"I first got into doing Youtube videos back in 2019, when I bought a long wheelbase Crafter that I planned on turning into a camper van,” remembers 35-year-old Leicestershire lad Dan Chambers.
“I’d had some issues with stress in my job as a shop fitter and my partner Abi and I decided to sell up everything and go travelling, initially just around the UK, but then further afield, and the Crafter was to be our new home for the next few years.”
The pair decided that Dan should have a go at documenting the build process with a series of videos that could be shared on Youtube, as a way to help him sort his head out and relax.
“We started our own Dan&Abi channel to host the videos and I kind of just fumbled my way through learning how to video and edit the work I was doing on the Crafter,” says Dan. “It was actually very therapeutic, and fun too, and the more I did the more relaxed I felt in front of the camera, so it all started to fall into place.”
Twenty-four episodes over four months of evening and weekends later and the Crafter was finally ready to become Dan and Abi’s new roaming home. Unfortunately, just one week later, another life-changing event reared its ugly head and the UK was plunged into a nationwide
