Squeals on wheels...why did you want a motorhome.

Bushtrekker

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A friend of mine owned up to her reason for buying a motorhome. She was having an affair with someone about 100 miles away and used it for illicit liaisons. I bought mine to give me the freedom to travel around without paying hotel bills and without the hassle of packing up wet tents and sleeping bags now I've retired.

What was your main reason for buying a motorhome?
 
To get away from teenagers who take over the house and never give us any ' grown up time ' ;) If you know what I mean !!!!!!! :lol-053:
 
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I am using my fathers mh and my reasons are ...
When my daughter makes career choices she does so using her knowledge of what options are available to her., three months into our journey and she knows what is involved in running an organic tannery, small distillery, she has built a shed, knows about honey production, owning a tea room, homing and caring for reptiles seized by customs and excise, preservation and maintenance of wartime relics/sites, canal restoration and funding, the list is long and growing by the day ..... also it has always been my dream to do this.
 
herbenny said:
To get away from teenagers who take over the house and never give us any ' grown up time ' ;) If you know what I mean !!!!!!! :lol-053:
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same here. But to get away from people in general as well. I prefer animals to people. They only kill to eat and live.
 
To get away to places that are free from other tourists, take the dog without having to find a dog friendly hotel, B&B, holiday cottage, not be tied to where I go or when, not have to pack the car up with camping kit, clothes etc. just finish work, jump into the drivers seat and head for the place with the best weather, pubs, restaurants or whatever takes my fancy.

Only problem is that it take SWMBO about 2 hours from getting home to being ready and a couple of days to decide what clothes to take.
 
Here are my (our) reasons - rather long-winded though!

SWMBO and I have spent most of our holidays tent camping, from small back-packing tents to, finally, a small frame tent. We had discussed in passing, that we would like to look at a mh, but never got any further. We had often looked at motorhomers on campsites with a certain amount of envy, especially when we were sat out under an umbrella in the rain cooking our dinner.

One bank holiday weekend, we were on our way to join friends on Anglesey. They were in their caravan, we had our frame tent. Battling through torrential rain and heavy traffic, we reached Runcorn after about 2 hours, which should have taken us less than half that time. Our friends warned us that where they were it was horizontal rain and a howling gale, so we decided to turn round and go home.

Next day, we decided to go to Stoke for a bit of retail therapy at PC World. On the way through, we passed Moorland Leisure, who sold caravans. They had some used motorhomes in their forecourt, so I suggested we go in and have a look. We examined several vans, dismissing each as we looked at them, until we were shown a Devon Sahara, based on a LDV Convoy. We liked it immediately. It only had 13,000 miles on the clock and was in excellent condition, with a layout that seemed fine for us.

We discussed the price and, as we were not part-exchanging, they knocked £3,000 off. We bought it on the spot. This is something that we never normally do, we usually take a long time to decide on a large purchase, discussing the pros and cons, but this was too good to miss.

Well, we kept that van for 6 years, until we finally purchased our current van.

It's given us the freedom to just go away any time we please, no messing about at airports, bus terminals or railway stations, just fling some clothes in, turn the fridge on, put some food in, and away we go - not forgetting the dog, of course.

Having our mh allows us to pursue our main hobbies (wildlife, photography and astronomy) with ease and we get away as often as we can.

Now that i have retired and SWMBO will retire soon, we'll be spending even more time away!!!

Richard
Homepage of Richard & Angela Knisely-Marpole. Archaeology, Heritage, Wildlife & Astronomy
 
That SWIMBO gets about a bit don't he!!! More stamina than me I can tell ya Sheeeesh!! :scared:
 
In 1996 when we were holidaying in Greece in a car we stopped at a thermal pool. There was an English motorhome camped there and the idea struck us that that was what we wanted to do. So we bought an elderly Bedford CF and travelled overland to Greece. Have never looked back since!
 
scenictraveller said:
im a sea angler and fish some really remote areas,tents are ok but as bush says taking down and puting up and gathering
all your kit,is a pain more so if its windy and wet.

mine is a conversion (will be once i get that sofa oot the back of it),it dont look pretty so if fits perfectly with me,
the scenics ok but a bit cramped,fine for a day but thats all.

the van will hold all my gear and waterproofs and gadgets,u need when fishing,mainly a fridge to chill the beer:)
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Are you talking about sea or freshwater fishing? If it's beach I might join you one day.
 
We used to be caravanners but found all the setting up and stuff a bit much of a chore these days. I think my wife bought our hovel to keep me from under her feet while I sorted it out. :rolleyes2:
 
Initially (back in 1976) we did it cos we had a toddler, a dog & a baby on the way. It meant that we could carry with us all we needed in nappies, baby food, spare clothes etc for ad hoc picnics & weekends away. We had had a caravan for some years, but always needed to spend a couple of hours getting everything packed into the car & then when on picnics from the caravan, we had to change baby on the front seat, prepare food in the boot etc.

We sold our MH in 1982 after moving to a rural home & having less need to get away, and when we did we went sailing in a yacht. Last year, using a bit of redundancy money, we bought another MH to share with the kids & take our G-kids out locally without always being ruled by weather as you are on a sea-going boat. Still have the boat mind, but now have the opportunity for land cruising too!
 
as achild we used m,homes ,tents caravans to travel uk and on the continent .when i was a teenager i travelled with friends to morocco in an old ford thames van. later got married we bought a splitty vw . progressed through to a new one in 88. have taken them all over the place .12 years ago bought the mini artic . best bit of kit ever had . changed the unit 5 yrs ago . might never sell it . love the freedom of m,homes . still have tents ,teardrop caravan etc . love it all but hate campsites and hate paying to park . never use paying aires in france .you can always find somewhere for free.or move on .
 
When I left the RAF I got a job which took me all over Scotland and the North of England, from Shetland in the North down as far as Manchester.
So on taking early retirement, I realised that although my wife and I had spent quite a bit of time abroad on holidays she had not seen much of her own country of Scotland. Fortunately, a life insurance policy matured and I was able to buy a new MH for cash 5 years ago and since then we have travelled extensively around Scotland and North England.
Also, we have visited relations in Germany 3 times going via WW1 cemeteries in France visiting ancestors graves found through Genealogy.
Now thinking of going over to Ireland to research another branch of the family ancestors.
 
It's the freedom that does it for me.

No loading, no unloading, being able to stop when it's raining and only having to turn the gas on for a drink then off to bed, which with the drop down bed always made up takes no time. I shudder when I think how many times I've driven back with misted up car windows due to sodden tents and bedding, then had to spend the rest of the week drying kit before heading off again.
 
Easy.....go away and stay away (or not) at a moments notice as the mood takes me.
 
To live in it most of the time, if not all the time. It's cheaper to heat, easy to cool, and quicker to clean.

If you live in your van, going away is more of a breeze too. OK, you may still have to stock up up on food and fill/empty tanks but all those trinkets like first aid kits, potions, lotions, dried food, clothes etc will already be in the van.
 
Jonas said:
so it does! silly me. I will wait until the missis to get home and give my bot a good spankin' for not reading posts properly :sad:
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lifes a beach m8 sometimes a rocky one or all afloat on a boat at loch etive.
 
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