View from/of your van.

It was in a car park in Val Thorens in the French Alps - thankfully the car park had shovels etc
That's what you get at 2300m above sea level. I remember having to leave water in the en-suite bowl or wake up in the night due to thirst as such high altitude there. Lovely ski-in, ski-out skiing though!
 
Spot the two-tone Cali.

At Shellybanks Beach in Dublin (or the “sewage beach” as the kids call it after Dublin City Council’s brilliant idea of building the country’s largest sewage treatment center right on the beach at one of the most scenic location in Dublin and in the middle of a natural reserve leading to the place stinking of Poo poo half of the time when the wind is blowing in the wrong direction. Lovely place all the same).

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Spot the two-tone Cali.

At Shellybanks Beach in Dublin (or the “sewage beach” as the kids call it after Dublin City Council’s brilliant idea of building the country’s largest sewage treatment center right on the beach at one of the most scenic location in Dublin and in the middle of a natural reserve leading to the place stinking of Poo poo half of the time when the wind is blowing in the wrong direction. Lovely place all the same).

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Good old Ringsend. Used to live there when I was a kid. Then worked in Poolbeg power station. fond memories of the area.
 
If you’re in Eskdale then I hope you’re typing from the Boot (Inn)?
 
Can't believe the roof is holding up so well with that much snow on it. Impressed.
Yes and no, we had noticed that it had sagged a little - at the back mainly, possibly by about an inch. Given we were leaving the next day we thought it best to just leave it and deal with it on packing up.

I cleared as much snow as possible before lowering and then prayed it went down ok. We were a bit dismayed to see the top of the roof had buckled down under the weight, and then very relieved to see it pop back up as it was cleared. We waited until the next stop before trying to raise the roof again (to get us out of the mountains and into somewhere more likely to be able to get help if a problem) - everything appears to be fine though. Very lucky and very impressed.

That's 3 winter alps trips now and I've been really impressed with just how capable and comfortable our little van is. Though I might lower the roof next time if that level of snow is forecast!
 

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