The Vehicle

What to take was a difficult question. A long time Land Rover fan, that seemed to be the obvious choice, but the group had an underlying principle that we should endeavour to make even the sternest border guards smile. So it had to be something a little different.

Two of the group had already settled on Baja Beetles, so a VW seemed a good route to go. Trying to get all of our "essential" items into a Beetle would have proved too much of a challenge, so we looked at the VW van range. Split Screen - great looking but the age and cost was a problem, Bay Window - also good looking but still a bit pricey for a solid one, T3 (or T25 in UK) became the best option, so we bought "Bertie" last July. Plain white paintwork, with a very useful Westfalia Pop-Top roof.

Since July 08 I've read and listened to alot of useful information on how to prepare the van, so we have stuck on a few balloon decals and crossed our fingers...... (See "Preparing the Vehicle" for the reality on this)