{"id":3185,"date":"2022-08-29T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:20:36","slug":"route-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/route-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Route 62"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">From the coast it was now north to the sun, we headed for the Route 62, Along the way we spotted some Land rovers in the hedge and a Toyota bakkie outside a big warehouse, Looked like we might get some pink toilet fluid from the shop. 2 hrs later Milly dragged me out of one of the best overland workshops we have seen Full carbon fibre bodies, amazing facilities, etc, bored milly stupid, but they had never seen anything like the dogger.<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131425-01-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131425-01-1024x461.jpeg\" alt=\"White overland camper body being built in a workshop\" class=\"wp-image-3187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131425-01-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131425-01-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131425-01-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131425-01-1536x691.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131425-01-2048x922.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>carbon fibre body ready for painting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131625-01-scaled.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131625-01-1024x461.jpeg\" alt=\"Metal framework for an overland camper body in a workshop\" class=\"wp-image-3188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131625-01-1024x461.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131625-01-300x135.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131625-01-768x346.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131625-01-1536x692.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220829_131625-01-2048x922.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>alloy body version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/mWNgqcuJFts?feature=share\">see short video of me boring them stupid while milly walks around stuffature=share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220829-WA0007.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220829-WA0007-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"White overland truck seen from inside a vehicle\" class=\"wp-image-3189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220829-WA0007-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220829-WA0007-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220829-WA0007-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220829-WA0007-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG-20220829-WA0007.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>no use in the UK, would last 5 mins on a narrow roman road, no it wasn&#8217;t raining&#8230;well maybe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-infanta-4-x-4 wp-block-embed-infanta-4-x-4\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"abZxRDwHDx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infanta4x4.co.za\/\">Home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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