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Camping - Sponsored by bikerscampsite.co.uk => Camping Equipment & Suppliers => Alternative Camping (sponsored by Vanping.uk) => Topic started by: Fat Rat on September 18, 2014, 12:29:55

Title: Vanping
Post by: Fat Rat on September 18, 2014, 12:29:55
It is the way forward   :smirk:

Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: mjc506 on September 18, 2014, 12:59:35
dammit, I thought we were rid of this rubbish in 'the great purge' :haha:
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Fat Rat on September 18, 2014, 13:31:34
Rubbish  :shock:

Camping in a Van with a few  :shy:  home comforts installed is a liberating experience.

You heard it here first.
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: mjc506 on September 18, 2014, 13:41:39
Is this the inside of your van?
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Juvecu on September 18, 2014, 13:43:40
If it could be it would be :crazy:
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Gassoon on September 18, 2014, 14:59:05
It was last week, but that got sold.
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Fat Rat on September 18, 2014, 15:11:24
Hmm, if I just moved the loo to the right, a few bungees and...
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Fat Rat on September 18, 2014, 16:52:53
Another factoid for you non believers (and non KTM owners)..

KTM's are generally a very brilliant orange in colour, this takes some maintenance to keep the orange topped up. The manual recommends twice weekly UV treatments, this is another good use of the Van.  :)

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/15211455405_12662c3229.jpg)

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3843/15024875938_5802afb2e5.jpg)
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: tallpaul on September 18, 2014, 17:11:49
lol that must be what all the girls round Oldham use!
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Rusty Nuts on September 18, 2014, 17:21:14
You saying a couple of grow lights is all it takes to get girls into the back of a van over your side of the pennines?
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Jacko on September 18, 2014, 17:30:19
Carmping, tried and tested last weekend near Pewsey. No tent, no 9 grand van. :thumb:
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: tallpaul on September 18, 2014, 17:38:49
Sometimes not even that, rusty nuts! Besides, I was eluding to how they topped up their orange complexion! :)
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: mr_diver on September 18, 2014, 20:09:41
Quote from: "Jacko"
Carmping, tried and tested last weekend near Pewsey. No tent, no 9 grand van. :thumb:
no chair, stove, cooking gear or food either  :haha:

I had to pack that on the 250cc bike or we would have had no bacon rolls for breakfast.
Title: Vanping
Post by: Jacko on September 18, 2014, 20:46:01
That was hilarious.

I had 5 chairs.
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: mr_diver on September 18, 2014, 20:54:00
sit in one and cook on the stove then  :neen:
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Jacko on September 18, 2014, 21:55:15
You saw how much gear I had, I had no room for a stove, or a cup.
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: TheFamousGrouse on October 02, 2014, 13:54:38
This is what you need in your life.  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-Crafter-Race-Van-Motorhome-with-Garage-MX-Truck-/121449057186?pt=UK_Campers_Caravans_Motorhomes&hash=item1c46ed8ba2

(http://I.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/zAwAAOSw7NNUKaH8/$_57.JPG)

If I could only find the pennies...  Anybody want to buy my kidney (its OK, I've got two. one is clearly redundant and its just cash sat there depreciating inside me)  :lala:
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Fat Rat on October 02, 2014, 16:30:34
That is van porn  :)
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: tallpaul on October 02, 2014, 17:19:13
You've gone soft fat rat! That looks far too comfy and warm for vanping. That's the sort of thing a normal person would go camping in...
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Fat Rat on October 02, 2014, 17:22:32
It's impossible to go camping in a Van, by default that is Vanping  :)
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Gassoon on October 02, 2014, 20:16:53
Quote from: "Fat Rat"
That is van porn  :)



Can I have that domain name? that's a real money-maker...
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Fat Rat on October 02, 2014, 21:39:44
vanporn.com?
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: 2112 on October 08, 2014, 19:15:18
Below is a link to one of the 'camping areas' I will be staying in next year while in Italy. This won't fit in a van or on a bike but...

:text-link:  http://www.hotelbritanniacadenabbia.com/ (http://www.hotelbritanniacadenabbia.com/)
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: SimonW on October 08, 2014, 20:22:18
Only 3.5/5 from TripAdvisor. Oh dear. Another one seduced by the marketing photos of how the hotel used to look 15 years ago..  :)
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: MartinW on October 08, 2014, 21:15:25
Here's a new model for you Mr Fat Rat ..... Buy yourself one (http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/08/swiss-room-box-design-camping-kit-based-on-swiss-army-knife-to-turn-any-car-into-a-camper-van-4898061/)
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Fat Rat on October 08, 2014, 21:20:53
You've not grasped the basic concept of Vanping, Martin. It needs a Van  :grin:
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: mr_diver on October 08, 2014, 21:25:21
I still laugh when I think about the time recently when I traveled 140 miles on a 250cc bike carrying all the camping gear, clothes, food, cooking gear and a chair with a back and arms.

Yet Jacko came in the estate car with a bike on a trailer and I had to cook and make him coffee in a stolen pint glass as he had feck all with him.  :neen:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60092801/Online%20Pics/Marlborough%20Aug%202014/20140913_075156.jpg)

So far we've had no evidence that Fat Rat is going to/has ever done any vanping. The van in all set up but is he MAN enough to sleep in it?
OR
Is he sleeping in it when working away and pocketing the supplied 5 star hotel money to finance his bike buying addiction.  :shrug:
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: 2112 on October 09, 2014, 19:02:24
Quote from: "SimonW"
Only 3.5/5 from TripAdvisor. Oh dear. Another one seduced by the marketing photos of how the hotel used to look 15 years ago..  :)

I was there last year, it's cracking.
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: PHIL FAT on October 10, 2014, 04:13:10
most hotels and b&b look like vans only they do not have wheels  oh and they are warm and dry and come with breakfast all cooked for you when you get up
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: 2112 on October 10, 2014, 18:30:26

I think you've got the idea of this   :thumb:
Title: Re: Vanping
Post by: Holmsey on July 26, 2015, 17:00:34
Ultimate Vanping.
http://m2now.com/your-luxury-camper-for-the-apocalypse/ (http://m2now.com/your-luxury-camper-for-the-apocalypse/)