A Van Life Thing

One Sprinter, one bloke, a lot of Welsh rain.

PLACEHOLDER — short bio. Living full-time in a 2016 Mercedes Sprinter 313 CDI, building it out one questionable decision at a time. Every litre gets us a little further down the road (and onto YouTube).

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UK diesel price£2.00/litreUK average · last updated 12 Oct 2026

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Priced at £2.00/litre, the UK average for diesel. Last updated 12 Oct 2026. The van does about 30 mpg, on a good day, downhill.

A DribblePLACEHOLDER — a single litre. Enough to get off the drive and stall at the junction.£2.001 litre · about 6.6 milesA TipplePLACEHOLDER — two and a half litres. Gets us round the next headland.£5.002.5 litres · about 16 milesGive Us a GallonPLACEHOLDER — a whole gallon. We may cross a county line.£9.101 gallon · about 30 miles

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Measured from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. Each place lights up once there's enough diesel in the kitty to get there.

St Davids16 mi
Brecon Beacons85 mi
Eryri (Snowdonia)135 mi
Lake District280 mi
Isle of Skye560 mi

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