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Is there such a thing as 'Campervan Mindfullness?' I believe there is. It's a way of using our campervans as a base from which we can access the natural world, the green world, and allow our own mental and physical rhythms to harmonise with those of nature. I use some of the lines of a WB Yeats poem as an initial inspiration.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree
I will arise and go now, and go to Inisfree,
A small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made.
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee,
And live alone in my bee-loud glade.

And i shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings,
There midnight's all a-glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evenbing full of the linnet's wings.

I will arise and go now, for always night and day,
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadeway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the dep heart's core.
William Butler Yeats



I'm based in the Scottish Highlands and I use a VW campervan to access the great outdoors, where I climb hills, ride my e-bike or gravel bike and just visit some of those places I've never been to. I've been climbing hills and mountains all over the world for 50 years and I'm a former editor of Climber Magazine and The Great Outdoors Magazine.