Hi - I am delighted to have found this wonderful forum and joined up fully yesterday. I really had no plans at all to buy a camper - but one day I was very early for an appointment and so called into a dealer just to pass an hour. I got hooked !!! I live in Somerset and bought a Mitsubishi Delica JB500 late this summer. I am still repairing it, as I was sold a "pup" - but nevertheless I utterly love this van. I have been to the Lake District, Stratford Racecourse, Pennines and South Wales in it already and am planning a lot more adventures.
To be laid in a forest, watching the stars from my bed, and listening to the river next to me was utterly magical. The van has 4 wheel drive, and I have installed a double-
battery solar-power system in it - so I am already preparing for those wild places.
Its been an enormously steep learning curve, but, I have fantastic neighbours who have been vanning for years, and I also found a great small business called CamperTec who do repairs and maintenance and he has been a huge help.
A question about security for single women on here - do you have any tips and hints when in isolated spots at night?
I'll drive in (so I don't have to reverse out), know where my keys are, close all blinds/curtains, always have a light to hand - anything else please ? Many thanks
Anyways I look forward to meeting up with some of you good folks at some stage.