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As someone else who lived like this for a few months (except out of the back of a much smaller Land Rover Series III), pissing is done in hedges (and the odd be
by allegory 12y ago
As someone else who lived like this for a few months (except out of the back of a much smaller Land Rover Series III), pissing is done in hedges (and the odd beer can), shitting in public toilets or food restaurants and cooking on a gas bottle outside.
Mine looked like this: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/land_rover/3032832.jpg http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/land_rover/30328...
Going for swim acts as an opportunity for showering.
It's great fun after you get over the initial shock of creature comforts requiring planning and thought.
I eventualy gave in I found that the chassis had a huge hole in it and I had to start putting in as much oil as fuel.
- awjr 12y agoSounds like your set up was more rural. I was doing it in the middle of a city mostly, so really had to have everything self contained. Definitely would consider having the rear doors open and ability to pull out a cooking area and pop up an awning for those times when you are sitting on a beach and need coffee and a bacon roll. Must admit it's a pretty good way of living but not sure I would do it for years on end. Now canal boats....now that I could see myself doing one day.
- allegory 12y agoI was doing it in Leyton/Woodford in East London so borderline city/suburbs. I'd do it again, 100% of the time but the three children, wife, mortgage and inevitable responsibilities that come with these things make it difficult if not impossible to achieve. Narrow boats and widebeams are horrid. I lived in a narrow boat for a month. They rock very slightly, smell awful, are damp as anything (even the nice ones), cost a fortune to keep afloat and the neighbours aren't particularly nice people I've found. Very clicky, suffer from a major superiority complex and are terribly bureaucratic. Thames barge perhaps but narrow boats; never again!
- awjr 12y agoDammit you ruined the canal boat dream! Must admit, renting one for a month or two would probably be worth considering before buying one. I hear it's all about finding a mooring space.
- allegory 12y agoYeah I would rent one for a bit first, preferably long enough to try and get water out of a diesel tank and empty the sewage tanks! You might enjoy it, but I certainly didn't. Also, literally everything went rusty. Even stainless steel and my windows mobile 5 phone at the time went rusty.