Prepping the car

 This afternoon we have set up the car just as we will when we next go car camping. I'm sure that as we gain more experience we'll make a few changes but for the time being this seems to work well. We started by dropping the back seats down. We don't want to remove them as we want to be able to use the rear seats for passengers when we aren't car camping. Unfortunately our seats don't fold flat but it's not a problem as we simply used wine crates to raise the level. I might cut a wine crate down and make a smaller one to fit the empty space if we feel it's needed. 

We've discovered that my wooden wine crates are the  perfect height for supporting the mattress base and will be really useful for storing things.

Next we put the carpet covered plywood base into the car

Then came the mattress that I made and popped into a single bed sized duvet cover. It fits perfectly and is plenty big enough for us two shorties. 

The sleeping bags were the next thing to go in and I will be putting a couple of fleece blankets in if we should decide we want a night out somewhere and it looks likely to be cold.

The lump is me snuggled down into the sleeping bag

The back windows are tinted and you can hardly see through in daylight so no one is going to be able to see in when it's dark.  I'm waiting for some black fabric to arrive  so that I can make a curtain to go right the way around the inside of the car for extra privacy.