FAR OUT: Adventures in Returning Home

Renovating the caravan: the things we wish we knew (pt. I)

Episode Summary

Alasdair and Julie-Roxane sit down to discuss the renovation of the caravan they now live in (and podcast from). They share some of the things they didn't know and the considerable challenges they faced along the way.

Episode Notes

Listen to this episode and explore:

• Where our story begins (4:39)
• What the caravan looks like now (7:21)
• Buying the caravan (12:42)
• Gutting the caravan (23:42)
• Insulating the caravan and getting the floor down (31:30)
• One of the most important tools we didn’t buy (34:32)
• Moving the caravan (38:26)
• We ruin our land lord’s lawn and Alasdair gets lyme disease (44:16)
• Meltdowns in the car (49:39)
• We get kicked out of the house and then our worst fear is realized (54:32)

Mentioned in this episode:

• FAR OUT Episode 2: How did we get here? (pt. I)
• FAR OUT Episode 3: How did we get here? (pt. II)
• FAR OUT Episode 15: The life-changing magic of buying other people's junk

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• Email us at host@thefaroutpodcast.com
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Credits:

• Intro music: "Complicate ya" by Otis McDonald
• Outro music: "Running with wise fools" written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)