My FIRST DAYS Living in a VAN (Van Life)

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@GraemeCorbett 5 ай бұрын

Way to go Helen…rocking the van-life. Some milestones reached already…bike riding, toilet emptying (I was wanting to say evacuating, but didn’t) and op shop chandelier resistance …..well done. It’s just my opinion, but the plant looks like a “Feargal” or a “Fergus”. Keep on vanning.

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@GraemeCorbett oooh Fergus - I had a rabbit called Fergus when I was a kids. Named after a boy I liked. So chandelier resistance is an ongoing process. Trying to stay strong.

@johnquinn2992 5 ай бұрын

Fabulous travel diary. Very disappointed you didn’t buy the drum kit from the op shop.

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@johnquinn2992 there is still time! Not sure how to fit it I. The van, maybe on the roof, it would sound amazing when it rained.

@AwaywiththeSteiners 5 ай бұрын

This is so cool Helen! You are rocking it alright! Loved the op shop clips and the camping shop. AND the lightbulb replacement and mermaid/merman story! 😍

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@AwaywiththeSteiners thank you! It’s an eclectic range of stuff going on!! This is sooo much fun. I’m loving van life.

@vanessamathews8389 5 ай бұрын

I think your plant should be named "Sidney".....:)

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

With the Olympic announcement pronunciation? Syd-en-ie?

@vanessamathews8389 5 ай бұрын

@@helenwheels4444 absolute-el-ly

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@vanessamathews8389 hahaha. You are funny!

@AFFMotorsport 5 ай бұрын

If the van's a rockin, don't come a nockin. It is fun when the wind gets up. Living in a motorhome full time I know that feeling, had winds in the 60kph range last night. Enjoy.

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@AFFMotorsport I didn’t know you lived in a motorhome! Yikes 60kph! What do you think the wind speeds were near that tower?

@felicitywaterford7209 5 ай бұрын

The videos are sooooo awesome. Really? You didn’t need an iron? 😂. Very very cool things you’re seeing and doing. Plant name… FacePalm? Thirsty? Morrison (as in Van, for obvious reasons).

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@felicitywaterford7209 thank you! That’s lovely, I’m glad you like the videos. Oh you are good at naming things. I just laughed out loud. Maybe I’ll run a poll when we get all the options in to see what people think.

@lauragrace1226 4 ай бұрын

Loving your videos Helen ! Shiela 🪴

@helenwheels4444 4 ай бұрын

@@lauragrace1226 thank you so much for saying that. Loving that you messaged me and you are enjoying them!

@lewisbale1 5 ай бұрын

Hello Hellen 🤗 New Subscriber here, watching from Tucson Arizona USA. I love visiting the Netherlands.

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

Hey! How lovely to have you join this circus all the way from Tucson. I’ve never been. Maybe I will get to visit one day. Tell me, what do you love about the Netherlands?

@lewisbale1 5 ай бұрын

@@helenwheels4444 I love the museum's, Parks, shopping at the markets and sitting by the canals once we were able to find a better wheelchair accessible route.

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@lewisbale1 all those cobblestones would not be very wheelchair friendly would they. Any recommendations for me I should check out?

@lewisbale1 5 ай бұрын

@@helenwheels4444 my daughter and I always stay at the Ibis hotel next to Central station, they have a very large wheelchair accessible room and right next to the canals, the side walks and streets are easier to roll on.

@lorrainehenry6225 5 ай бұрын

Hi Helen, just joined you on your van journey, if it's OK could ii ask a question ?...... here goes what made you come to the decision of starting van life ?.... love your journey 😊

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@lorrainehenry6225 hey!! So nice of you to join and yes of course please ask questioned any time. This van and this trip came about in a really interesting way. I bought a little very cheap van in Australia (where I’m from) a few years ago, really for a different purpose but I found I was able to take trips in it that I would never have done otherwise. And loved it. Having the van for “accomodation” meant I could go anywhere, without deadlines for hotels or specific places, so it gave me a lot more freedom to explore whatever interested me. So having a van in Europe means I can explore here much more easily too and stop to spend time In Interesting places with interesting people. I also had some holiday time up my sleeve and for a variety of reasons I figured it’s better to take this time to do this now while I’m relatively young and fit and mobile. So when I started enquiring about buying a van in Europe, everything fell into place very quickly and suddenly I found myself taking a gap year at 54 years old!!!

@hyperboxing 5 ай бұрын

Van with living quarters to get anywhere at anytime, AND then a bike to explore nearby areas has to be the ultimate freedom. You planned this really well :D Video is uploaded in 360p though, but maybe that's what the camera can handle?

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m pretty stoked with my set up! I got great advice from “Away with the Steiners” - I’ll have to work out how to credit them properly. Tell me about the 360p. Is it viewing bad quality. That shouldn’t be the case.

@hyperboxing 5 ай бұрын

@@helenwheels4444 Well 360p is 640x360 resolution, normal screens today are 1920x1080 (1080p) or more (since there's also 4k- 8k-screens, ultrawide and all that). But the normalized resolution still for KZbin as a minimum is 1080p, so essentially your videos are really low quality, graphics wise. Someone watching in fullscreen on 1920x1080, and your video being 640x360 means it'll be upscaled and even more blurry. A lot of technical mumbo-jumbo maybe but the reason I initially asked was just to check if it was intentional, or by accident. You should check if your camera can do atleast 1920x1080, it'll be better for the channel overall for sure :) .. Don't take it as a complaint per se, I'm just trying to look out for you, I want your channel to be successful so I can follow it for YEEEEEARS :D

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@hyperboxing thanks. I believed I was filming in 1080p and uploading in that same resolution so I’m not quite sure what’s happened. Really glad you pointed it out so I can look into. I appreciate it.

@hyperboxing 5 ай бұрын

@@helenwheels4444 I realized I forgot one thing; it might be that you're recording in 1080p or higher, but after you're done, your editing program might be set to render the file in 360p. Anywho I'll not drag this out, just looking out :D

@helenwheels4444 5 ай бұрын

@@hyperboxing this is great, it Must be something like that. I’m sure the project in Final Cut is being created at 1080p so I think you might be onto something there about the uploading. I’ll poke around and see if I can work it out. Maybe you can help me further if I can’t work it out. I’ll be posting another video shortly so I’ll have the chance to look into it. I really appreciate you help. Thank you.