Months and months ago we set our hearts on the idea of fitting an awning to the car – for relatively little weight we will always have near-instant access to our very own shelter from either the sun or rain. After a bit research we also set our hearts on the 2m long ARB model – […]
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Vehicle Electrics: Design
As is always the way with me, I ended up spending an inordinate amount of time procrastinating over whether or not we needed to add additional electrics to the car. Our needs are pretty basic: 12V to power our fridge 240V to power our laptop and AA battery charger (probably via a 300W pure sine […]
A big day!
It’s been a milestone day here at fromewardbound HQ as we’ve now booked ourselves and the car places on this beast…. the ‘Eastern Dream’! We set off from mainland Japan on Saturday 16th July 2016 and arrive in Vladivostok, Russia the following Monday. The ferry company are a South Korean outfit, so we’ll make a […]
New logo!!
Today we switched on our new logo! This amazing piece of artwork was made for us by our very kind friend, Jamie. Not only does it look spot on but, amazingly, Jamie’s managed to slim me down by about 15kg. Thank you Jamie-san!
Road Trip (nearly) to Hiroshima
So, as usual, that early morning set-off didn’t happen until 1.30pm! A combination of coffee and croissants and finding out the roof rack had arrived delayed ‘kick off.’ Nevertheless, good to get the roof rack on – though we both think it slightly distracts from her drop-dead good looks. We also replaced the two dampers that […]
Happy Valentines
I made Totty a blanket.
Sleeping Platform Part 4
Having bored people rigid with Parts 1, 2 and 3, I’m feeling slightly loathed to write a part 4. However, the job is now largely complete so, in the interests of closure, here’s the last instalment. I’m going to keep it short, though…. Having bought more wood, I spent my bank holiday Thursday making the second drawer, this time adding […]
The maiden voyage
Amazingly, about four and half months have passed now since Clare and I decided that we’d take the long way home. In that time, we’ve spent 3 months waiting for our car to be ready, 2 weeks on holiday in the UK and most recently a month finally getting down to the job of getting Totty ready for […]
Sleeping Platform Part 3
The saga continues! Catch up on pt 1 here and pt 2 here. After one and a half weekends-worth of prepping, measuring and cutting, it was good this weekend to finally start putting the sleeping platform together. First task of the day, though, was to cut a couple of access holes for storage spaces that will only be […]
Sleeping Platform Part 2
And as another working week drew to a close, I found myself spending another two (almost) uninterrupted days of construction time on our sleeping platform. At the end of the last update I was giving myself a hard time over my inability to decide on the best way to continue with the construction of the platform. In […]