WHEN Caroline Gale potters about town in her small red delivery van, you'd be forgiven for thinking she was the local mailwoman dropping off parcels. But in actual fact the ex-Royal Mail vehicle hides a much more exciting interior - as it's been completely transformed into a fully functioning tiny micro-home . Despite being barely as wide as two coffins, retired Caroline, 59, and her Sainsbury's delivery driver husband Neil, 60, refer to the van as their "little haven on wheels" - even though Neil has to sleep outside because it's so small.
The ex-post van, which was once used to deliver the couple’s letters to them, now provides 100 per cent off-grid living, and is fitted with a working kitchen, 'library' and three-quarter sofa bed. The couple, who have four children and live just outside Leeds, West Yorkshire, first got the bug for caravan life just before lockdown. They have owned three caravans in total since, renovating each to varying degrees including one they found on Facebook for just £300 , and one large camper van.
Then, in January this year, they then moved on to their biggest project yet - the delivery van they found on Ebay and purchased for £3,000. In a bizarre coincidence, they later discovered from their postman who recognised the registration plate that it was even used to deliver their post previously. Caroline says: "We sold my car to buy it so it's my main runaround now too.
It's really tiny, but we love a challenge! "Some people may have looked at it.