Ripley

The cupboards had a high lip in front of them meaning that any items stored inside, aren't visible to anyone under about 2m in height. In the food cupboard, this is bad as you can miss stuff that is there for eating and end up wasting stuff. In the other cupboards, you can find yourself fishing around in the bottom trying to find the thing. While she was in at Scandivans, we asked them to help solve the problem. They cut out a template and used the router to create this nice curved lip. It's now much easier to see what's in there and get things with minimal frustration.

Time to pick up Ripley from Scandivans. The side pods look awesome from the outside. They put coarse raptor paint on it and it looks really great. Inside, they've done a great job on fit out, but unfortunately, with the bed being so high and the mattress being so thick, there is not much space for feet or head. Peeling the mattress topper back shows that it will work well, but it's annoying that "new mattress" is an essential task now. It's always something. Either way - this is a massive upgrade for Ripley in terms of usability. Last year, we took a big awning with an attachable tent room to sleep in as the bed was unusable - hopefully this will allow for more ad-hoc nights.

We popped by Scandivans to visit Ripley mid surgery and talk to them about material choices for the interior fit out. They'd also replaced the main cabin window as the old one had started leaking badly, which is apparently not uncommon for these long vehicles as they flex quite a bit - and she's 7 years and 100,000+ miles old. Sam and his team are super detail focused and I am really confident we're going to get a result that we're really happy with.