Cecil has a crane and winch attachment for picking up plastic waste from the coast [BBC]<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\nThe van, which runs on recycled chip fat, has been the workhorse of Clean Ocean Sailing since Mr Green brought it over to Cornwall from Australia in 1998.<\/p>\n
Cecil is Mr Green’s daily driver and has a crane and winch attachment for picking up plastic waste from the coast which Clean Ocean Sailing collects for recycling.<\/p>\n
The trip to Wolfsburg was a dream for Mr Green, who has nurtured the campervan to its amazing mileage, and the journey was being filmed by The Travel Show for BBC News.<\/p>\n
But a fan switch next to a new radiator was destroyed by hot exhaust fumes and the engine overheated, leading to the gasket failure and a ride back to Gweek on a pick-up truck.<\/p>\n
‘Quite emotional’<\/h2>\n
“Usually when he breaks down it’s because a chip has got caught in a pipe,” said Mr Green.<\/p>\n
“At least everyone’s safe. Cecil is back in Gweek now, I’m putting him in the workshop in a minute.<\/p>\n
“I’m going to take the cylinder head off, have it machined, and check for cracks and put them all back together again.”<\/p>\n
He said he was planning another trip, with his family coming along for the ride.<\/p>\n
“This time was a bit of a hurry and as left my six-year-old Simon was cuddling him and saying goodbye to Cecil, and asking if he could come.<\/p>\n
“It was actually really quite emotional and it feels like Cecil decided not to go this time, because he wanted his family to go with him.”<\/p>\n
If you want to see Cecil in action, the van is due to appear on <\/em>The Travel Show<\/em><\/a> in January.<\/em><\/p>\nFollow BBC Cornwall on <\/em>X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>, <\/em>Facebook<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>Instagram<\/em><\/a>. Send your story ideas to <\/em>spotlight@bbc.co.uk<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\nRelated stories<\/h2>\nRelated internet links<\/h2>\n
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