Firstly you need to see the luscious bathroom window, then we'll get to more important, but quite boring, stuff!
It's really quite mind-numbing when you start planning what to do on the inside... everything revolves around and interacts with everything else, so before you cut any timber or fix any cable you have to look ahead mentally to what else is going to be in that area and whether what you're thinking of doing will actually work!

So after loads of wondering what to do first, we finally decided that we needed the bathroom wall to be in place before we did anything else as this was where all the electrical stuff is going - fuse boxes, MPPT etc. So up it went!

We're recycling the old timber from the cladding on the lorry, and it's turned out quite lovely after sanding it down... some Oak, some Teak, and possibly some Mahogany, which all looks gorgeous mixed up with all the old rivets and drill holes in it. 
Also started cladding the rest of the walls with Plywood, which is cheap, easy to manage, and also has lovely grain markings. This will be the kitchen. It did have these two wonderful diamond paned windows in... until a piece of the bathroom wall fell on one and knocked it out :-( So it's now at the window shop waiting for them to decide its fate - whether it will again be a leaded window, or if a cheaper plain glass will be all we can afford!
Once the electric cables were in (I'm still far too traumatized by the complexities of working it all out to have taken any pictures!) the water and gas pipes were next. Far simpler than electrickery, they took no time at all to install!

Next step - the kitchen!



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    My name is Teejay, and for as long as I can remember I've wanted to live on the road. I worked in a circus when I was younger, so got the taste for it then, but life got in the way. Now though, my kids are older, my partner is as ready for an adventure as I am, so we're determined to make this happen!

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