Vanlife
Vanlife posts from The Road Two Spoons. Tips, advice and experiences from living full time in our campervan.
Working from a campervan
Working and living on the road can have its challenges, but it also creates the opportunity to travel and experience new places and cultures that break up the 9-5. We’ve been living full-time in...
21 August 2025
Peugeot Boxer custom campervan roof rack
If you're on the brink of crafting your own campervan or commissioning your dream build, a custom roof rack ought to be at the top of your wish list. This custom roof rack was built and...
24 January 2025
Vanlife build upgrades with Vanlife Conversions
After 2 1/2 years of living and travelling full-time in our custom campervan we returned to Vanlife Conversions to make some notable upgrades and breathe some fresh life into our tiny home on...
21 January 2025
Scanstrut ATMOS integrated air station review
The Scanstrut ATMOS is a 12v integrated air station, designed to be used on boats, campervans and motorhomes. ATMOS allows you to easily inflate a number of different products such as kites,...
9 November 2024
Travel Insurance for vanlifers – What you need to know
If you’re planning to live out of your van or motorhome for extended periods, typical travel insurance may not cover your needs. Whether you’re a seasoned vanlifer or just starting out, here’s a...
9 October 2024
Scanstrut ROKK Mini: Ultimate tablet holder for campervans
A video review of the Scanstrut ROKK Mini tablet mount holder. The ROKK Mini is a very modular and versatile mounting system for tablets. We're using this mount with the iPad Pro 13"...
7 October 2024
Security and antitheft for your campervan
Whether your campervan or motorhome is worth £1000 or £100,000 you'll want to protect your tiny home in the best way possible. There are a variety of security solutions on the market for...
6 September 2024
Vanlife Q&A Facebook group
We've setup a Vanlife Q&A group on Facebook. It's free to join and enables you to ask us, or other community members about all things vanlife. We'll also be sharing our own...
14 August 2024
UK Campervan and Motorhome Insurance
You've got the keys to your new motorhome or campervan and you're ready to hit the road, well, not quite. Firstly you'll need to make sure you've got the correct insurance in...
31 May 2024
Van build water systems
If you're planning a van conversion then you'll need to decide on what type of water system you want to install. There are 3 primary ways to manage water inside your Campervan, depending...
11 April 2024
Do you need all terrain tyres on your van or motorhome?
The short answer to the question is, maybe. Everyone travels differently in vans and motorhomes. Tyres make a huge impact on your daily driving, but also safety and performance whilst out on the...
21 January 2024
How much does vanlife cost?
A query which we see asked, and are asked frequently is how much vanlife costs, or how much money a month do we spend living in a van. Providing accurate costs is a rather difficult task as...
27 November 2023
Real vanlife Q&A – Asking 5 surprise questions each
In this vanlife Q&A video we both ask each other 5 questions relating to vanlife which are only revealed during the one take filming.
19 October 2023
Travelling to Europe by van or motorhome
Travelling to Europe and beyond with your van or motorhome can be a daunting task the first time you do it. Rest assured it's a simple process once you know what you need to do in advance....
5 August 2023
How we get safe drinking water living on the road
Water is such an important commodity when living off grid in a van, motorhome or any form of overlander. When moving from place to place you won't always be able to trust the quality of water...
21 July 2023
The best apps for vanlife
Vanlife has become far more accessible over the last few years and with the mass adoption of smartphones and good internet signal there has been a boom in apps that can make your vanlife...
20 July 2023
Tips for living in a van in the heat
We’ve been living outside of the UK since October 2022 in our van and at the time of writing are currently living in Greece, where it is rather toasty! We’re not seeing temperatures lower than 25...
8 July 2023
The ultimate vanlife FAQs
Answers to the most popular questions we see and receive about vanlife. From the logistics of living in a van to costs and how we find places to park. We've tried to answer the main questions...
5 February 2023
Living vanlife with dogs
We are currently living across Europe and Asia fulltime with our two Welsh rescue dogs Rory and Jeannie. Having got them Irish pet passports post Brexit (more details here). In this post...
7 June 2022
Adventure Overland Show June 2022
We've just returned from our first experience of the Adventure Overland Show which is hosted at Stratford-upon-Avon racecourse. The event is a chance to come together with hundreds of other...
6 June 2022
5 things we learned in our first few weeks of vanlife
After selling our home and moving into the van fulltime, here are 5 of our top tips from our first few weeks of vanlife in the UK.Keep an eye on your resources:We first moved into the van during a...
2 February 2022
Fixed bed vs dinette van conversion layouts
When it comes to planning your van conversion or motorhome there are lots of options when it comes to layouts. One of the biggest choices is often the bed and dining area. Hopefully, this content...
11 August 2021
Why we joined The Caravan and Motorhome Club
During our history of owning vans, from our VW T4, VW T5, and now our latest larger van an L4 H3 Peugeot Boxer we have always preferred to free or wild camp when traveling. When we have needed to...
14 April 2021
Introducing Electrify – Understanding van electrical requirements
Electrify is a free online tool that we have designed and developed in order to try and help people planning future van builds and conversions. The aim of Electrify is to offer an intuitive way to...
7 April 2021
Working from the van as digital nomads
Living and working from the van full time can have its challenges but they are massively outweighed by the benefits of working and living wherever and however you want. After selling our home and...
21 January 2021
Why we chose the Peugeot Boxer for our van conversion
The dream of traveling around in a converted van, coming and going as we please and experiencing new places and cultures is something we’ve always aspired to. Our first van was a 1998 VW...
1 July 2020
All terrain tyres for vanlife
When we first ordered our van from Peugeot we had originally specified that it to ship with 16" Peugeot alloy wheels. On arrival, the wheels were missing and instead of refusing the delivery...
2 February 2020
