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I'll probably spend the winter down in southern Portugal/Spain where temperatures are around 15 degrees in average during the winter. I've also installed an ol
by classisch 9y ago
I'll probably spend the winter down in southern Portugal/Spain where temperatures are around 15 degrees in average during the winter. I've also installed an old heating that works with Diesel and electricity. But yes, summer life is easy and I'm looking forward to experience my first winter in the van.
BTW: I bought the van in February and already worked and slept in the van while it was freezing cold: https://ruby-on-wheels.github.io/blog/the-first-ride/ https://ruby-on-wheels.github.io/blog/the-first-ride/ it was ok.
- cfn 9y agoInland Portugal can be freezing cold in the Winter, we got -2 C several days in a row last year (I know, -2 C is balmy elsewhere but try it without central heating). You should be okay if you stick to the coast as the sea breezes keep the temperatures in the 10-15 C most of the time.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoIf you've got a good sleeping bag, -2 C isn't that bad. I've spent the night with those temperatures in the high country of New Zealand. I know people that have spent the night in -15 C temperatures.
- cfn 9y agoThat may be OK for sleeping but it is very hard to work. I spent a couple of Winters coding without heating with indoor temperatures around 12 Celsius and it was very hard. I wore mittens, bubble hat, a blanket and even an electric foot warmer and still had to stop working and walk a bit every now and then to warm up.
- jvzr 9y agoWhat's a bubble hat, if I may ask?
- cfn 9y agoSorry, bobble hat. It is a wool hat with a wool "ball" at the top. Search google images for wool bobble hat.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoYeah, I had to live through that as well when I was at university. Fingerless gloves were essential. Below 15 C, it actually gets hard to type.