Can’t believe we found the NORTHERN LIGHTS, living an ARCTIC Vanlife

[@Panthineguardian]

I hope seeing those lights warmed your heart enough to counter the frozen plums :o

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

🤣 it definitely helped

[@jonwilliams6821]

Love your cinematography, great video. "The plums are in" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Much appreciated! The Plums took a while to thaw out 😂

[@tomwoodington3109]

Loving the videos! You should introduce john and Mandy to your viewers

[@Scamdemic]

Mate...You have no idea how inspiring this is for me...and no doubt others. Cheers.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I’m glad to hear. The whole reason I made the Channel was to help and inspire others

[@kevingalloway9338]

Absolutely beautiful. Fun times for you

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

We are having a great time!

[@jamesanderson4964]

Fair play for that swim 👏👏👏

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

It’s a chilly but not too bad!

[@steinjohansen3142]

@@MispronouncedAdventures As we say in the Arctic: "It only hurts the 10 first minutes" ;-)

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

And an enjoyable hurt it is!

[@steinjohansen3142]

@@MispronouncedAdventures ;-D After 10 minutes you get "comfortably numb"

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

@@steinjohansen3142 haha yes! I can agree with that

[@Rich-n-Cooper]

epic landscape and well deserved reward for that mamouth drive!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

All the landscape here just seems epic! Thank you!

[@PlatisTobbe]

Lovely video!! ...and nice to see you having some blue skies!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you very much definitely glad to finally see some blue sky is on trip!

[@Alivefrom45]

Great video Alex, what a night show, Amazing.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

It was incredible and more to come

[@PackTheVanAndGo]

Greeting from Brno in Czechia buddy! Top video!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Cheers mate!

[@aronsrcadventures2820]

Wow looks like a amazing place

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Absolutely amazing Park ups in Norway

[@IvarLauPau]

I’m glad You found Norway lovely. Regarding paying for the ferry ride, You will find an invoice in the Mail in a month or two. They took a photo of your registration and will have your details. That was a corona thing, they stopped charging the drivers and sent invoices. And it is a fine way to collect the money.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you, Norway was amazing I’ve been before with work but never this far north. Can’t wait to come back. As for the ferry I hope so. From the information we read that was the idea we came across too. We signed up to the Epass24 and registered our vehicles as the foreign vehicles and Inputted and photographed all the documentation needed. Still no sign of the ferry or the tolls on our accounts but hopefully we get the invoice in the mail at somepoint

[@jimharris8786]

Enjoyed it!

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Glad to hear I enjoyed making it!

[@UrbanVanlife]

Sorry I missed the premier . But them lights look stunning

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

No problem at all. The lights have been stunning and more to come!

[@lifebeyondbricks]

Great video m8. Stunning photos as well.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Ah cheers you guys! Thank you very much. I’ve been enjoying editing the travel style videos

[@dannys971]

Been a subscriber for a while but just recently started watching, great van build series and the place you lived in Scotland looked immense. Just started watching this series now and it’s great so far! 😃. Definitely don’t mind you showing us how the shower works either 😂😂.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you very much for being a subscriber and I hope you enjoy the series and the arctic series which comes after this one!

[@mikesmith-bx8bs]

great video thanks for the entertainment , i laughed out loud when you used the 'plums' comment .

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Glad you have enjoyed it! Got to use KZbin appropriately language 😂

[@magnefauli]

I think you caught our national mountain "Stetind" on camera at about 3:45, and you didn't even comment on it! 😄The pointed mountain far away a bit to the right of the middle.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I looked it up on the map I think that location might be the wrong, we were facing the opposite direction.,but the mountain geologically looks the similarities. However we might of been in a position to see it on the panning shot during the ferry

[@johnmandy]

Such an epic day/parkup/night 😎👍🏻

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

It was so good!

[@iverson2977]

That water must have been soooooo cold 🥶 hats off to you guys you're brave

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

It was actually quite pleasant once you were in ( I use pleasant in an extremely broad sense…. ) While still definitely cold! Not quite as bad as I was expecting. The Sun definitely helped!

[@grahammarsh717]

Great travels

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Cheers, it has been great

[@natashalion8028]

That's a dream (for me)

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I hope you get to experience it one day!

[@jonsinky911]

The location you stopped at, what epic landscape you have all around you it looks absolutely stunning. Looks like you had a good show with the lights and that time-lapse captured it very well. You have definitely given me an longing to venture that way when my van is completed. Great work and will be watching the rest of your travels as well as John and Mandy's enjoy.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Glad you have enjoyed. The landscape in Norway ( and norther Nordic counties in General ) has been amazing! I just wish I had more time there! I happy with how the time lapses have turned out in the videos. It’s well worth heading that far north in the van

[@clifflee8651]

Stunning mate Norway never fails to impress It will be a hard act to follow...

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I definitely agree! Onto northern Sweden next video!

[@trevorpat-lifeontherun]

👍 Did you get some blue.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Indeed I did in Narvik the following day. Generally easy to buy in any fuel station

[@vdubtravels]

was lucky enough to work in Labrador for a 6 month contract, couldn't believe the Northern Lights the first time I saw them, difficult to describe the feeling, thanks for the video, makes me want to put this on the travel list

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Definitely an amazing experience the first time you see a real powerful display

[@TheJeanGenius]

Great vlog, Alex. We've even started watching your Madagascar vlogs too 😁

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you very much well enjoy them not many people actually want to watch them!

[@TheJeanGenius]

@@MispronouncedAdventures My hubby planned to go there on a walking holiday, many moons ago, but it never happened for one reason or another.

[@iverson2977]

"When you gonna stop and enjoy it" who said you wasn't enjoying it 😂🤣 Exploring is enjoying 👍 another great vlog mate can't wait to get over that way myself and see Northern lights and do a spot of fishing 🎣

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Definitely! I was quite surprised by the amount of messages I received which were about when I was actually going to stop and enjoy myself 🤣 I can definitely recommend the Nordic countries for chances to see the lights and a spot of fishing ( just checked the fishing license requirements for each country first )

[@iverson2977]

@@MispronouncedAdventures yea I don't understand why people would ask that implying you wouldn't enjoy it 😂 I always wanted to go to Norway and so some sea fishing catch some decent cod 🤣👍 thanks for the reply. Hope to see you on the road sometime, would be great

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I think it’s more often than not, it’s an oversight on their part. Turn making a comparison on what they would enjoy and putting their principles of what’s enjoyable on to someone else without realising. Well definitely recommend it and hopefully I’ll see you on the road at somepoint!

[@carpuckluke]

Fantastic looks great How's the batteries holding up with the lack of sun

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

No issues at all and that upside the induction hob a few times a day and using the air fryer.. Lowest I’ve been is about 49% SOC on the batteries but daily average was going between 60% to 80%. Each day I would normally consume about 20% of my state of charge and also regain 20% Soc. In the UK, solar makes up 75% of all Energy produced for the van, the other 25% is normally B2B from the engine or occasional hook up. Up here solar has made up about 20% and the rest is B2B. Which is fine for us since we are driving quite a bit of day. Future I might put in a second battery to battery charger as I only have 30amp one

[@intransit2822]

Great video buddy. Looks like you are all have a super time. We just arrived in Northern Spain after driving across France. Stay safe and look forward to your future videos.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you very much! Enjoy northern Spain

[@MiGlyShebb]

I'm glad you're enjoying your van mate! That looks beautiful! I can't wait to seee it myself.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you! The Nordic countries are amazing. I recommend coming this far north if you can.

[@bntambridge]

Great footage, amazing adventures. Fantastic commentary. Would also love to hear (in another van build update perhaps) changes you would make to the van build. You mentioned the extra battery to battery charger. What about practical information such as finding fresh water to fill up, in these remote locations you are staying? How long the water actually lasts? Certainly a video idea when the trip is over.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

That’s definitely the plan! I’ll probably do a shorter dedicated conclusion to the Nordic countries video on the van. Where I look at the van & how it’s getting on and things I might change.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I deafly already got a list on my phone of things I might change not because I’ve actually found anything bad just because I seen how things could be improved

[@bntambridge]

@@MispronouncedAdventures Exactly. There should be nothing bad because everything was well researched, designed and constructed (we saw from your videos). However, there is also room for improvement, things you don't think about or things that you find living in the van. (that I can learn from your experience) :-)

[@joethomas7585]

Great to see. How are you finding the shower system now you've had it for a while?

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

It’s been brilliant. A luxury I’m really glad I built

[@joethomas7585]

@@MispronouncedAdventures I have just started converting a ford transit and was considering a system like yours for my shower. However I have heard people struggle with changing the fillers alot and the water feeling silky or slimely from the shampoo and conditioner. Have you had any issues like this? How often do you clean the filters? Thanks very much for the reply

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I have a video about shower maintenances. But generally I replace the filters every 6-8 weeks. I find natural bar soaps get screened out better therefore blocks filters fast. Whilst your Shower gel type don’t block the filters as much but guess screeners out less. But as I change the water ever 4 showers I doesn’t matter too much

[@davidlindsay776]

Hi Alex the trip looks fantastic. I also have a Transit conversion L2 H2, and would like to know what size the goodrich tyres are. We will be doing a similar trip next year 2022. Cheers & enjoy the journey.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Hi David. I run the KO2 in 225/75R16 115 on the standard 16” Fore transit Alloys. Slight change in diameter from factory which make the Speedo real-world accurate, and no rubbing issues whatsoever

[@k29_lr4]

Just found this channel and subscribed after watching your first video of this trip! Awesome you found the northern lights, I'm just getting into astrophotography and would love to know what camera equipment you used for this, keep up the good work anyway! Cheers

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you and I hope you enjoy the videos. I love astrophotography, if you check my website ( link in the description ) you will find my “Milky Way project” camera wise I shoot with a Nikon D850 ( a D800 before ) using a 16-35mm F4 or a 24-70mm F2.8

[@k29_lr4]

@@MispronouncedAdventures I certainly will check the website, and thanks for getting back to me, look forward to more trips!

[@bomax1066]

How do you carry enough water to have sutch long showers. Great video, like your style of filming.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you I’m glad you joined the video. My van uses a recirculating shower System I built. Whilst the shower is running the grey water from the shower is being cleaned through multiple sedimentary filters , carbon filter and UV sterilisation. So the total water volume is around 15L for the shower. I replace that water every four showers normally. Effectively whilst the shower is running its infinite hot water. The vans freshwater tank is only 70 L in total and the hot water one is around 18L. There are some videos on the build part of my channel showing how it was made

[@bomax1066]

Thats Brilliant so Its a closed system.. looking forward to you next video.

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Yes it’s it’s own water system, isolated from the fresh tank. When I drain the shower hot water tank to replace the water it can then be refilled via the fresh via valve

[@colintroman8497]

your trip looks amazing....have you at any point had problems with border crossings and covid checks? my wife and i have a similar trip planned and are itching to travel.(next year now)

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Apart from French customs on the UK side of the channel tunnel wanting to see my Covid vaccine proof ( didn’t actually scan it ) a no one has asked for it at all until restaurants in Estonia. I have even been stopped by the border in Denmark the border in Sweden and the border in Estonia & Poland and none of them asked about Covid proof. only the van and what my plans were

[@CampervanHabitude]

Hey Alex, I thought I'd found you via John and Mandy's channel but then saw that I was already subscribed! Must have found you a while ago. Very interested in your latest van conversion. I was bothering J & M last week as I have been over thinking a move from our current (self built) T6, to a LWB VW Crafter. The T6 is so easy to drive and I'm just wondering if the larger vehicle can be a bit of a pain - park ups and small road travel etc. You appear to be very fastidious with your build but, is there anything that you wish you had done on your latest conversion that you'd recommend us doing in a Crafter? Also, I hope you don't mind us borrowing some of your ideas - I will certainly give you a shout out if I do. Cheers and happy travelling. Mal and Ruth (and Raffy, the dog).

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Hello, glad to hear you must of already found me before! But thank you for commenting. I don’t think I’ve ever found a park up ( potentially excluding urban ones ) which the van has not fit it’s or that access for a larger van would be an issue as I generally always sleep in outdoor park ups . But even for most urban ones van would fit and still fits in the normal supermarket car parking. As for anything I might potentially change, I would’ve made a bigger cableway between the Front of the van and the rear. at the minute the shower room makes it hard running new cable. In the event I wanted to retrospectively add anything such as a second battery to battery charger. So I think that would be the plan for potential future upgrades, making accessing to wires and changing things possible

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Feel free to use and borrows as many ideas as you like

[@Twink_Twins]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Cheers!

[@SkyeVaradero]

Went on a motorcycle joerney in that area 6 years ago. Went out to Lofoten and then ferry to mainland and followed the coastal scenic road called "Kustriksveien" FV17 south to Trondheim. Absolutely Epic! kzbin.info/aero/PLNeGaLW4iPQvRW4MOJGsB-zobvlrPwkTW

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

I would love to visit again. And to go to the Lofoten next time. Sounds like a great bike trip

[@SkyeVaradero]

@@MispronouncedAdventures it is a great trip even for RV's. VisitNorway page has a free book to order in nearly all languages

[@Martin-vy2zc]

Love you van . I wish I could have one a bit like it

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Thank you very much!

[@kevinfromelgin2651]

Have to say one of the best conversions on you tube lovely looking van 👍

[@MispronouncedAdventures]

Much appreciated!