Van Life
Six Months Into Van Life: What We'd Actually Do Differently
No filter, no hindsight softening it — the honest list of what we'd change if we were starting the build again today.
25 Aug 2026All posts
Every Tuesday. Honest, specific, and usually involving Tilly.
No filter, no hindsight softening it — the honest list of what we'd change if we were starting the build again today.
25 Aug 2026The coves that don't make the tourist guides, and exactly why we love them for that.
18 Aug 2026The question we get asked more than any other, answered properly — no glossy influencer version.
11 Aug 2026The exhaustion, the logistics, the things that surprised me, and why living in a van while pregnant is both harder and more manageable than you'd expect.
3 Jul 2026Tilly has reviewed all relevant beaches with the quiet confidence of someone whose standards are non-negotiable.
7 Jul 2026Cheap, filling, properly high in protein — no fancy equipment, no expensive ingredients.
30 Jun 2026The honest numbers — what we spent buying Bertha, building her, and what it actually costs us to live this way every month.
23 Jun 2026One hob. Real ingredients. Twenty minutes. Tilly gets a chickpea as a tax on each one.
16 Jun 2026The diagnosis nobody takes seriously, the test that changed everything, and the golden retriever who knew before I did.
10 Jun 2026Saturn's return, moving back to Talek's parents' at 33, and how Bertha became the most sensible decision I ever made.
2 Jun 2026There is a moment when you realise your life has taken a very unexpected turn. For me it involved spray foam, conduit cable, and Tilly.
28 May 2026