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Daniel Bird

Carol Vorderman sits on the TOILET to shower in her van after selling £2.6m mansion

Carol Vorderman has explained that she has to sit on the toilet while showering inside her luxury campervan.

The former Countdown star spent over £50,000 renovating her house on wheels after putting her Bristol home on the market but faces a string of challenges.

But while many may want to stand up to shower, the 62-year-old has admitted her odd routine while also explaining her shower is so small she can't move her arms properly.

However, Carol's decision to place her shower in such close proximity to her toilet appears to have been for a reason and opened up about her choice.

Carol Vorderman has opened up about life on the road (Instagram/vordervan)
Carol revealed that it can be quite snug once she steps into the back of her campervan (Instagram/carolvorders)

Speaking to Paul Merton on her BBC Radio Wales programme, the TV star who described her van as her "man van" went on to say: "In my van, I've got a little shower area, when I say little, I mean little - tiny.

"So small that you can't actually stand up in it.

"So I designed it so there's a loo in there, a compost toilet, so you sit down - because when you stand up to have a shower you need more room for your arms."

Carol added: "Whereas if you have a sit-down shower, which you can perfectly well do, you don't need as much space in the van."

Carol has to sit on the toilet while showering (Instagram/carolvorders)

It's believed that Carol's 4x4 medium-wheel-based MAN TGE3 cost between £38,000 and £47,000 but she later went on to spend an eyewatering £50,000 to renovate the portable home.

But the brainiac's decision came after she decided to place her sprawling Bristol home on the market in favour of living on the road.

However, she does have a home in Wales as well as a smaller apartment in Bristol but prefers to sleep in her motorhome while travelling across the four corners of Great Britain.

Carol still has a home in Wales and a small flat in Bristol (Getty Images)

Speaking about touring the three nations, Carol told Hello! magazine in 2021: "I'm really into van life, I love the air, I love the freedom of it, I love the scruffiness of it.

"I am a wanderer; I've always been a wanderer, I love making homes, but I don't want to be in them very much. I live between west Wales, a bit of Cardiff and Bristol.

"I think progressively that will become all Wales, well, soon, I am Welsh, and I love it – I want to spend much less time in London working – that's a decision of mine, I'm only doing the things that I want to do."

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