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I have a 1971 RHD bus which I’ve owned for the past 20 years but is now ready to pass on. It was originally a Devon conversion but there’s nothing of the original interior left. It fits your tick list: good condition but not mint and definitely not a basket case. It runs a 1641 engine with twin...

Well next time you’re up this way Matty pop in for a cuppa. Did you make it over to Mull? There’s a great site at Fidden Farm overlooking the Sound of Iona. If you like whisky there’s always Islay - 9 distilleries to keep you busy.

No mate, I was in my Saab 900 having just picked it up from the garage. Last of the proper Saab’s before GM ruined them. I’m just south of Oban on the Isle of Seil - did you come down this way on your travels? You would’ve passed the road end on your way down to Kilmartin.

You’ve been spotted! Last Saturday just after 1pm you were heading south between Dumbarton and the Erskine Bridge. I was on the opposite carriageway heading home and the first thing that caught my eye wasn’t the bus but the fluorescent straps on your awning bag! I see you’ve been up in my neck...

Thanks Paul, thought that might be the case. I had seen that Madmatz were offering a version of the buddy box but thought I'd go for the original ;) Happy travels and cherish the time with the family. John

Is Paul intending on making another batch or have I missed the boat?

I saw it alright about 6 inches from my nose when I opened the back door of the coop and yes they are beautiful animals. It was back a couple of nights ago but the hen house is a bit like Fort Knox so the chooks are safe for the time being. My neighbour trapped one in a mink trap two weeks ago...

Mate, that's very very very nice. I was going to ask you if the colour is Chianti Red but then I spotted the answer in your photo of the Eccles book. Having a half and half chianti and white bus myself I've been contemplating taking the red up to the roofline and leaving the roof white (and...

Bit of an epic journey here - hope it reaches a good conclusion. Can I ask where you got your plywood door cards from or are they homemade? Thx John

Had the same problem - mice chewing up doorcards and bits of carpet. Since I plugged up the accelerator linkage hole on the cab floor with an oily rag they haven't been back. Mice in the van pissed me off but not as much as the pine marten that I disturbed in the hen house two weeks ago. It had...

Q. Is it going to be too cold/wet in the highlands at that time of year for a decent camping holiday? A. Probably yes but I wouldn't let that put you off, just plan accordingly and take stuff to stay dry and warm. If I let the vagaries of the Scottish weather dictate any plans then I probably...

We took a trip out to Tiree in July taking in the Tiree Music Festival (TMF) and here's a few photos for you all out there in Earlybayland. For those of you who like music festivals of a smaller and more intimate nature then the TMF might be for you as no more than 1500 tickets are sold for the...

My 71 Devon with JK roof cap and non-original non-concertina bellows. When I bought this bus about 10 years ago the interior was shagged and the original Devon roof sagged and leaked so I took a leap of faith and went with the roof cap and the uprated roof springs. A big improvement...

Now that summer is upon us and we'll all be living off-grid at various festivals and wild camping in the back of beyond has anyone in EB world got any first hand experience of portable solar chargers? Mainly for topping up smart phones and tablets - not necessarily for adding juice to the...

We haven't been on an extended European trip for a few years but we took the bus down to the Greek mainland in 2000 when I had a 4 month contract on an oil exploration programme near Lefkada/Corfu. This is us at the Mont Blanc tunnel (Italian side). Nowadays it's mainly shorter trips to the...

The only recommendation I can give is the campsite at Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland. We stayed there on a road trip to Greece back in 2000 but I doubt it has changed much since then. Here's the link: http://www.camping-jungfrau.ch/en/camping/sommer/default.asp"...

I'll add my name to the list of "Oilfield Trash". I'm a Production Geologist working for a US company in Equatorial Guinea, west Africa - the place that Thatcher's lad was allegedly involved in a coup a few years back. Don't go offshore at all these days so I'm not at the sharp end like John the...

The Scottish midge has a bad reputation and rightly so but there are a few precautions you can take to prepare yourself for the onslaught. There's even a website with a midge forecast... http://2010.midgeforecast.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. Most of the small local...

Wozza - if you don't fancy moving around so much as it could get a bit tiresome moving on each day I have another suggestion. Drive up to Oban and get the ferry over to Mull (short crossing of an hour or so). Then head out to the Ross of Mull and camp at Fidden Farm. If the weather is good you...

As Jon says the west coast has some great scenery but can be wet but in June you'd be really unlucky to have a complete washout. A week isn't a great deal of time and once you get north of Glasgow progress on the roads can be slower than you might be used to (even in a bus!). Anyway, here's my...