CamperJam '15

Both Nicole and I spent at least half of last week really looking forward to a weekend away in the van.  We'd be meeting up with Dave (and his van) at Weston Park for this years' CamperJam.

I hadn't been to a VW enthusiast events since my Beetle owning days but that didn't matter, format was pretty much unchanged.  Scale was possibly larger.

So, a slog up the M1 (with its ridiculously long set of roadworks) and the M6.  Getting closer to the event and the rendezvous point, it was all getting very exciting seeing so many pretty vans approaching the venue.  I knew this wasn't even scratching the surface but I must admit I was very pleasantly surprised by the setup, organisation and so so many pretty buses and vans.  They were everywhere you turned.  With the sun beating down for the vast majority of the weekend, the weekend was spent lusting over every possible denomination and a plethora of possible mods acting as inspiration.  The phrase of the weekend very quickly became "oh wow, look at that!".

There was even enough room for some non bus VDubs

Managed to pick up a few things for small mods to the van - some small storage nets for the rear passengers and a few LED bulbs.  The traders market is a great place to pick up those slightly harder to find pieces.  I had it on my list to replace the rear plastic kick plate that goes across the inside of the tailgate as it covered in glue from the last owners attempts at modifications.  From browsing around, I managed to find a shiny version that'll look really cool with the chrome rear bumper kick plate.

Conclusion is that it was fantastic weekend and most definitely on the agenda for next year.

Oh, and the sleeping experience was much better than earlier in the year.  The difference made by the addition of insulation was very noticeable from a noise and warmth perspective and the bed covered in a layer of foam and then carpeted was significantly more comfortable.