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living in a caravan to mitigate sensitivities, stop being around people?

raspberrypie

curious - there's this movement where 'nomads' in the us live in their vehicles, some of them all year, and follow the sun. they congregate in the southwest in the winter, like birds, for the temperature climate.  they're in cars, vans, motorhomes, fifth wheels, sometimes motorcycles, trailers, etc... i'm trying to get started in this, and altho it is a scarey and paralyzing prospect for this aspie, people who do it often do it for solitude, seclusion, safety, health, mental health.... but getting started is pretty scarey. i look at it as living in a tin can on wheels.  and you can be one the move, constant change... not things this aspie is especially looking forward to....

do people in the uk do this? esp people with sensitivities and other issues? 

happy december....... 

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  • It's a thing in the UK - if you go on youtube, there's loads of videos showing how to do it - stealth parking etc. so you don't get noticed.     Some vehicles are much better than others for fitting out - and don't forget - it's a metal box so will need serious insulation throughout or it will be like a icebox in winter.

    There's a whole load of safety things to think about, not only in the actual conversion of the vehicle but also personal safety in where you park and the attention a lone van can bring from the local scumbags..

    There's loads of information about off-grid living with solar power and water usage.

    there's a few legal things that cause problems - a 'camper van' must look like a camper van to be classed as a camper - a Transit with no windows won't be accepted - it even has to has stickers on it - crazy.

    Some base vehicles can give you a head start - a mobile library will have heating and insulation and a rudimentary kitchen and washing facilities -  a 'comfort van' will have a toilet and basic cooking facilities for a bunch of motorway workers so will be filthy and well used - an ex-ambulance will be insulated but no cooking facilities - all worth looking at.

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  • It's a thing in the UK - if you go on youtube, there's loads of videos showing how to do it - stealth parking etc. so you don't get noticed.     Some vehicles are much better than others for fitting out - and don't forget - it's a metal box so will need serious insulation throughout or it will be like a icebox in winter.

    There's a whole load of safety things to think about, not only in the actual conversion of the vehicle but also personal safety in where you park and the attention a lone van can bring from the local scumbags..

    There's loads of information about off-grid living with solar power and water usage.

    there's a few legal things that cause problems - a 'camper van' must look like a camper van to be classed as a camper - a Transit with no windows won't be accepted - it even has to has stickers on it - crazy.

    Some base vehicles can give you a head start - a mobile library will have heating and insulation and a rudimentary kitchen and washing facilities -  a 'comfort van' will have a toilet and basic cooking facilities for a bunch of motorway workers so will be filthy and well used - an ex-ambulance will be insulated but no cooking facilities - all worth looking at.

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  • in reply to Plastic

    Yes - Scumbags - that is why it is best to head north as far as you can. About 700 mles from London, north to Caithness or Sutherland. It is nowhere near as cold as you'd think. Not like further south in Scotland as the North Coast gets direct warming from The North Atlantic Drift (wrongly known as Gulf Stream)... So when the Highlands is under 3 feet of snow and minus 20c - the north coast is usually well above zero.

  • in reply to Plastic

    i'll maybe check the UK youtubers of caravan life... except, there are millions here... everything you're saying holds true here.... except we have tons more free open land... i'd like to build a safe space in my van. currently, the safe space looks like an enclosed metal box with almost no windows....!!!! but i just bought a $1000 lithium battery to brighten it up, lol.