Welcome to my mobile, alternative work at home, online working camper van / motor home author web log.
Here I will post my experiences of working online as an author from my campervan / motorhome, mainly in the beautiful UK West Country.
This is all very much an experiment and how it will work out I don’t really know. All I can say is that, after working by myself for many years in a north facing upstairs bedroom office, it feels great to find a sunny spot with a different view.
The great news is that, although there is lots more to see from my camper van, from passing people to the great view, it doesn’t seem to affect my concentration or work output as an online author and writer.
I have to say that I am quite nervous about whether I am breaking the law. I am extremely law abiding. I even stick to the 30 mph limits in towns scrupulously (something few others seem to be bothered with).
However, the problem these days is that there are far too much legislation. so much that it makes one paranoid about doing anything at all different.
When Members of Parliament (UK) are first elected, it seems that all they most want to do is pass a law to get their names on the statute book. It doesn’t seem to matter whether one is needed. If it is topical because some newspaper has made a big thing about an isolated, if awful, occurrence, so much the better, it appears.
How the long suffering public can stop them I don’t know. Maybe closing Parliament for 6 months of the year would make it 50% better. Or perhaps let them make law from January to June and then make them review the unforeseen consequences of previously made laws from July to September.
I once met a prospective Labour Party Parliamentary Candidate for Bridgwater in Somerset (UK) and suggested that Parliament should only be allowed to pass a law if one was repealed. He looked absolutely appalled and described the idea as ‘ridiculous’. In my opinion, he was out of touch before he’d even got to Parliament.
That is not to say that the Conservative Party local MP for Bridgwater is any better as he has never replied or acknowledged a single communication I have ever sent him. Since each letter or email I send is carefully considered and takes at least half a day to compose, I regard his attitude as extremely rude. Sadly the conservative elderly demographics of my local West Country area probably mean that he will be re-elected, as usual, but Parliament and constructive debate will be the poorer for it. I’ve given up writing to him as being completely pointless.
All of which takes me away from the subject matter of this alternative working from home / camper van / motor home web log.
As I find new places to work in the beautiful outdoors of England’s great West Country, I will document my experiences, pleasant or unpleasant. If you know of a great place to park a campervan for a few hours while I work, preferably with great views, I would love to hear of it.
Bye for now
Rob
(Rob Hopcott - online author)
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