Do you live in your van?

I live in the Peak District in Derbyshire but spend three nights out of every eight down at Heathrow (I work there as an aircraft tech).

Anyone else planning to spend the winter in a van? I could do with some moral support...

(I just spotted that I'd typed 'pek district.' Would that have made it a spam message?  )

pepperami wrote: a high tog quilt is in order i think

And a hat!!  You lose most of your body temperature through the head you know!!

A 12V kettle will let you make a nice warm cuppa to warm your insides too!

You can do it buddy!

Buy a Gipsy ...Luxury 

Diablodub wrote: Theres a guy on the cargo centre at m/cr airport who lives in his fiat all week

If I could get back to MAN I'd be laughing!

(I live in Hayfield)

Ice on the inside of the window. good for the soul. 

There's no such thing as "winter" down Heathrow way these days.You're more likely to get a snow shower in April!!

I'm from down there,but live in Sheff now,every time I go down to visit the folks,I kip in my van,and almost always wake up too hot,and have rarely reached for the eber switch!!

I think your biggest inconvenience will be condensation,and the lack of creature comforts!..oh and the plane noise,fumes and not so friendlyness of the locals...

Are you looking for places locally to camp at that "are nice"?

Edited by T3di

three or four nights a week still.
on customers drives, usually.
was thinking this week its about time to swap from cocopops to porridge now.
it fascinates me the way you feel the temp change in the layers of air once youve had the hob on for a minute or two. your face can be toastie  but below knee level its still f-f-f-freezin.
TIP: i usually keep the next days clothes in between the quilt and blanket layer, so they are warm when you put em on and they also help insulate you whilst zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Ghia's Wench wrote: pepperami wrote: a high tog quilt is in order i think And a hat!!  You lose most of your body temperature through the head you know!! You can do it buddy!

Good thinking re the hat. I'll always remember the time when we were away in our Bedford Dormobile c.1975; for some reason my dad was sleeping on the floor with his head next to the double doors at the back, with my sister's Liverpool scarf wrapped 'round his head because it was so drafty. My mum laughed about it for about 20 years afterwards.

It is a dear do, in petrol and oil in my case! At least I can write it off against tax...

I'm alarmed and covered cheers germ man.
in spite of cold i always have a habit of clicking open sliding door as soon as i wake up too, just to get some fresh air in the van. 
can be mighty stuffy regardless of weather and..
er...
depending on what was eaten the night before