First Night

Once I was parked up and plugged in I decided to stay there for the rest of the day. I popped a can of Carling, set my phone to work as a wi-fi hotspot and settled back on the bed to watch some speedway on my laptop.The electric hook up worked perfectly. I used a four-way plug so I could run my cool box, charge my phone and laptop and boil the electric kettle when I needed to.

It took some effort organising everything for 'camping mode' as during the trip my bags had sat on the bed and on the tiny bit of floor space in the back. I piled them up on the front seats to get them out of the way and make some space.

I made lunch mid-afternoon but this was a bit tricky. With the worktop full of laptop I had nowhere to make sandwiches. I ended up having to balance the bread on my knee to put the margarine on. At that point a tray might have been useful - and a plate definitely would have been. That's two more things on my 'must remember for next time' list.

At bedtime I played with the curtains a little and changed the way the front curtains overlap the side ones. This made them sit a lot better over each other and ruled out gapping. I used a couple of magnets on the sides of the back door windows to close the very small gaps here - these could be sewn into the edge of the curtain if I remember when I have a bit of spare time.

Getting changed in such a cramped space was actually much easier than I expected it to be. The difficulty was getting to what I needed and stashing the clothes I took off. All in all, between struggling to make a sandwich and fighting to find space for everything it quickly became clear that there isn't enough space inside to do everything.

Once I was settled in bed I was warm and comfortable right through the night. I woke at one point in the night and found it was quite cold out of bed, but wrapped in the quilt I was as snug as a bug in a rug.