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Bowtop Build
I think I’ve linked some of Les Wattam’s work here before. I love the little bay window in this one. Here’s more of his work to be inspired by: http://community.webshots.com/user/leswattam
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Bowtop
A nice bowtop wagon from Traveller Dave’s website. There are many “real” living wagons and rolling homes there in case you are in need of inspiration. I like the window but the builder in me sees it...
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Home on the Range!
Another good sheep camp image. I’d like to see more inside. The original link is here: http://www.talkingtree.org/2011/03/31/welcome-to-the-sheepherders-home/
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Wyoming Sheepherders
Today, it’s sheep camps from Wyoming from the Wyoming Tales and Trails webpage. Great photos and some good information. There’s a lot of other information about western history here too. Have a look...
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More from Deek
Derek Diedricksen at Relaxshacks.com is always good for some inspirational offbeat home ideas. Here’s a shot of the interior of a sheep wagon with a promise of more to come. Click the photo for the...
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If You Can’t Get Enough Vardos
Here’s a nice open lot from Ireland. Beautiful…all of it.
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Chariot Birman
What a great wagon. I wish my creativity could approach this level of beauty.
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Bear the Tinker
Here’s a man making his way in the modern world but likes being stuck in the late 18th century. Farrier, blacksmith, storyteller, and musician living in his bowtop. Above is a short interview with the...
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Adding Windows
Finally, I’m getting around to adding side windows to the Vardo. I’ve wavered for a long time as to whether this was what I wanted. In the end, the ventilation and view won out. Many decisions...
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Happiness in Simplicity
A LITTLE CARAVANNING HISTORY At the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, the young artist Frances Jennings became a semi-invalid and was advised by her doctor to spend as much time as she...
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Lightweight Touring Caravan Design from the 19th Century
Here’s a great design from the late nineteenth century. I could not find an associated photo for the finished caravan but there are a couple of innovations I will want to include in the future. I...
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An Open Lot Accommodation
A little something for Wagon Wednesday. A simple bow-top accommodation. Very little of the wagon is seen in the image but we can rest assured that it was painted green at one time. Hedley picked up...
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Sheepherders’ Camps
Here are a few classic Sheep Camps from the Wyoming Tales and Trails webpage. There are some great photos and some good information on their web page. I personally took a lot of inspiration from these...
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Historic Romani Caravan Paintings
These images might whet the appetite for summer days, picnics, an caravanning off into the great unknown; or it might just be a bunch of pretty pictures if the former isn’t your cup of tea. Anyway,...
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More Historic Caravans in Art
Here are a couple final Alfred Munnings images of Romani caravans in an English countryside. As a keen observer, he definitely caught the important details of each type of caravan and the essentials...
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(from the Paleotool vault) Sheep camps from Wyoming from the Wyoming Tales and Trails webpage. Great photos and some good information concerning everything "western." A self-contained base camp in a...
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Today, it's sheep camps from Wyoming from the Wyoming Tales and Trails webpage. Great photos and some good information about Western history. Note the important things; wood stove, wash pan hanging on...
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A LITTLE CARAVANNING HISTORY At the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, the young artist Frances Jennings became a semi-invalid and was advised by her doctor to spend as much time as she...
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A nice bowtop wagon from Traveller Dave's website. There are many "real" living wagons and rolling homes there in case you are in need of inspiration. I like the window but the builder in me sees it...
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