Welcome to my van dwelling channel! I embraced #vanlife in February 2018, moving into a Berlingo mini van (about the smallest vehicle that qualifies as a van) when Cornwall was gripped by a snow blizzard (the profile photo was taken the day I moved into my van).
Now, as I write this in May 2023, I’m still living in my tiny Berlingo. I’ve set about the task of breaking free, living an independent lifestyle, earning a living on the road. I’m also setting up a small wildlife charity that I also plan to operate from my van living nomadically.
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Personally I am a little gutted. Only being selfish. I watched and funded some of your videos because I love the Isle of Wight videos. It’s a shame that there is less content now and in the future. I understand you need to work and do things you need to do . But for one I am not sure on the new title 8:14
I think keeping to your brand “Cornish Van Dweller” is fine and sensible (as you are becoming mentioned elsewhere), but with a descriptive suffix as appropriate. There are loads of examples of channels that have moved on from what their original name might suggest, but they presumably want to remain findable as their reputation grows and they become talked about.
Loving being back in the Isle of Wight Undercliff ☕ Support me by buying me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/stevejwildwriter Thank you : ) Support me via Paypall here: paypal.me/stevejoneswildwriter?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB If you'd like to help my video and content creation adventures through my Amazon wishlist, you can do so here: www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/fY4p4cf?ref_=wl_share If you particularly liked this video, consider making a small donation via the 'Thanks' button just to the right of the 'Like' button below the video. Be sure to follow my channel, too : ) See more Ventnor and wildlife videos on my other channel: @stevejoneswildwriter There follow so externals links, some of which are Amazon affiliate links from which I can earn a small commission. 📖 Find my books at my Amazon author page: amzn.to/3EmQ79k You can also find my books on a wide variety of online bookshops here: books2read.com/stevejones 📧 Sign up to my email list here for (ir)regular updates: steve-jones-wild-writer.ck.page/055fa825b6 🚐 Follow my new vanlife-focused blog: stevecjjones.wixsite.com/cornishvandweller Follow me on my main website: www.stevecjones.uk I use the wonderful Draft2Digital to format my ebooks and printed books and to distribute them widely. Go explore how you can publish with Draft2Digital at my affiliate programme page here: www.draft2digital.com/stevejonesd2dfriends View more Ventnor videos here: ru-vid.com/group/PLXsfprjfB6v38q136mWyTVerKFtKwVj39 🎵Some of my videos contain music clips, attributed as follows: Song: I-85 Artist: Kia Music by: CreatorMix.com The gear I use (all Amazon affiliate links from which I can earn a small commission): - My binoculars:amzn.to/3sMcums and amzn.to/47mtE9i - I use the iPhone Mini 13 to shoot all my videos (Amazon link): amzn.to/3q8dYpz - I use the dji microphone set to record audio: amzn.to/44ZjOZp - I edit my videos on an iPad Mini: amzn.to/3NWby5e My books (Amazon affiliate links from which I can earn a small commission): - Read more about bird watching on Ventnor Downs in my booklet, Bird Watching around Ventnor, Isle of Wight, here (Amazon affiliate link): amzn.to/3QjRbSy - My book about wildlife watching around Ventnor: amzn.to/3EeAKjf - My book about nature writing (Amazon link): amzn.to/455q6Xo - Creating species-rich grassy-shrublands: amzn.to/3qeDUQB - Writing and publishing books on your smartphone: amzn.to/3DIxrAA - Creating a location-independent lifestyle during 2023: amzn.to/3KpTr6Z My van life-related reading list: My favourite, from Romana Startfield: amzn.to/3RLCBDS Hudson's vanlife book: amzn.to/3LMMw8y Odom's minimalist van lifer book: amzn.to/3Q7cBlu Kristine's vanlife book collection: amzn.to/3PZSzcl Some of my favourite books on the craft of book self-publishing: How to make a living from your writing: amzn.to/47oHdo8 How to market a book: amzn.to/478aW4T Let’s get digital: amzn.to/478anrT Strangers to superfans: amzn.to/3MEBZga Wide for the win: amzn.to/3SAJ5WJ From zero to four figures: amzn.to/3QQxly6 Disclosure: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product through such links I may receive a small commission, helping me to continue creating videos. There's no additional charge to you. Thank you for supporting my channel
I love these videos around Ventnor,as I attended St Catherine’s school from 1969 to 1972. I remember we used to walk some of these rds and every weekend we’d be going for walks on the downs….. lovely happy days . I visit the island at least once a year with the family and visit an old freind in Shanklin….so thanks for reminding me about my happy school days and maybe you’ll make a video walking down Grove rd past my school??🙏🏽
I've enjoyed a couple of your walks on the Isle of Wight very much. Do you have plans to walk in Brighstone? If so I would love to see it as I lived there as a child.
Good to see you back for a while (as an ex Portland resident, Dorset is good for me too!). I tried the “thanks” button this time, rather than “buy coffee”. Super easy! Cheers. Nick
I've had some thoughts about your becoming a bike dweller. There is a van dweller who occasionally parks across from my house. He is only a bit noisy, but is generally discreet. Had I someone camping with a bike and any form of tent across the street, I would be much more alarmed for hygiene and cooking/camping smells. My neighbours would probably phone the police. So your available places to spend the night might be quite limited.
We. Used. To. Walk. On. That path. Did Ito e walk sat On. A ants. Nest. Very painful. But. Beautiful. Walk. Bet there are. Many. Lost. Land. We can’t. Do the. Walks. Now. As. My husband. Can’t. Walk. Well. Thanks. For. The. Memories.
Like ships in the night! I was stomping around that area a couple of days before you posted this. Still, I'll be back again sooner or later - thanks for the video, you went closer to the edge than I was comfortable doing 😅
Great to see Portland! I was brought up on the Bill until the mid 70s, where my father was involved with the Bird Observatory (starting when Frank and Beryl Clafton ran it, though latterly had a lot to do with Martin). The Obs pond had a notice dedicated to my Dad, Keith (don’t know if the notice is still there!). Helen Brotherton was a family friend and it’s lovely that the “new” fields are named after her (a very generous benefactor of course!). I need to get back there soon; thanks for the prompt!
Ive seen a youtube video circulating recently just below there and another chink has opened in the cliff so not long before we have another Devils Chimney perhaps!👍
Half the parkland area in front of the Smuggler's Haven Tea Room was lost after the major landslip in late 2023. The situation appears to have stabilised for now. ☕ Support me by buying me a coffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/stevejwildwriter Thank you : ) Support me via Paypall here: paypal.me/stevejoneswildwriter?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB If you'd like to help my video and content creation adventures through my Amazon wishlist, you can do so here: www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/fY4p4cf?ref_=wl_share If you particularly liked this video, consider making a small donation via the 'Thanks' button just to the right of the 'Like' button below the video. Be sure to follow my channel, too : ) See more Ventnor and wildlife videos on my other channel: @stevejoneswildwriter There follow so externals links, some of which are Amazon affiliate links from which I can earn a small commission. 📖 Find my books at my Amazon author page: amzn.to/3EmQ79k You can also find my books on a wide variety of online bookshops here: books2read.com/stevejones 📧 Sign up to my email list here for (ir)regular updates: steve-jones-wild-writer.ck.page/055fa825b6 🚐 Follow my new vanlife-focused blog: stevecjjones.wixsite.com/cornishvandweller Follow me on my main website: www.stevecjones.uk I use the wonderful Draft2Digital to format my ebooks and printed books and to distribute them widely. Go explore how you can publish with Draft2Digital at my affiliate programme page here: www.draft2digital.com/stevejonesd2dfriends View more Ventnor videos here: ru-vid.com/group/PLXsfprjfB6v38q136mWyTVerKFtKwVj39 🎵Some of my videos contain music clips, attributed as follows: Song: I-85 Artist: Kia Music by: CreatorMix.com The gear I use (all Amazon affiliate links from which I can earn a small commission): - My binoculars:amzn.to/3sMcums and amzn.to/47mtE9i - I use the iPhone Mini 13 to shoot all my videos (Amazon link): amzn.to/3q8dYpz - I use the dji microphone set to record audio: amzn.to/44ZjOZp - I edit my videos on an iPad Mini: amzn.to/3NWby5e My books (Amazon affiliate links from which I can earn a small commission): - Read more about bird watching on Ventnor Downs in my booklet, Bird Watching around Ventnor, Isle of Wight, here (Amazon affiliate link): amzn.to/3QjRbSy - My book about wildlife watching around Ventnor: amzn.to/3EeAKjf - My book about nature writing (Amazon link): amzn.to/455q6Xo - Creating species-rich grassy-shrublands: amzn.to/3qeDUQB - Writing and publishing books on your smartphone: amzn.to/3DIxrAA - Creating a location-independent lifestyle during 2023: amzn.to/3KpTr6Z My van life-related reading list: My favourite, from Romana Startfield: amzn.to/3RLCBDS Hudson's vanlife book: amzn.to/3LMMw8y Odom's minimalist van lifer book: amzn.to/3Q7cBlu Kristine's vanlife book collection: amzn.to/3PZSzcl Some of my favourite books on the craft of book self-publishing: How to make a living from your writing: amzn.to/47oHdo8 How to market a book: amzn.to/478aW4T Let’s get digital: amzn.to/478anrT Strangers to superfans: amzn.to/3MEBZga Wide for the win: amzn.to/3SAJ5WJ From zero to four figures: amzn.to/3QQxly6 Disclosure: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product through such links I may receive a small commission, helping me to continue creating videos. There's no additional charge to you. Thank you for supporting my channel
Hi! I am an American that spent most of my childhood holidays on the Isle of Wight. My grandparents lived on Ocien View Rd. Across from the Fish and chips and St. Albans Stairs. Do you have any videos walking down Ocean View towards the town at all? I would love to watch. When I was 6 I broke my arm outside Mills Bay and had to walk all the way up with my brother holding my arm in place!
Nothing goes to RU-vid, but I think 30% goes to Buy Me a Coffee, which is a different company. So not great but I guess they do need to make money somehow. A better way too support is via my PayPal link (also in my video descriptions) which takes a smaller service fee. It's a pain but someone needs to do the processing unfortunately.
I Love your videos of the I.O.W. I was born on the Island in 1955 lived in Shanklin and Ventnor went to school in Ventnor miss life there very much for most of my life. Parents bought me and three siblings to NZ in 1963. I.O.W will always be in my heart. Last house in Ventnor was up above Wheelers Bay and used to wander all around there, while my parents ran a guest house on top of the cliff. The house itself had a huge look-out at the top which ran right round the top story and one could watch the boat race that was held from Cows. Sad to see so much of the Island falling into the sea and so many buildings left to rot. My lovely little Island.
@@Cornishvandweller Last video now comments showed up on my end, so I worried, as you asked for that description of the spiratium spiratus or what ever it was, or curly wurly.
