A minister has quit the church to go travelling around the world with his dogs in an ex-army Land Rover Defender – and said it will be cheap living on the road. Scott McCrum, 40, ditched the Church of Scotland last week and moved out of his manse into the camouflage truck, which he is renovating before setting off next year.
Scott, a DJ and former X-Factor hopeful was ordained in 2015 and started at Old Kilpatrick Bowling Parish Church, Dunbartonshire, in 2018. But after buying the bulletproof 4x4 in July and struggling with his mental health, he decided to give up the church and now plans to travel the globe with his three pooches.
The Land Rover Defender Snatch 2A was used in Afghanistan and only has 28,000 miles on the clock. Scott has ripped out the troop seats and replaced them with a mattress, plans to paint the inside and outside and fit solar panels to the roof. He is also going to fit a water tank underneath, as well as a gas-powered shower and a roamer car battery to power the heating and air conditioning.
