O'Connors Campers Vans

On this page we give you some of our news and we hope that you will let us know something about you or your experiences with campervans, with photos please(!). For every blog posted we will donate £5 towards sending a goat to Africa. We want to send a whole herd by next December, so start uploading now. To upload your news go to: http://www.oconnorscampers.co.uk/blog.htm

Our New Green Splitty - what shall we call him?

Here is a picture of the newest addition to the team - currently called Noddy Windsor! Pete and Sam went up to Malvern at the weekend to collect this beauty. He is a classic 1960s VW splitscreen with an original Canterbury Pitt interior - just like Kis ...Continued

by Sam | Tuesday 8 July 2008 11:18am | News | View Full Entry | 1 comments
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Living the life...

Once upon a time, two princesses hired a classy campervan called Jackie Brown for a few days, and she took them on a relaxing trip to the sea-side. The two princesses knew that Jackie liked overlooking the sea while she rested in between journeys, so foun ...Continued

by Kathy & Jenny Buckley Hughes | Tuesday 1 July 2008 8:31pm | Experiences | View Full Entry | 1 comments
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Glastonbury 2008

We took Shiny Norman to Glastonbury and he was brilliant! Despite the mud on Friday he never got stuck and he was very comfy after a hard night partying!
Thanks for letting us borrow him and we'll be back again! ...Continued

by Emma Hirst | Monday 30 June 2008 7:14pm | Experiences | View Full Entry | 0 comments
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Jackie Brown & the Goldcoast Festival

What an amazing experience! We had a great time in/out & about Jackie Brown - and were too upset to give her back - so we didn't! We hired her for an extra day!
She was a pleasure to drive (once I got used to having the stopping distance of a crui ...Continued

by Will Ball | Thursday 26 June 2008 10:17pm | Experiences | View Full Entry | 0 comments
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Brendan's 30th Birthday Adventure

As a surprise for my fiance's 30th Birthday, I booked one of his faviourite things, a VW Camper (split screen). I chose Battenberg, he is a cutie! It was a very well received birthday present!

We must say all the guys at O’Connor’s are ve ...Continued

by Sam | Friday 20 June 2008 1:28pm | Experiences | View Full Entry | 0 comments
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Camper Hire - What to cook whilst you are away

The VW Camper Cookbook has just been published and contains lots of lovely recipes for that trip away. The recipes sound great - tasty and imaginative, and easy to rustle up on a 2 burner cooker! I can't wait to get out there and try some! There are s ...Continued

by Sam | Friday 20 June 2008 12:18pm | This entry is not filed against any categories | View Full Entry | 0 comments
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What a way to start married life....

After years of thinking about it Lee and I got married 31/05/08. What better way to start married life than in a 1967 VW Splitty called Kissinger? Some of our friends thought it was cool and the remainder thought we were mad, 2 whole weeks in a VW campe ...Continued

by Alison Cross | Thursday 19 June 2008 2:44pm | Experiences | View Full Entry | 0 comments
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Four go to Dartmoor

We have just had a brilliant time in Ordell exploring Dartmoor. Spent our 3 nights in a lovely campsite just outside Widdecombe-in-the-Moor, where a stream ran through the site and small campfires were allowed. The boys both loved this, as they did spend ...Continued

by Richard Bowskill | Monday 2 June 2008 9:42pm | Experiences | View Full Entry | 0 comments
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Moor Trees

Here is a photo of some of the trees that were planted earlier this year by, local charity, Moor Trees to offset our campervans' carbon. The trees were planted at Wedlake which lies close to Peter Tavy (about half an hour from Okehampton) in a remote par ...Continued

by Sam | Thursday 15 May 2008 6:37pm | News | View Full Entry | 0 comments
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Battenberging Cornwall

We had an epic time in Battenberg in May, aided by a lot of luck from the weather. She's a lovely old girl and we really enjoyed driving her.

Had a good tour of Cornwall, a little surfing, a pop into the Eden Project and some mostly nice c ...Continued

by Will Lewis | Wednesday 14 May 2008 7:41pm | Experiences | View Full Entry | 0 comments
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