Brian The Snail

Hob covers

A couple of years after buying our R20 from new one of the hinges on the glass hob cover broke. A very talented friend amazed me by repairing it with a plate and some tiny set-screws. But last year the other hinge broke. After much effort we sourced a replacement

It's curtains for us!

Keeping the cold air out of the van is essential. It doesn't help that the R20's rear door is notoriously ill fitting and so allows for the wind to whistle in. Floor length rear-door curtains are an absolute must. Our curtain rail sits just below the rear light and is

Fabric Projects

Gosh - BrianTheSnail got mentioned in dispatches on SMHF when someone was looking for ideas for projects with her sewing machine for her campervan. Here's some of ours: Firstly - draughts are a PAIN! There are 3 major sources of draught in our R20, the cold cab, the ill-fitting back

More Really Usefull storage thoughts

In our quest to ever increase space in our R20 hi original (pre 2010) Pullman we have added to our stock of Really Useful boxes. In the Luton we have 3 35l boxes, blue for him, pink for her and white for general. The personal ones hold raincoats, (fake isofill)

Storage Solutions

This started as a thread in the SmallMotorHome Forum, with a new user asking about storage. I thought I'd jot down some of the things that have worked for us in our (older style) R20 Hi. Liz and I have taken it as a major challenge to try and cram

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