Every now and then, fate deposits you at a junction. Two polarised options are presented to you, with the certain knowledge that life will be different either way, depending which one you choose – it may be a wedding proposal, or casting a vote in a two-party system, or a mysterious character in retro-futurist sunglasses brandishing a red pill and a blue pill, the outcome of each spiriting you along a totally different trajectory. For Dave Bones, it was this campervan; specifically, it was being told by experts that it ‘wasn’t worth restoring’. For some people, that would be a disappointing but simple state of affairs: OK, if it’s not worth it, don’t do it. But Dave is made of sterner stuff. Being of the mindset that there are no hard tasks, simply some tasks that take longer than others, he defied the so-called experts and just got on with it. And as you can see by the evidence laid out before you, the path he chose was clearly the right one.
“I’d seen a few Splitties, but for me they were just too small to be practical and
