Soccer fan Will Robey has spent a 12 months changing an outdated work van right into a luxurious motorhome – to observe England on the highway this summer season.
He has spent an estimated £12,000 to create the fan cellular which now comes full with a double mattress, kitchenette – and large display projector to observe all 51 video games on the Euros in Germany.
Will is leaving his residence in Redhill, Surrey, early on Saturday and travelling 360 miles to the town of Gelsenkirchen, the place England play their first match towards Serbia the next night.
Afterwards, Will and his twin brother Ed will observe the group to Frankfurt after which on to Cologne for the remaining video games towards Denmark and Slovenia.
The 29 12 months outdated twins will eat, sleep and prepare dinner in a 2014 Fiat Ducato van that Will has spent £12,000 fixing up right into a top-of-the-range camper van, nicknamed affectionately ‘Mary’.
Soccer fan Will Robey has spent a 12 months changing an outdated work van right into a luxurious motorhome
He has spent an estimated £12,000 to create the fan cellular which now comes full with a double mattress, kitchenette – and large display projector to observe all 51 video games on the Euros in Germany
The 29 12 months outdated twins will eat, sleep and prepare dinner in a 2014 Fiat Ducato van that Will has spent £12,000 fixing up right into a top-of-the-range camper van, nicknamed affectionately ‘Mary’
The automobile can also be outfitted with a sink with scorching water and a fridge to maintain all of the beer cool
The automobile can also be outfitted with a sink with scorching water and a fridge to maintain all of the beer cool.
Salesman-turned-social media influencer Will is preserving a video diary of his Euro 2024 journey, and common updates can be uploaded onto his Will’s Whereabouts YouTube channel
He’s proper now on the highway to Germany in his self-converted deluxe camper van in time to reach for England’s first recreation on Sunday night.
Will informed MailOnline: ‘That is undoubtedly one thing to cross off my bucket record.
‘I’ve by no means adopted England away in a giant event earlier than not to mention tenting out alongside the way in which in a van however it’ll be an unimaginable expertise.
‘Mary’ is a 2014 Fiat Ducato that I’ve spent a 12 months and 12 grand fixing up.
‘It was a two-seater however I’ve managed to alter it to a three-seater van to provide us a bit more room. It is not enormous however has all of the creature comforts you’d must spend so long as a month on the highway.
The twins can be leaving early on Saturday and travelling 360 miles to the town of Gelsenkirchen, the place England play their first match towards Serbia the next night
Will believes this journey together with her brother is his most formidable but
‘Clearly how lengthy we’re out in Germany is determined by how properly England do. I am actually trying ahead to getting on the market now as a result of there’s going to be a wave of pleasure washing over the entire nation.
‘I have been working flat out to get the van prepared in time and it has been exhausting and disturbing however that can all be forgotten about once I’m on the way in which to Gelsenkirchen.’
Will has 285,000 subscribers from all over the world who tune into his Will’s Whereabouts YouTube web page to see him changing outdated vans into motorhomes after which utilizing the autos to go on tenting journeys round Britain.
He took it up initially as a passion whereas he was working in gross sales however after the Covid pandemic he turned his constructing initiatives right into a profession and began filming and importing his work on social media.
He believes this journey is his most formidable but and mentioned: ‘We have to get to Calais on Saturday morning after which it is one other six hours drive on to Gelsenkirchen. I am not completely certain what route we’ll find yourself taking but it surely’s about 360-miles in complete. We’ll get there earlier than Sunday hopefully.
‘As soon as we have discovered a spot to park up, we’ll then go and discover a bar or fan-zone to observe the sport. I might wish to get a ticket however the costs being provided are astronomical.
Salesman-turned-social media influencer Will is preserving a video diary of his Euro 2024 journey, and common updates can be uploaded onto his Will’s Whereabouts YouTube channel
‘There is a fridge to maintain the beer cool within the van and a fan. But when the temperature drops at night time I’ve additionally acquired heating to maintain heat.
‘Plus there is a projector to observe among the different video games within the event. It’s going to be a house away from residence.’
Chelsea fan Will and Fulham supporter Ed can be joined at one level within the journey by Ed’s girlfriend Florencia.
Will added: ‘It is going to be a decent squeeze anyway, kipping subsequent to Ed on a double mattress however when Florencia meets us on the market, I am going to in all probability need to sleep on the ground subsequent to the mattress.
‘She’s from Argentina initially and I feel she’s pledged her allegiance to Italy at Euro2024. If England and Italy do by some means meet once more within the event, I hope we fare higher than the ultimate three years in the past. In any other case, we’re in for an ungainly night time!’
