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Well, that's it! The money is now in the bank and next Friday the new owner of our pride and joy comes to collect her after we've moved our stuff out.
We've had 10 years fulltiming in RV's and it's been fantastic. A lot of tears, a lot of heartache, a hell of a pain in the wallet.........but also a lot of fun and smiles.
ffiona and I are not giving up on the lifestyle just yet, but I'm afraid that we simply cannot continue with RV's and STILL have something left for retirement. Our dream is to hit Spain for the winters.
So, for now, we've bought a very nice twin axle caravan, which, apart from the lack of a slideout has a very similar layout to our Landau.
We're gonna give it 12 months in the caravan and see how it goes. We recon after that time it'll be either..........
a/ this is cr*p, we ned more space, in which case we think the next step will be a static.
or
b/ this is great, why didn't we do it years ago!
We really dont know which way it's going to go and we're keping an open mind.
RVing has been fun but I can't deny that we're a little bit fed up with some of the hassle which goes with it. Width issues that are STILL unresolved, despite the protestations of a certain dealer in the north whom I consider to be nothing short of a thug in a suit!, Caravan Club wardens who take on the face of a split clog when we turn up, campsite owners, who, after we spend 1/2 hour on the phone using words like, truck, bus and coach STILL say "Oooooooooo, we didn't realise it was THAT big!........for crying out loud, what part of truck do they not understand!....and the latest one, being asked for an extra £5 per night fo electric. Now, Ill be the first to admit that RV's use a bit more power, but come on, £5 per night!, I dont think so.
We will not be renewing our subscription this time, not because we have a problem or anything, I really believe this is a FANTASTIC site and I've had a lot of help and advise from it.....also, I like to think that I've helped people out with RV and Fulltiming issues.
THANKYOU, to everybody who's helped us, we're probably going to use something like "touring and tenting.com" from now on because of the caravan content of the site, but I'll still be lurking here from interests sake and you nevr know, if finances allow in the future, we may return to motorhoming or RVing in which case we'll probably be back here like a shot!
All the best everyone, thanks Nuke for a great creation and I hope everone drives safe and enjoys thier 'vans.
Best wishes
Paul & fiona Wrigley + Dougal the daft Persian.
Fulltimers
somewhere in Cheshire.
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I do wish you well in your new venture. I was thinking if you had the time perhaps the expenses that were a bit of a prob would be handy info for wanabee full timers as up until now I was certainly under the impression full timing was cheaper than living in a house. But I expect you are a bit busy at the moment what with everything but I live in hope.
Happy travels in your new home, you can still come on our rallies and meets we ain't fussy and its always handy to have a tugger on site
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its free, which is motorhomefacts sister site and its needs more members.
Mmmm... I was thinking it's about time we had another party in Congleton
All the best to you both from Mandy and myself, keep popping in from time to time, safe travels
MnD
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