Welcome to Cottage & Camper! We’ve just taken on our biggest challenge yet: rescuing a crumbling, 200-year-old cottage in a protected Conservation Area in Hampshire, UK.
From major flooding issues and structural decay to the rules of a Hampshire conservation area, absolutely everything needs doing. This isn’t just a DIY project—it’s a total restoration of a piece of English history.
Our Journey So Far:
After our dream of moving to France was scuppered by the pandemic and Brexit, we didn't give up on adventure.
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We've just finished week three of the rewire at Merrill Cottage. And it still isn't finished 😭
A vlog about the dust, the displacement, the drudgery, the dust ...is out at 8pm tonight! (Sunday)
Come and join us and you might feel a bit dusty yourself!
See you soon ❤️
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Hey all! We're taking a Sunday off from vlogging this week. It's been a really tough one. A major rewire like this has been unbelievably disruptive and it's very hard to function in the cottage, hence why the family has been split for much of the last two weeks, and then next week for three days as it's finally finished. So normal service will resume once we get our cottage back properly, then it might be time to think about flooring and plaster! Thanks to everyone who watches us, we appreciate your lovely comments and views. See you next week 💖 love Bee, Daz and Sammy xxx
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Moved back on yesterday. Wiring still not finished. Coping? Nope.
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Ack, I've got to admit defeat today, living in a different house while the rewire is on has made editing tricky, and for some reason it's all taking longer! Now it's 7pm I'm just going to have to stop, as we'll never get it checked in time! And of course, everyone needs to eat. So, we'll get it finished for tomorrow, Monday, teatime for you, where we give you an in-depth chat with the electrician about Merrill's major surgery!
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Off we go! We have to move out, tonight! 😭 Vlog going live on YouTube NOW!
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This week's episode is all about the plumbing! Look at the size of this beast! Come and meet Neil and Steve from Nice Plumbs, the nicest plumbers you could ever care to meet! Merrill has had a big upgrade! YiuTube upload in the next hour! Look out for us, if you fancy a thirty-minute yappathon about all things cottage 💖🙏🏼
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What a wonderful bank holiday weekend we've had! Lacock, Castle Combe, Bradford on Avon and Avebury! I've fallen in love with another area so very close to home ❤️ Happy twenty years to us. The vlog will be out later tonight, and we have another decision to make, so please come and help us!
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Wow! We are having a lovely weekend exploring Wiltshire, in honour of twenty years of knowing one another 💖 Yesterday we spent the day and night in Lacock, a filming location for many period dramas and the Harry Potter films, and wandered the cloisters of the Abbey, where Talbot lived, and invented the photograph! Today we've enjoyed rubbing shoulders with hundreds of tourists in the stunning Castle Combe, and now we're headed home via Avebury.
Our weekly vlog will be a Bank Holiday Monday special, rather than our usual Sunday evening offering, as I'm not at home to edit! Thanks for your understanding 💖💖💖
Last shot is us from twenty years ago!
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This week's video will be up in the next hour, I reckon! We finally get rid of shutters, and shadows, on the top level anyway! Hope you can come and say hello 👋🏼🤗
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So sorry we haven't got our usual video going out tonight - we've been away working and playing for the last few days. I've nearly finished editing and I'll be getting it out, all being well, tomorrow! 😄
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