What's the damage? (to the purse like)

I made a note of the cost of the conversion and have chucked in a couple of links from where the materials came from:

• 9mm Plywood 3 x 117cm x 58.3cm (Arnold Laver) £25.44
• 2x piano hinges (Shaws Ironmongers Sheffield) £10.80
• 4 x Samla Ikea under bed boxes (Ikea) £26
• 2" Reflex Foam 175cm x 117cm (Foam Shop) £53
• 2 x Decathlon camping sleeping mat (Decathlon) £33.98
• Radiator reflective foil (B&Q) £13.98
• 20mm Round button suction cups (Amazon) £2.67
• Andes Bayo Driveaway Awning (Andes) £109.95

Total cost of conversion £275.82


I think I saved myself about £1700 there... how did you get on?

Morning Awning

I wanted an awning that would fix to the side of the Berlingo - as we have two doors at the rear some of the tailgate designs wouldn't work.

Went with Andes Bayo Driveaway Awning - (small size 2m x 2m) which was just fantastic space-wise for the week!

As with putting up a tent for the first time and having lost the instructions in the first 5 mins our first go took a bit longer, but we traveled to two other sites and in took 10 mins to put up those times.

First couple of nights we didn't realise the additional  metal pole/bar was for keeping the roof of the awning join taut across the van - but when we found the sleeve it slipped into it made total sense (we lost the instructions don't forget ;-)

On the cheap

Sweet jesus am I really going to do a campervan blog?

Oh yes I am... with a new berlingo (to me) and refusal to spend a lot of cash on one of these neat amdro conversion kits... here is some waffle and pics putting one together and taking it on it's first trip to the lakes.

Stay posted for more (though I often quit everything...)