My Motor home project

11/04/2024

What HAVE I started? Kitchen and bathroom ripped put. Rear two bunks gone. New bathroom going in where bunks were, kitchen moving forwards and a double bed/two bunk option going in at the back.

06/10/2023

Thanks to Trevor for sitting through the Netflix documentary about David Beckham. Here's the most interesting 8 seconds of the whole thing... Sir Alex Ferguson, Gary Neville and David Beckham getting off MY bus!

05/10/2023

Just passed 8000 miles since I started driving her!

13/08/2023

The Big Bus Show

01/08/2023

27/07/2023

News of my efforts with the ex Man Utd bus have spread. I've been asked if I can save this old girl from becoming bean cans. The last surviving Irizar Urko and she's from 1981 so she's 42 years old. It may prove to be too much of a tall order but I'm off to check her out in a couple of weeks and make the decision. What do we think? She looks a bit space aged for 1981 but does look quite dated now.

08/05/2023

Spot the difference!

13/08/2022

Come and say hi if you're in the area!

https://www.facebook.com/TheBigBusShow/

Sunday 9 August 2026 is the day for the 2026 show!

Showcased again at:
Stonham Barns, Pettaugh Road, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, IP14 6AT

05/08/2022

We went out and made a friend today. Nice chap who is planning a similar conversion with a neoplan skyliner

26/06/2022

I'm on HOLIDAY! Several of us DJ on an Internet radio station so we all got together for the weekend and set a studio up on board! Tonight, from 8pm, John Varker will be playing on line radio battleships! Come and join us. It's fun and can get pretty crazy! Let's face it.... what else are you going to do on a Sunday night? Click the feed, join the chatroom and hit "tune in" Music is streaming already and Heather is popping on for a bit around 7.30 before John tales over.

https://minnit.chat/vibefmradio

23/06/2022

How do you get 9000w of mains power from a 16amp hook up? Add a battery charger! The inverter/charger works great most of the time but when mains is present, it sends it straight through to power the bus and also keep the batteries topped up. The down side is that if you are connected to a site hook up (often only 10 amps!), that's all you get throughout the whole bus. Having added a separate charger, the hook up feeds that and the main inverter doesn't see the 230v supply so kicks out the full 9kw from the batteries. Obviously I know it's taking it out faster than the charger is putting it in but the charge is constant while the load varies as oven, heating, air con, kettle etc turn on and off.

30/03/2022

Just been looking back at some early photos from when I got the bus. She really was in a sorry state. Sometimes I forget how bad things were at the start!