Getting a camper van

I've had a patchy weeknoting record so far this year. Work has been challenging, and there is plenty of life admin filling up my weekends that isn't leaving much energy to write on the weekend.

We're switching cars at the moment and all the paperwork and expenses are getting me down. Tax, insurance, finance, warranties, cleaning, repairs. It's a lot to juggle, but we are nearly there.

We're currently between cars, and it's a bit tricky. We only had one car, it was adjustment getting down to one car when we did that a few years ago, but having zero cars is a pain.

(With everything going on in the world, I recognised we are lucky that this all we have to deal with.)

Apart from the expense, one of the reasons I've maybe avoided getting a camper van until now is that it feels like a very clichéd status symbol. I'm becoming a very specific type of of middle-aged man. It's going to go very nicely with my Passenger dry robe and travel Aeropress, haha.

Jokes aside, getting a camper van has been a lifelong dream for us. We're hoping we can have a few years of going away with the kids before they are too old to want to go on holiday with us anymore. Saying that, I still go on holiday with my parents and in-laws and I'm in my forties. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Looking forward to lots of adventures down the beach and exploring more of Wales. Maybe I'll even finish my beach challenge.

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