Visiting Glencaple & heading south to The Peak District

[@stephenball5337]

It is nice you having special memories of the Roaches, it is also very special to me as me and my late partner had a pagan wedding 16 years ago amongst the stones where we exchanged rings. I later returned there after her passing to bury the head band she had been wearing at the same spot so a part of her will always be there.

[@petermurphy994]

I did broach the subject of a van name a number of episodes back john I thought that cooper was a good name in honour of the little fella that made your lives so full and that the van gives you freedom and joy glad your both ok.

[@PK_Blinder]

My first night in my old van was near the Roaches, over looking the Mermaid Pool. And spent many a good night at the Winking Man...

[@Pooky-Cat]

The she-wee story had the tears rolling down my legs 😂

[@myrah1600]

Your photography is blooming good especially the drone shots 👍

[@johnmandy]

Thanks 👍

[@Happyinmyautotrail]

Great vlog both. As always lovely to see you both so happy together. Both visibly more happy and chilled ❤

[@johnmandy]

Thank you 😊

[@themorayrambler1756]

Thanks again John and Mandy, very interesting videos you put up. You are such a cheerful couple and you have a lovely smile Mandy.

[@angdrumm]

Great vlog once again, I’m with Mandy on the peeing standing up, it’s a huge thing lol. What a great walk and view you got John, that was amazing. Great to see you both well and happy.

[@lifeonthehighway6917]

Hey John & Mandy - What a great video, Really enjoyed this as it was nearer to our home location of Manchester. It's a place in my thoughts to visit with my own van eventually. You were only up the top end of the new A555 Buxton way, If I'd known I would of nipped up to say hello, You were about 20' minutes away. Plus John as mentioned in the video at 23.45, Absolutely agree with you, it was very fortunate Mandy hadn't badly hurt herself when cycling with you and it's appeasing to see you've both recovered well, Especially after your sledging incident John. Five Stars for this video and thumbs up 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 👍👍👍👍 Steve from Manchester.

[@darrenjolly9173]

Well enjoy my home Norwich, but i will be in hospital for hopefully last op on my heart. welcome to Norwich anyway stay safe and chin up x

[@vivienne3757]

Some lovely places you have shown us on here, the Roaches is local to me so can go there often. I think you should all your van TARDIS as looks small outside but spacious inside. Take care xx

[@charliegould5865]

I think Virgin Media pinched the naming their vans idea from the airline Virgin Atlantic. I used to work for the airline, all the aircraft have names, some to go with their registration. Here’s a few examples we had G-VROY named Pretty Woman, G-VGAL NAMED Jersey Girl, but the one I really don’t know how they got away with was G-VPUF named High as a Kite. Take care guys, no crazy accidents while you’re apart. John stay off the toboggan and Mandy get outriggers on your bike!

[@welshieonwheels]

Hi both …….”gizmo “……..reminds my of gadgets it just popped in my numpty head final answer. Gizmo. ‘😂 good luck both 👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇨🇦🦢

[@sallydavis1345]

What a nice video. So many different things going on. You always find such nice parkups. Boy, that breakfast looked wonderful! I am glad that you decided to walk up that big hill instead of riding your bike. I think that could have been slippery. Beautiful view from there with the snow. The Mac and cheese looked delicious. Good job with that. I hope that Mandy does well with her tests and she comes back able to travel where ever you both want to go. I am looking forward to the next adventure. Safe travels.

[@nomadic_lotus_eaters]

Pleased to see you are both well. After getting our first camper van in late 2020, we chose the Roaches as our first overnight stop (5 December) because Derbyshire was the only COVID Tier 3 location at the time and what a lovely location to start our van life experience. All the best.

[@juliadevlin7815]

It's nice to see the romance sparks between you two.maybe back to sharing one van in the future ? Have you both been to the North East Coast.. Cullercoats whiteley Bay tynemouth? There's free park up at the low lights North shields

[@runawayrowells]

It's so weird, when you were walking along that path with the rocks alongside, I said to my wife that looked like Knott End 😮

[@ianunwin]

have you tried changing the diesel pump on the heater seen a few videos were they have made a difference to the noise levels, great videos.

[@johnmandy]

If you watch my recent diesel heater video on the Gadget John channel you’ll see how I make my pump silent

[@craftynook1]

Love the boathouse, glencapple was my first ever car camp in 2021 when I returned to finish our holiday iin Scotland after my hubby passed away, been back several times since and yes, the breakfasts are delicious.

[@GailDurston-cu3wp]

In my head, your van is already called Jam ...as in John and Mandy, sorry 😊

[@glennwilkinson389]

Ferdinand as he's the first person to travel the world. And it probably hadn't been out of an area as a builders van till you owned it and took it on some epic adventures John.

[@heidirobinson8734]

Hi. Loved your photography of the beautiful Scotish scenes. Hope Mandy fully recovered from fall! I winced just watching it! Yeh...after all her hard work Mandy becomes "certifiable"😂 oops meant " Certificated" Really enjoy so many aspects of your posts!

[@lizhayward2503]

A cracking place to make a momentous decision. It's beautiful up there. I guess it wasn't quite a windy when Mandy was gadget testing😉x

[@heidirobinson8734]

Can't agree more re: significant advancement of 'she-wee' - quite apart of necessity of dissrobeing,n exposure t temperatures less condusive t comfort....John,in a couple of words " stinging nettles!".

[@geoffcampbell7846]

Nice one John. You were 25 minutes away from us up at Ramshaw Rocks. I went to night school doing sailing navigation classes with the son of the "Mr Ramshaw" who the rocks were named after. That looked like a nice walk up to the trig point, very bracing. Looking forward to what you get upto flying solo, and to hear about your planned adventures. Take care. 👋

[@johnmandy]

Such a great area to explore 😎 you’re spoiled for choice around there Geoff.

[@jamesmackay4652]

Nice bit of Jimi Taylor.

[@DA11NOON]

Hi guys hope you do good on your job mandy. Great vlog guy's 👍 Be safe

[@ipirrie6734]

Beautifully scenery and beautiful filming at Glencaple ( pronounced as Cape not cap)

[@johnmandy]

Thank you, so Glen Cape L would be the correct pronunciation?

[@ipirrie6734]

@@johnmandy I'm not that local but I have worked down there and always heard it that way.

[@veilofpain]

Should call it Egg cause you like eggs bennadict and where you and Mandy are from there is a saying of people being “a good egg” meaning it’s reliable trusted decent etc yeah I think that would be fun .

[@johnmandy]

Good idea👍🏻 Maybe Shell could sponsor me too 😁

[@wetchels5335]

Nice vlog well done for the cooking John :-) thinking of a name for your van was thinking how's Trouper, looking forward to the next one 🙂

[@bettyourcampervan]

Another brilliant video ❤

[@susangoodall5037]

Glad your both fit and well again..Mandy..You and Tash are visiting my neck of the woods. ( Ironbridge) Enjoy yourselves before training starts. John. Will you be investing in an electric cable like Daz just to help with some charging..Car electric charging points. Looks very good...safe travels ❤❤

[@johnmandy]

Thank you. I had one of Bruce’s cable for over a year and I found my electrical setup never needed additional charging so I gave the cable away.

[@shirleymurray2232]

Awww you two! ❤

[@Beepy-the-Vellfire]

I'm with Mandy, being able to pee without exposing one's bottom is a revelation. 😅 Though I did follow the instructions and test it over the bath first in case of accidents. 😂 Amazing five years of vanlife, here's to the next five. 🥂

[@deanrobinson3717]

Should give us a shout next time your at Willowfields John, we will buy you lunch

[@KamaainaGirl]

Glade to see you're doing well Mandy and you too Jon. Much Aloha!❤🤙🌈🥰

Who is Jon?

[@mikeallen627]

Hi John thanks for the Vlog .... quick question where have positioned your outside Thermo Pro thermometer on the van please ? Thanks Mike

[@johnmandy]

It’s inside the near nearside jacking point 👍🏻

[@clabby154]

Lovely couple excellent vlog thanks 👍

[@chrisstahl173]

Hi John, how about Ivan as a name for your vehicle? Iphone, Ipad and … Ivan

[@micro_adVANtures]

Oh my days, 5 years? Have I really been a fly on your digital wall for that long? Goodness me. Can’t beat Mandy’s first I’m afraid. That’s a pub, pint, pork scratching kind of story lol. Maybe we’ll run into each other again sometime at Willowfields. Some seriously nice beers to be had there.

[@micro_adVANtures]

Hi I have a question: my insurance company will not accept a ‘care of’ address as I want to go full time in the van. Do you have any suggestions?

[@daviddring8692]

Hi John. My memory Approx 57yrs ago. I went to judo club each week with my friend from school days. We'd been going for around 1yr. 2 girls came 1 night to try it out. 1 of them lived at Sutton-in-Ashfield where I lived. My friend who picked me up offered her a lift home. When we got near to her home. He stopped the car & suggested to me to walk her home. I said no. She got here OK on her own. He asked me again. I turned it down. He asked me for 3rd time. And I said OK. I eventually married that girl Pauline. And we were married for 55yrs. She very sadly passed away 2.5 yrs ago But if he hadn't asked that 3rd time. I would never had married her. And had 2 sons & 1 daughter & 2 grand daughters (twins) I'm now 79. We had our ups & downs. But got through our downs each time. Because we loved each other.

[@jasonantigua6825]

Lovely story 😊

[@johnmandy]

So sorry for your loss but it sounds like you had a wonderful life together.

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

Good video thanks lee

[@MatthewsBrother]

So glad to hear Mandy is ok after her tumble. Van name boatymcvanface?

[@JohnnyBurr]

The cock up clause in the Scottish Tax plan is where it says “motohomes when off grid are not liable for the tax” you can see what this will lead to!

[@johnmandy]

No idea what your comment is about?

[@JohnnyBurr]

😂😂This was a comment that I made to Ads on Herman Hits the Road The ipad must have changed to the next video before I hit the send button, strange

[@chasingshadows6536]

Van name “snowy” given the flurry

Why not? Exactly!

[@johnmandy]

Why not indeed!

[@BobbinAbout]

Hey John and Mandy. I’m new to your videos and wondering why you travel in separate vans?

[@johnmandy]

Hi, we answered this in our recent video titled Free Scottish Campsite.

[@BobbinAbout]

@@johnmandy thanks, I’ll check it out 😀

[@neilredmond1011]

John can I ask you a question , can I swap out my lead acid battery for a lithium battery without changing anything else just a like for like swap ? Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

[@johnmandy]

Possibly, but lifepo4 batteries are not all the same, so some will be ok & others won’t. It’s best to get specific advice.

[@neilredmond1011]

@@johnmandy thanks John I’ll do that, cheers mate take care 👍

[@tinadaly4604]

Johndy for the van name

[@escapethematrix5069]

Nice one John as always. Take care out there.

[@victor007ven]

👍

[@roberteales2248]

Hi guys …ukra

[@superglide6680]

Pronounced Glencaple as in "cape" not cap. Just saying

[@christinemcdonald2158]

Inspector gadget

[@johnmandy]

Could have the theme tune as the horn too 😁

[@Rob.1340]

👍🚐🚐😎

[@turfblacksmith]

Name your van... "Don't Read The Comments" 😆👍🏾

[@johnmandy]

😂

[@biddiemutter3481]

16:33 they aren't, but it isn't anything about you. Subtitles on KZbin are just so bad as to be unhelpful!

[@ewanstevenson]

There is a way to download those memories. All you need is a twig, some small part of a magical creature, John Hurt and an old washing up bowl or something. Then you can just suck them out the side of your head like Dumbledore. Simples! Uploading to KZbin; not so sure!🧙‍♂️🪄🤘🙃