Split level living

Coorie Doon is just one example of how you can split the levels in your campervan design, making for a very relaxed and roomy camping experience. In this van the storage is phenomenal. There are large hatches under the floor at the rear of the van, as well as a large clothes drawer that pulls out under each seat. Raising the seating area creates a large boot space, and we can fit our 2 folding bikes in there.

We love sitting up in the raised seating area, looking out at the view…the more observant among you will be able to make out Glastonbury Tor through the back doors! Coorie is an xlwb Peugeot Boxer. The bed is lengthways.

Luna is even higher with 3 steps up…she is a hitop xlwb Peugeot Boxer, with the bed running across the van. We built her with keeping her in mind, but changed our mind about the bed orientation as I prefer it if I don’t have to climb over James to get out for any nighttime forays! Nevertheless, she remains one of our all time favourite builds!

If you can possibly wangle it, you can sit up in bed in the mornings, watching the sun rise over the hills, tea in hand, whilst your other half sits in the dining area, leisurely reading maps and dreaming of the day ahead……I know we don’t deal in perfection….but in my opinion that’s about as good as it gets!

In all of our builds we start out with comfort in mind and work from there. We find that a kitchen can be ‘fitted in” to whatever space is left after you get the bed/seating area right, and there is often room for an additional dining area. We fit a toilet in under one of the seats…either a bucket loo or a compost one, and have a portable shower, or in the case of Coorie an ingenious tap swings out to the side and can be used for hair washing or showering if you are wild camping…simply boil a kettle and pour it into the water container for warm water.

James and I hail from an era of simpler times, when daily showers were not considered essential, and when camping was just that….getting back to basics in nature. A warm wash in front of the fire was the only way of keeping clean in the wee ‘but and ben‘ where we started out on married life, and I think we probably still subscribe to that…timeless simplicity, and the need to relax and not overthink it.

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