Category: UniMog

  • The Fit-Out in Photos

    The Fit-Out in Photos

    I have had trouble working out how to write about the time we spent fitting out the UniMog. It turned out to be quite difficult to make fourteen weeks of hard work, detailed build, plumbing and cabling sound interesting! For us, seeing it coming together bit by bit was satisfying, although when things went wrong,…

  • The Living Quarters

    The Living Quarters

    We had been working on the UniMog for over two months and it was looking pretty special James had worked tirelessly for a solid week refitting all the bits and pieces to it after the painting had been finished. He had also decked the subframe out in plywood in order to sit the habitation box…

  • The Start of the Build

    The Start of the Build

    Before we had even arrived in the UK the shipping dates for our Canadian habitation box had slipped. It was now being collected from Off Grid Customs on 16th August although at this stage our agent was assuring us that it would still arrive in the UK on 11th September as planned Most of you…

  • Making Plans

    Making Plans

    We are going back in time again to catch up on progress with the UniMog and bring us a little more up to date. It was going to take a lot of work to convert an old fire engine into a capable and comfortable overland vehicle. The basics were being done by South Cave Tractors…

  • The Hunt for a UniMog

    The Hunt for a UniMog

    The decision had been made – we were going to buy a new overland vehicle that would provide more space for us to live inside once we left Africa and started travelling through colder and wetter climates across the rest of the world. The only choice of vehicle that we both agreed would work for…

  • Sidetracked Team Supersizes

    Sidetracked Team Supersizes

    There´s something I haven´t been telling you. Something is happening that is both gut-wrenchingly sad and very exciting at the same time. For the first time in twelve years, James and I had a difference of opinion on a subject that was actually important. From our taste in houses and furniture to finding out we…