22 April 2021

Campervan Conversion - Part 6 - Progress on Several Fronts

Following on from Part 5, I've been continuing with the project across several fronts.

One thing about this conversion is that it's very difficult to actually finish anything, because to complete X means that Y needs to be done beforehand and suitable provision made for Z to follow etc.

For example, it's been over a month now since we made our cabinet carcasses for the RH wall and we've now also built a similar unit to fit over the kitchen area on the LH side, but we couldn't install them permanently until we'd run all the necessary cables behind.  

We're still adding equipment to the design but I've now bought and installed all the cables I'll think we'll need, and I've also run a few extra lengths here & there for any additions we might want in the future.

So the RH wall cabinets are now fitted.  I've also been working on the control panel in the lower half of the rearmost cabinet.  It has two fascia sections, one side fixed and the other hinged for access to fuses and to be able to complete all the wiring etc.

RH wall cabinets with the control panel in blue ...

And we're making progress elsewhere, too.

06 April 2021

Financial Planning - 2021 Annual Review

The end of March represented the 8-year point in our 10-year term 'Grand Plan'.  Here are the usual two graph plots:-

Savings Pot to Mar-21

SIPP Pot to Mar-21


There's been a good recovery from this time last year ...

01 April 2021

Investment Review - March 2021

 Here's the usual spreadsheet updated after the market close on 31 March :-


I've been busy on many fronts during this first quarter of the year, so I've only looked at the portfolio on the last day of each month and on those specific dates between when dividend payments arrived.