothing could dampen our spirits despite the kids trying their best to annoy us with their moaning. The journey was a mix of sunshine and showers but it was so nice to be out in Nigella enjoying her rather than working in her.<br />
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By the time the kids were feeling brave enough to go and join in the kids activities they'd missed most of them which is a shame as it looked like they had some good stuff. They could make their own splitscreen camper which you could then race around a Scalextric track. Still next year we'll know to get there earlier. I also wanted to go to the AGM but again managed to miss that too, but apparently I didn't miss much...fair enough.<br />
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I chuckled when early Sunday morning we heard someone going round the campsite with a loud hailer waking everyone up. Bit keen we thought as there was still awhile to the convoy was set to leave, but in the end it was all a big rush as the buses started lining up from first thing. We thought we'd get in the queue, then go grab breakfast but it ended up with us running back to Nigella so we didn't get left behind.<br />
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The convoy was great fun and unlike the Brighton Breeze one we did last year, everyone seemed to stay in line and grouped together. The convoy went straight into Stanford Hall and all the splits were lined up for display in a lovey area by the river. By lunchtime the sun was out and it was a fantastic day.<br />
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As always we had a list of bits we needed and I was very happy to find a table for Floyd which was the main thing I needed. We didn't buy too much else but did get a BMX for our son.....well allegedly for our son although we insisted on trying it out. It was a bit of a squeeze to get it home in Nigella but where theres a will there's a way.<br />
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If you'd like to see more pictures their all on our facebook page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.415143268584802.1073741827.171640109601787&type=3" target="_blank">Vicky Farm</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.415144748584654.1073741828.171640109601787&type=3" target="_blank">Stanford Hall.</a><br />
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Right this has turned into a long winded post so I'll stop there but I will be updating the blog with more information on our newest camper Mrs Beeton in the next week....she is so pretty!<br />
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I am also off to <a href="http://thesecludedteapartyshhh.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/miss-sue-flay-presents-blogfest-2013.html" target="_blank">The Secluded Blogfest</a> tomorrow. I'm hoping this is going to inspire me to get more on top of the blog and make a bigger deal of it...so if you haven't already hit the Follow button and keep up to date with my ramblings on Custard Campers.<br />
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Custard Campers - VW Campervan Hire In EssexCustard Campershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766301184714912356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6721790699099144102.post-83449354087296960852013-04-06T20:20:00.000+01:002013-04-06T20:20:44.001+01:00Elemental 2013So the sun is shining but it's still chilly, we took a trip along to Elemental Show earlier today. We decided not to take a camper in the end and I'm really glad we didn't. We arrived at about 11.30am to find the show ground closed to any more vehicles including all parking areas....not good as access is off a dual carriageway. We had to park down an access road and walk down the side of a busy dual carriageway with two kids and a dog, both the dog & my daughter got upset at this. Not the safest or the best start.<br />
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Despite the sun making brief appearances it was very chilly, so we had a quick mooch about, looked at some nice buses & beetles, bought a basket for our 'Celebration Hamper in a Camper' and then opted to head home. <br />
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After a very long overdue food shop we are now sat at home, chilling happy in the knowledge for once my new kitchen cupboards are full.<br />
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I've put a load more photos on our facebook page under <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.402378806527915.1073741825.171640109601787&type=3" target="_blank">Volksworld 2013</a> if you fancy a look and while your there you'll be able to see what else the Custard's have just bought!</div>
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In the meantime I'm sure spring is just round the corner, so for campervan hire in Essex or campervan hire London, come see <a href="http://www.custardcampers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Custard Campers</a>.</div>
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<br />Custard Campershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766301184714912356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6721790699099144102.post-57858781915929147202013-03-17T22:02:00.001+00:002013-03-17T22:02:10.995+00:00Floyd on CampersWe've got a name and we've got a winner....<br />
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well done to Heather Bellis who was lucky number 13 picked by the lovely folk over at <a href="http://www.inspiredcamping.com/" target="_blank">Inspired Camping</a>. Although Heather didn't suggest the name we decided on, she did put forward the name of Mary Berry, which was enough to get her entered into our draw...<br />
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We considered all the names, I personally liked Mrs Beeton alot but Dan suggested that would be better suited to an older camper maybe a splittie. The one that made us chuckle was 'Swedish' after the swedish chef in the muppets, very clever.<br />
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After some debate we opted for Floyd, which seems perfect for our camper. Keith Floyd was regarded as a pioneer in taking cookery out of the studio & he travelled far and wide for his shows. We are thinking wine coloured upholstery and some quirky curtains. He will be the perfect camper to park up on a beautiful campsite and sit back and enjoy a cheeky bottle of vino.<br />
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<li>Mel Jackson via Facebook</li>
<li>Erin Lysandrou via Facebook</li>
<li>Becci Higgs via Facebook</li>
<li>Paul Sterry via Facebook</li>
<li>Scavenger Annie via Blog</li>
<li>Rachel Phillips via Facebook</li>
<li>Jenni Manley via Facebook</li>
<li>Becki Tatum via Facebook</li>
<li>Louise Gevaux via Facebook</li>
<li>Darren Gevaux via Facebook</li>
<li>Marie Stansfield via Facebbok</li>
<li>Michelle Cohan via Facebook</li>
<li>Heather Bellis via Facebook</li>
<li>Tom Walker via Facebook</li>
<li>Linda Bekir via Facebook</li>
<li>Merlot The Camper via Facebook</li>
<li>Maxine Hall via Facebook</li>
<li>Lorraine Lottie Mustard via Facebook</li>
<li>Gemma Pickles via Facebook</li>
<li>Dianne Winch via Facebook</li>
<li>Beatrice-BelleUK via Twitter</li>
<li>Stacey Fribbins via Facebook</li>
<li>Lee Crouch via Facebook</li>
<li>Thomas Koreman via Facebook</li>
<li>Sam Bradfield via Facebook</li>
<li>Charlotte Edwards via Facebook</li>
<li>Michelle Heron Bray via Facebook</li>
<li>Lulu Hobson via Facebook</li>
<li>Debs Ivelja via Facebook</li>
<li>Karl Mardell via Facebook</li>
<li>Fiona Reed via Facebook</li>
<li>Jo Barber via Facebook</li>
<li>Tracy Tant Black via Facebook</li>
<li>Gemma Lawrence via Facebook</li>
<li>Sara Shipley via Facebook</li>
<li>Natalie Neylon via Facebook</li>
<li>OneSugarPlease via Twitter</li>
<li>OutcastVW via Blog</li>
<li>Jody Gonzalez via Facebook</li>
<li>Sarah Clark via Facebook</li>
<li>PetalsandLace via Facebook</li>
<li>Bellabbeagle via Twitter</li>
<li>Yvonne at Whitegold Images via Facebook</li>
<li>Tracey Mcqueen via Facebook</li>
<li>Melanie Nicholson via Facebook</li>
<li>Gilly Sanders via Email</li>
<li>Anni Howard via Email</li>
<li>Trifle Rabbit via Email</li>
<li>Afieldsomewhere via Twitter</li>
<li>Irene Noon via Facebook</li>
<li>Jan Cannon via Facebook</li>
<li>Rob Piper via Facebook</li>
<li>Willow Piper via Facebook</li>
<li>Marie Stansfield via Facebook</li>
<li>Charlotte Drummond via Blog</li>
<li>Katy May Read via Facebook</li>
<li>Adam Boswell via Twitter</li>
<li>Dave Allen via Twitter</li>
<li>Nichola Cain via Email</li>
<li>Ben@Voice via Email</li>
<li>Daxa-PJA via Twitter</li>
<li>Tracy Wilson via Facebook</li>
<li>Linda Bennet via Twitter</li>
<li>UKCamper via Twitter</li>
<li>Graham Kerr via Facebook</li>
<li>Sorrel Church via Facebook</li>
<li>Follies via Facebook</li>
<li>Vicki Andreetti via Facebook</li>
<li>Wendy Daugherty Ledbetter via Facebook</li>
<li>Lee Crouch via Facebook</li>
<li>Karen Pettitt via Facebook</li>
<li>GirlOnFilm via Twitter</li>
<li>Kath Webber via Facebook</li>
<li>Stephanie Williams via Facebook</li>
<li>Sarah Goodwin via Facebook</li>
<li>Spiller Ruth via Twitter</li>
<li>Simon Spencer via Facebook</li>
<li>Christine Moss via Facebook</li>
<li>Kellie Amanda Jones via Facebook</li>
<li>Jo Vallance via Facebook</li>
<li>TheHaywoodSisters via Twitter</li>
<li>Tanya Marie Shaw via Facebook</li>
<li>Charles Dytham via Blog</li>
<li>Hannah Maslin via Facebook</li>
<li>Yvonne Mackenzie via Facebook</li>
<li>Aitchy Wright via Facebook</li>
<li>Rob Law via Facebook</li>
<li>Steve Batt via Facebook</li>
<li>Paul Curran via Facebook</li>
<li>Simon Blundie-Weitz via Facebook</li>
<li>Duggie Walker via Facebook</li>
<li>Helen Jones via Twitter</li>
<li>Becci Higgs via Facebook</li>
<li>Linda Bekir via Facebook</li>
<li>Kerry Lou via Blog</li>
<li>Tracie Shamby via Blog</li>
<li>Katie Boulter via Facebook</li>
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I'm delighted to say we've had 93 entries so far, obviously there has been several duplications but there is 86 different names at this stage. Just to clarify where people have suggested more than one name (very naughty!) we have added them all to the list but the person will only be put into the draw once.<br />
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<li>Ainsley</li>
<li>Harriet</li>
<li>Heston</li>
<li>Aldo</li>
<li>Cookie</li>
<li>Heinz Winkler</li>
<li>Fearnley</li>
<li>Marco</li>
<li>Frank</li>
<li>Floyd</li>
<li>Contessa</li>
<li>Rosemary Shreggar</li>
<li>Gino</li>
<li>Valentine</li>
<li>Mary Berry</li>
<li>Charlie</li>
<li>Fanny</li>
<li>Oliver</li>
<li>Khoo</li>
<li>Caramel</li>
<li>Biscuit</li>
<li>Olive</li>
<li>Anthony</li>
<li>Keith </li>
<li>Michel Jr Roux</li>
<li>Hugh</li>
<li>Carluccio</li>
<li>Pierre</li>
<li>Chalky</li>
<li>Swedish (Swedish Chef from the Muppets)</li>
<li>Claude</li>
<li>Brulee</li>
<li>Dodger</li>
<li>Kenneth</li>
<li>Nancy</li>
<li>Biscuit</li>
<li>Toffee</li>
<li>Puddin</li>
<li>Angus</li>
<li>Roux</li>
<li>Clarrissa</li>
<li>Margo</li>
<li>Betty</li>
<li>Roobarb</li>
<li>Basil</li>
<li>Crumble</li>
<li>Bisto</li>
<li>Elizabeth</li>
<li>Hazel</li>
<li>Mrs Beeton</li>
<li>Fudge</li>
<li>Brian</li>
<li>Turner</li>
<li>Novelli</li>
<li>Wallace</li>
<li>Colonel Mustard</li>
<li>Otto</li>
<li>Stein</li>
<li>Bailey</li>
<li>Wareing</li>
<li>Graham</li>
<li>John-Christophe</li>
<li>Rhubarb</li>
<li>Custard Cream</li>
<li>Banana Split</li>
<li>Banoffe</li>
<li>Florence</li>
<li>Hubert</li>
<li>Pascale</li>
<li>Mr Kipling</li>
<li>Roobarb</li>
<li>Mushroom</li>
<li>Gandolph</li>
<li>Charlotte</li>
<li>Bertie</li>
<li>Skippy</li>
<li>The Hoff</li>
<li>Mutley</li>
<li>Cash</li>
<li>Rock The Cash Bus</li>
<li>Wagon Wheel</li>
<li>Humphrey</li>
<li>Burt The Bus</li>
<li>Flanby</li>
<li>Eton</li>
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On the facebook page, people have often said why they've chosen that one, so may be worth having a look.<br />
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I have been using our new camper as my daily run around, as I don't have my own car to use, and it's always good to get to know your camper before it starts its working life out on hire. I'm happy to report all good, it drives really well. Dan's going to give it a bit of a tune up this weekend, and we can then decide what to add to the inside to make it into a Custard Camper.<br />
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It struck me that this is probably a good way to approach most things in life. It is certainly the way I started up Custard Campers, in an ideal world I would of have had more start up capital, premises, knowledge and a marketing budget but in reality I scrapped the money together to buy Delia, by taking a personal loan and selling my own car, and then just started. </div>
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<li>We are called Custard Campers. Our brand identity has a 'food' theme to it.</li>
<li> Our other campers are called; Nigella, Delia & Ramsey (Gino joins us for weddings too)</li>
<li> The camper could be a boy or a girl!</li>
<li>As we anticipate several duplications of names we will be choosing the winner at random, not based on the name they suggest. All entries will be put in to a prize draw and the winner chosen at random. However if only one person suggests the winning name we will reward that with an extra smaller gift as a thank you for being so clever.</li>
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One lucky person will win a complimentary two day hire of the new campervan. The hire period we have set aside is Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April. Insurance for the hire period is included for one named driver.</div>
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<li>The prize is subject to our normal hire terms and conditions which can be viewed <a href="http://custardcampers.blogspot.co.uk/p/custard-campers-hire-terms-conditions.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The driver must comply with our age restrictions & other terms of our insurance policy as stated.</li>
<li>The hirer will have to pay the security deposit before the hire period commences which is refundable on the safe undamaged return of our camper as per our <a href="http://custardcampers.blogspot.co.uk/p/custard-campers-hire-terms-conditions.html" target="_blank">terms</a>. </li>
<li>The weekend dates are not transferable however we try to flexible where possible & it might be possible to exchange for another April weekend but we can not guarantee that.</li>
<li>The prize cannot be exchanged for cash (or anything else!)</li>
<li>The Camper will be collected from our address near Chelmsford, Essex.</li>
<li>One entry per person only please.</li>
<li>Closing date for entries is Thursday 14th March.</li>
<li>The winner will be announced Sunday 17th March.</li>
<li>Photos will be taken of the winning person setting off on their hire & we'd like to blog about where their adventure took them, so you must be happy to share some photos with us for this use.</li>
<li>Custard Campers decision is final.</li>
<li>Important - the winner will be picked at RANDOM, you do not have to pick the winning name, all entries will be put in to a draw.</li>
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<li>By twitter, follow us and then tweet us your suggestion, find us <a href="https://twitter.com/CustardCampers" target="_blank">here</a></li>
<li>By facebook, give us a like and then post your suggestion under this post <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=387142084718254&set=a.171641182935013.34600.171640109601787&type=1&theater" target="_blank">here</a></li>
<li>Blog, just leave a comment below</li>
<li>Via our website <a href="http://www.custardcampers.co.uk/#/contact-us/4558449614" target="_blank">here</a></li>
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Just before I sign off can I just ask one little favour? If you could share this competition on your facebook or twitter page and tell all your friends, it would be fantastic. We are small company with big dreams and each new person who finds us takes us a step closer to reaching them!<br />
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January found us busy packing up our home where we have lived for the last ten years, it was time for a new house this time with a better garage and our own drive. We had originally hoped to exchange contracts before Christmas but in the end we exchanged less than a week before completion day. To say things were manic would be an understatement. I am ashamed to admit we needed two removal lorries because of the amount of junk we had accumulated. Most of which is currently costing us money to be sat in storage...how daft!</div>
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We are now settled in our lovely new home, a very 1960's style place in the beautiful village of Writtle, only a mile or two down the road from our old house but so very different. So far we have replaced the boiler and heating system, the whole house is being rewired and as of yesterday the kitchen has been ripped out. We are living out of boxes because of the works and dust and dirt everywhere.....</div>
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We have also been busy, as I suddenly got it into my head that we needed to move house, primarily to get more space for our campers. We do have secure storage for them but we really need a bigger garage and our own driveway, so it would be easier to prepare & repair them without being out in the car park. Things have moved really quickly, we thought about it for a couple of weeks, next thing we had it on the market and it sold in less than two weeks. Excellent news except we haven't managed to find anything to buy. I honestly didn't see this coming, I thought it would take ages to sell ours but didn't take on board that it would be so difficult to find something to buy. So at the moment I am stalking Zoopla to find us & our campers a new home. </div>
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The end of last week was spent trying to get Nigella ready for her first wedding, Dan & Rich worked very late on Friday night, the engine went in, the engine came out, the engine went in...do you get the picture? I'd like to say I was calm and collected but I was a bag of nerves, worn out and panicking as didn't want to let the wedding party down. Saturday morning was an early start for them as they finished off the last few bits. Dan drove back home in her at 9.15am just as we were due to set off for London. I have never been so glad to see him.<br />
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After a thankfully uneventful trip along the M25 we pulled up at the collection address and were greeted by the loveliest family, who made us feel so welcome. They loved both Nigella and Delia and we spent a lovely day driving them round the capital, first the wedding at Camden Town Hall<br />
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She's now called Bessie as this is what the children
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bought Bessie in 2009 just at the start of the summer holidays. We had been looking round for one for a
while, as we had done years of camping in a tent and decided we would like to
‘upgrade’ to a van. The trouble we had
was, as soon as one came on the market, it would be sold before we had a chance
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don’t think we had appreciated all the different types of conversions that you
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children, Matt & Ellie were 11 and 13 when we bought it and as they’ve
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We have not changed anything inside or out except for the
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As we already had a holiday planned that year in Yorkshire
and the Lake District, we decided to drive the van instead of the car, although we would
not be sleeping in it. We only had one
slight problem – a fuel pipe split and we were being followed by a trail of fuel
around Ambleside by the time we realised why we had such a strong smell of
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The friendly local garage had us on the move again within an
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My husband, Tim, was using the van for travelling to and
from work, but we have since cut down on the small local journeys to avoid too
much wear and tear! We have a great
local garage that has a VW expert that has always managed to repair it so
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So in 2010, we decided to embark on a ‘European Tour’, taking
in 9 countries – France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic,
Austria, Switzerland & Lichtenstein!
Tim planned the route and we booked the campsites ahead before we
went. There was a worrying moment when
the clutch went the Friday before we were leaving on the Monday – but our
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We took several spare parts and a tool kit to cover all
eventuality of breakdown, packed up and
off we went for almost 4 weeks. It was
brilliant fun. We don’t have a satnav –
Tim won’t have one of them – being a true Cub Scout Leader, we do it all by
maps….which is fine when he is navigating, not quite so fine when I am. The Prague Ring Road was definitely my
undoing – we must have travelled out and back along every possible road (in
torrential rain), which reduced me to tears at one point before we found the
campsite – ironically called ‘Sunny Camp’!!!
The only 2 places we got lost were Poland and the Czech Republic – OK,
so I may have been navigating both times – but it was their signposting
honest!! It was also to Tim’s utmost
glee, that the only time we were stopped by the police was when I was
driving. They do a lot of ‘spot checks’
in Europe which can be quite comical with the language differences. The German police wanted to see the ‘Papers
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to do another ‘European Tour’, this time going to Belgium, Germany, Luxemburg,
Switzerland, Italy, and France. We
booked most of the campsites ahead this time, but not all of them as this
allowed us to be more flexible. We could
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seemed to be one campsite within walking distance of the city and we are
definitely glad we had booked as it was really full. We try and pick campsites that are either
within walking distance of the places we are visiting, or have easy access to
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decided to stay put and visit Pompeii by train from Rome. This worked well even though it was a long
day. The electrics on the van also
started behaving strangely – no headlights, only side lights and the wipers
only worked if you held it on main beam and neither the horn or the hazzard
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Meanwhile we received an urgent phonecall from the lovely Natalie at <a href="http://www.buttercupbus.com/" target="_blank">Buttercup Bus</a>, she had a frantic usher on the phone trying to source a campervan for a wedding at Smithfields after the original one they'd booked had broken down, Natalie was already on her way to another wedding so couldn't help but wondered if we'd be up for the challenge. Well never let it be said the Custard's are afraid of a daring rescue. Delia was duly festooned in rose garlands, a very quick brush out, and Dan set off for London with ice and bubbles on board, and I plus the mini custards heading off for the joys of the M25 and Erith.<br />
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The thing I found odd was they didn't give anything to the beetles and the explanation was that as it was BusJam they felt all should go to buses. Very odd I think if people have taken the time to prepare their vehicle and participate and support an event then one trophy out of ten would not of been too much to ask for.</div>
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Last week it was <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.custardcampers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/fifty-shades-of-dub-3.html" target="_blank">Peppa's</a></span> turn, but this week it's all about.....<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Freebird ii is a rather lovely looking, tell us more about her</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">My Bay Freebird ii, is a T2, Westy. 2ltr Fuel Injection
engine, automatic. Left Hand Drive. Was imported into Ireland by
John Hickey of </span><a href="http://www.krazykombis.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: blue;">www.krazykombis.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> via
Kieft en Klock in the Netherlands, and originally from sunny California<span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've owned Freebird ii since April 2007. I bought my first VW
Campervan the previous year, but it was one of those, first van I saw I had to
have, but there was far too much work to be done on her so I had to let her go.
She came with the name Freebird, hence Freebird ii had to be the name for
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The colour is fading a bit now on Freebird ii and the rust
patches are starting to show through, so before too long she's going to need a
good coat of paint and, but for now, I'll just stick with the turning 'rat'
look! Interior is still as she came out of the factory in 1974. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We grew up with vintage cars in the family, my dad is a fanatic, so I
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She's not my daily driver, but I do drive her very regularly, I'd have
her out most weekends, and camp with my club <a href="http://www.type2ireland.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">www.type2ireland.org</span></a> most
months. My kids absolutely love driving around in Freebird. Abbie
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My husband isn't too
much of a fan of the camping life so my friend Fi generally comes around with
us, and he's more than happy to have us disappear off for weekends! However I
did manage to convince him that we should use Freebird ii as our wedding car in
2008. I prayed she wouldn't let us down that day, and thankfully she
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So Louie, tell us about some of the Irish VW events you go to?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I organise an annual charity run for vintage vw's called <a href="http://www.eireball.com/" target="_blank">Eireball</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">. We travel
around Ireland for a week fundraising for different charities. This year
was the 7th run, and over the past 6 years we have raised over €50,000 for
charity. I won't say too much about the run on this post as I'll be doing
a guest blog on Eireball for Custard Campers shortly.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aside from Eireball, one of my favourite VW event in Ireland is the music festival </span><a href="http://www.vantastival.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Vantastival</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> . This year was the 3rd year of Vantastival and makes the VW vans part of the show. However, all campervans are welcome along with Tents of all shapes and sizes!!! Freebird ii has also been over to the Isle of Man for their </span><a href="http://www.circleyerwagens.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Circle Yer Wagons</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> event, which is held annually in May. The Isle of Man VW club are a great bunch and made us feel very welcome. Hopefully I'll get over to this one again shortly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When I'm not dubbin I work as an accounts manager at our family
business, <a href="http://www.barrydesign.ie/" target="_blank">Barry Design and Print</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I'm also the
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twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/BarryDesignWeb" target="_blank">@barrydesignweb</a>) pages. Why not like and follow the pages where
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I also <a href="https://twitter.com/Eireball" target="_blank">tweet</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/eireballrun" target="_blank">Facebook</a> for the Eireball Run. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> You can find out all about the Eireballing adventures by following along
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