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I just bought a campervan to travel my home country of Scotland. In 2011, I moved from Scotland to the Middle East and have lived and worked overseas pretty much ever since then. I’ve hardly seen anything or been anywhere in my home country Scotland and I’ve never even visited places like the Scottish Highlands, the Isle of Skye or the NC500.
I am a huge fan of campervan travel and alternative living, having spent over 600 nights living in vans, it’s my favourite way to travel due to the incredible freedom, adventure and the affordability. In this video, I try cooking my first vanlife meal using the gas stove. It’s my first time using gas in a campervan kitchen so I’m a bit anxious!
My campervan is a 2001 Toyota Hiace high roof van. It was originally used by the Royal Mail and then purchased by the previous owner and self-converted into a DIY campervan. In my opinion this is the perfect size for a camper van since it’s possible to stand up inside but it can also fit into regular parking spaces.
Although the van is already converted, in order for it to be an off-grid living van, it requires some campervan DIY, especially when it comes to electrics and plumbing. Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing more about this van, any DIY I do, and most importantly sharing my road trip adventures as I finally get to travel my beautiful home country of…. SCOTLAND!
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WHO AM I?
If we haven't met before... Hi, I'm Ruth 👋 and I recently bought a campervan to travel my home country of Scotland after living overseas for 12 years. I’ve hardly seen anything or been anywhere in Scotland and now is the time to change that!
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00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Gas engineer checking
01:56 - Ventilation
02:26 - Testing the gas
04:09 - Cooking dinner on the gas stove
08:01 - Boiling water on the gas stove
09:45 - My thoughts on campervan gas