Feeling a bit frustrated and at a stand stall.

We have been endeavouring to get some balls moving but all like to inch a little then stop. Our camper rust took a lot longer than anticipated. When we went for our WOF yesterday it failed on the things we knew it wouldand we told them it needed tyres etc. They did a full service on the car which is great. But they never made time for the things it needed. We have to wait another week before they can do the work to it. Super frustrating, we are not feeling free as a bird as we normally are. Rick and Liz have been super kind letting us use their place as a base and we are very thankful. We hit the road today even with no WOF, we will just need to be back next week.

Without going into too much detail, we have been trying to purchase some land, we are now looking at the fourth possibility. I have forgotten how useless sales agents are. They really do a disservice to vendors and purchasers. We just have to work with what we got.

I am loving the camper, even though she is illegal haha. I feel like Charmaine or some sort of South African name starting with a C is in order. When we finally got her back on Friday I was very happy to give her a good scrub. I washed all the curtains, the water was filthy and I took off all the fly screens to clean the windows properly. I really want to replace the carpet with vinyl, but it is not a top priority right now. Once it had a good clean we started putting our stuff in there. I am very proud of ourselves and we didn’t fill every cupboard to the brim! Actually when all said and done we had quite a few cabinets empty. We wanted to just bring enough for our needs and nothing more. The cooking gear is only a bit more than what we have used for the last year and same with our clothes.

I am looking forward to the van life and having a solid roof over my head. Quite strange after such a long time living in a tent.