This is Star

The new addition to the family ready to go from Jerba

Beach art

The mix of almost white sand and dark volcanic rock enables these mesmerising patterns. 

One of the lovely Cottages in North Berwick

North Berwick is full of lovely old cottages, houses and larger mansions, some a throwback to it's time as a prosperous ferry point for transporting pilgrims to St Andrews over the Firth of Forth.

area of calm

Just off the High Street a reminder of lighthouses on Bass rock and the importance of the sea to the town.

the law towers over the town

The core of an ancient volcano created in a similar time scale to that in Edinburgh

St Andrew's Old Kirk

The stone church was first built in the mid 1100s.

Colourful beach huts

Stored in what used to be the towns swimming pool.

artic Tern

Now a resident at the Scottish Seabird centre.

looking over the pumpkin patch

St Abbs and the north sea beyond

Cold and windy

Asgard is the Norse realm of the Gods.

Snorkel Starney bay

Wild seas

widows and bairns

Looking for those lost at sea in 1881

bass rock and Tantallon castle

Last day in Scotland for our first trip

February 2025. In October 2024, we were walking around the NEC, trying to decide on which camper to buy, with the choice dwindling fast as the last few VW Transporter 6.1s were being snapped up.

During the year leading up to this point, we had researched and visited showrooms and converters, from Minehead to Shrewsbury and quite a few in between. So now we had to make up our minds, realizing that this was probably the last chance to get the van type we wanted, or we would be waiting for the new "7" series or even heading into the Ford and Renault alternative universe.

Then we met the team from Jerba. We knew about them from our research but had dismissed them initially only because North Berwick is a long, long way from home. After spending an amazing week traveling around Scotland on coaches and trains of all types just a few weeks before the show, distances didn't seem to matter anymore. And so a deposit was paid on the dark Starlight Blue  (as he was then) van which they would transform into a Sanna.Initially calling him North Star and dreaming of amazing custom paint jobs based on a star and compass theme, we shortened the name to Star. Various family members came up with alternatives, including an unsurprising "Vanny McVan Face" but Star it was and Star it is.

On a very cold and snowy late November afternoon, we met the team from Jerba at North Berwick to finalize the spec for Star, visit their workshops, and say hello to the van for the first time.Time flew by, and in an equally cold but this time very wet February, we picked up the keys, had a few adjustments made on the spot (Jerba are the best!), and headed off for our first 2 nights with Star under the stars (well, clouds actually and blowing a hooley!).