A FUN PACKED GET AWAY IN OUR VAN

A FUN PACKED GET AWAY IN OUR VAN

Good morning we’re back out in the van again in our van it’s fantastic to be out in the van isn’t it yeah proper family mot to home adventure with 3 fths of our family we’ve left the big ones at home the big ones are at home me to be

Studying they are honestly meant to be yeah yes yesterday um awesome meal wasn’t it hickories you guys done hickories Hickory smokers just do the best barbecue meets uh and we left the NC and we went there and had a great meal didn’t we yeah we both had a

Brisket didn’t we what did you have Georgie I had a double some state of America Burger Smash Burger of Kinds wasn’t it and then we’ve come to one of our favorite Pub stops near the NEC which is the Blue Bell Cider House yes um which is great

Here and they do some great food in there yeah and George was playing out last night with your little flicky thing so George show me your toy what do you got right so you bought this in Morocco uh it lights up and it makes like a cork effect come wo oh

Gorgeous awesome there again yay awesome bud so George has got pretty much the whole car park to play with and we’ve got the camper van over here with the back overhang in there so we’re not in anyone’s way and George has got a time lapse going up Here today we’re heading off to Cadbury World we’ve never been in Cadbury World have we no nope and it’s a treat just for George and it’s my favorite chocolate so let’s get going then now we travel all around the world and sometimes forget what’s right on our doorstep so this

Week whilst George is off school and we’re in the Birmingham area we thought why travel a length of the country let’s see what we can find to do in and around the Birmingham area and we found three places that we’ve never been to starting with Cadbury World in bourneville which

Was around 20 minutes from last night’s pub stop cadri is probably the best chocolate in the world now when you book cadri world you book a time slot and they asked you to come early especially during school holidays so we arrived early parked up and headed off firstly

To do the 4D Cinema experience George is having flashbacks to when Steve tricked him and put him on the Tower of Terror when he was Tiny I’m so I want to hold both your hands in case it get scary you ready for this sure yeah no I’m not get me out of

Here poor boy got proper PSD a few minutes Later enjoy It so we left the cinema queued and did another part of the experience before heading back to the van for lunch so that was fun little 4D experience it was it was and now we’ve got lunch soses that we got from the show yesterday right yeah leftover ones you and George

Had some last night so we’ve got we think we’ve got chicken Tika and veggie which is my favorite right the lamb ones last night were the tastiest SOS I’ve ever had I just noticed there’s 220 WTS coming in on the solar and it’s not even that sunny out

Here it’s just overcast and cloudy and that’s why you should have as much solar on your roof as you can cuz even in the uh in the winter when it’s a bit cloudy you can pull in some good wattage right gang shall we go yeah today we’re a mini

Coach hey excited yeah baby today we will be mainly eating chocolate no I’ve already had an apple I didn’t show them that I brought lots of fruit with us this trip I always bring lots of fruit with us but I didn’t show you I poked up I put all the the

Processed stuff into the fridge and then brought fruit we went past the souped up taxi out the front and through the doors where we was a little early went to buy a bag for our chocolate cuz they gave us three chocolate BS each oh today we’ll be mainly eating chocolate no we weren’t

We can save them his chocolate my dad told me is better from the fridge my dad always had a chocolate fridge actually a fridge full of chocolate when you book your tickets to cadby world you choose a time slot but don’t worry if you arrive a little early they are flexible and

They’ll let you go right ahead as you go around you’ll learn the history of chocolate and of course the history of Cadbury how they went from a grocery shop to a factory to the Cadbury we know today we learned how cadb was quick to support the war effort however possible

So the bourneville factory was put to use for the greater good of the country during the first world war the firm’s milk supply was diverted to the people of Birmingham we then jumped on a ride which turned out to be a little like that It’s a Small World ride at the

Disney parks that we’ve been on we were taking around learning more about the history of chocolate it’s like a small world but un like a sugar high we then went on to meet crazy Kell the lovely lady who was doing the chocolate demonstration let’s take you

Back to too early 1900s we’re going to show you how the factory works with Kelly was spreading out the chocolate and throwing it around before putting it into molds where she shook out the air bubbles and then into the fridge to cool down and she pulled some out that she put in

Earlier give it a bed 3 2 1 there you go B and that is how they used to Handmade Chocolates after the handmade chocolate demonstration we came through to a chocolate tasting it’s got liquid chocolate then you could choose one of four different no two of four different to

I went for fudge and buttons George Went for Oreo Crunch and marshmallows and I’ve got Oreo and fudge Yum Yum Yum look what they’re doing in here fantastic chocolate teapot that as much used as a chocolate teapot in the next area we went we were given a bottle of squeezable runny

Chocolate to draw and write with this is a whole new playing with your food isn’t it this brings a whole new meaning to playing with food next we went through advertising Avenue where you could see all the old chocolate bar rappers from over the years this is really

Interesting COC Ence 1866 buttons 1904 but the thing that surprised me is the Cream Egg from 1923 in my head it’s an 80s thing crunchy 1929 curly wh in the 70s look that’s all right and the tour finished off by coming out in the shop it’s Harry’s birthday next week and he’s

Not W in four years cuz he is my leak year baby so got my chocolate football there how was that that was great actually it was okay for it was a good couple of hours wasn’t it it was yes it was little bit of queing cuz there were

A lot of school groups there little bit of que lot of noise from the school groups go Med you forget don’t you I mean I used to go on school trips as a parent helper all the time but it might have been a few years since we’ve done that right where we head

To I don’t know what should we do next and these glasses were fantastic they still got 67% in the battery and I was taking photos taking video on them for ages so these are last really really well right next I think we’re going to go for a little walk to Walk The

Chocolate off that we’ve eaten um I’ve been using all trails app um which is a good app to be able to find some nice walks and edgebaston Reservoir is 15 minutes up the road so we’re going to head there now I don’t think it’s a half

An hour walk around there that’ll do and as usual there’s not anywhere to park this thing and I suppose it just talk here I’m going to stay here we go this dude in front of somebody’s house but it’s not on W it’s only for it’s only for half an hour so

This is the route we’re doing today 1.7 Mi 33 minutes and it’s a circular of rout and I got my Georgie with me hey bud George said I’m so happy you brought me out here Dad and he didn’t want to come to start off with did you I didn’t say

That and look what we got here hey we got some geese Halfway Around already look we started right of the other side hello guys what’s this thing here get in the comments let me know what that is he a funny little thing no we’re not halfway not quite halfway nearly about a

Third of the way around George nice since we got George an iPhone for Christmas he’s been really into his photography having your bud got nice Hur is there very nice okay so we’re halfway around and we got a few machines and George is going to have a go on this one

Right underneath with your feet mate yeah that’s it lay back and up and down do some crunches that’s it perfect got to warm you up on a day like this wouldn’t it my stomach still hurting from earlier like chocolate oh can’t wait to get back and put the

Diesel eater on the warm up Rosy Cheeks now George look at them just swanning around in the water he see what I did there and there we go and we’re done 35 minutes in total George hey that was great wouldn’t it George lovely yeah she do more of that yeah definitely yeah

Yeah get out and get a bit more exercise and back to the van right hey honey hey all right I am where’s my boy he’s with us he’s just coming okay you’ve been having a nice relax with a cup of tea uh coffee actually oh enjoying your

Coffee now I am he really enjoyed that yeah yeah he did good so I have found another Park up at the Wildlife Center I want to check out now it does say um that it’s been spoiled by somebody leaving the motor home there and there’s no overnight nowal but since we got to

Go past it I’m going to check that out first and if not we’ll probably end up at the Pu was that last night want to get out all right I get in get in already that’s the question going to try and get in there I’m not even going to try and get in

There little bit tight on the entrance yeah never mind let’s go straight to the pub shall we sure always get to the pub yeah we’re all right for this one okay I’m going to turn the diesel heater on now and then it’ll be nice and

Toasty in here when we get out of the pub there we go ready to go definitely Let’s Do It Go on let’s go your bristle I do need a shave yeah yes oh it’s quite full in the car park here isn’t it it’s very full there’s still plenty of room for motor homes

Down the back here right let’s going to get some Pub grub so looking through the menu my age is a benefit because I’ve just found a 50 plus Benny you don’t qualify nope not yet not for a few years yet thank you geie [Laughter] white I was so hungry I didn’t even

Start filming but I got iron mesh Ste dumplings and George’s got a kids Burger it’s a bit dry though is it George very how is yours really tasty yeah we don’t usually do dessert do we no I’ve got big regrets now seeing George look at good it warm

I would have gone sticky toofe pudding and custard not spotty dick no I did think George was asking for sticky dick that van is going to be nice and toasty CU I put the heating on eat but I’m generating my own heat now because i’ had two glasses wine George

Good amazing then we went back to our toasty warm van and the sleeping Arrangements while it’s just the three of us George has taken the big double bed up top haven’t you buddy really nice and comfy out there well Lind and I have accomodated the rear again and I’m just getting on

With a bit of video editing just one last thing I want to check in about the diesel heat is so hot had to open the roof I think it’s lovely and toasty I might have to take my socks off in a minute okay editing Steve here whilst

Editing the video I realized I haven’t shown you the diesel heater install on this Channel we had it done in December of last year and I put it on our Steven Linds Channel if you don’t know what our Steven Linds channel is it’s like our

Bbc2 if you like it’s where we put a lot of other regular content so if you’re not subscribed to that one head over there now and subscribe um and I’ll show you the diesel heater install now it’s so toasty how toasty is it in there and there is the new control panel

Here look wow hang on let me get in and close the door letting all the warm air out if you could feel our toasty isn’t it it is lovely huh yeah but not sweaty toasty just toasty toasty yeah oh I forgot we took this place apart so

You’ve got that to sort out when we get back oh yeah I stripped it all in here so they could get under the seats easy enough and there we go put some duct in in here and there it is blowing some lice oh feel that that is that one as

Well on that side wow I think this is the in one yeah I think this one where they get the fresh air in oh okay so they’re not pulling in constant cold air from the outside so they’re recirculating it I’ve spotted the Sahara in there again yeah just these are clean

In there it has been done but that’s nice and neat isn’t it yeah good jobs they’ve also got a doct thing going off this way just going to have a look okay into the bathroom yeah there it is oops and there you go got an outlet there so there it is this

Place is Toasty it’s really really good um D’s just explains what he’s done cuz he’s gone in a box underneath there’s an external um box to kind of weatherproof it um and to stop all the crap from the road kicking up against it and then they’ve done all the piping outside and

Then come inside and then we’ve got an inlet in here so to take the the room temperature um warm air and then recirculate it back through the heater that’s how it’s done um but yeah they put quite a bit of duct in they put the

Main duct in is quite big for the first outlet and that’s kicking out a lot of a lot of air and a lot of heat and then we’ve got got one in the bathroom and we got one down here by the door it’s going to cope fine I’m actually looking

Forward to seeing um how this is going to kick up the heat from really cold so if I come in here and it’s cold what we’ve done before is cuz the heating can take 20 minutes half an hour to warm up I come in often and I just turn all

Three burners on the on the hob and within 5 minutes the place is Toasty well now we’ll just turn the diesel heater on so make sure you subscribe to the channel guys cuz I’ll I’ll show you how we’re getting on with this and I’ll show you how well it’s working but

Definitely recommend it um auto electrical services in L bu the guys has looked after us um and it’s an herba spacker D4 we’ve had fit it so links in the description so there you go guys that’s the diesel heater that we had installed last year that’s been keeping

This van really really toasty I will put a link in the description if you’re interested in it um also a lot of you have asked will I do an all the upgrades video that I mentioned a few videos ago and I will when we get out and about in

The warmer weather I’ll do a video showing every single upgrade we’ve done to the van um anyway hope you like the video guys make sure subscribe because next week we’re up to more Adventures

After exploring Europe, Morocco and the South West of the USA we’ve decided to stay close to home and explore an area almost on our doorstep. Join us this week as we venture out in our own motorhome with George. We stay at one of our regular pub stops near Birmingham and find local things to do, including our first visit to Cadbury World in Bournville.

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The pup stop we stayed at was the Blue Bell Cider House https://maps.app.goo.gl/FfMi4hDj1Xbc6PQd6?g_st=ic

Cadbury World https://www.cadburyworld.co.uk/

Our diesel heater https://eberspacherdirect.com/eberspacher-airtronic-d4-heater-12v-mk1/?amp

The guys that fitted our Diesel Heater https://aes2.co.uk/

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