Motohome Show - Who's going?
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And what are you planning to buy? Or more important, what has you other half decided is on or off the menu?
we've got a 15 Swift Lifestyle, v. nice van but there's a few things I'm less than enthusiastic about and have dropped in conversation that for "only" an extra £15k we can get the perfect van. Except I wouldn't be able to defrost it, she's that cold to the idea, Says Swifty is perfect and we don't NEED a new one. Telling her she doesn't NEED thirty pairs of shoes was the wrong thing to say too. You'd have thought after 42 years I'd know to stfu
Hmm, we'll see.
So over to you chaps, any big spenders out there? Or little one, that's interesting too, gadgets are good.
we've got a 15 Swift Lifestyle, v. nice van but there's a few things I'm less than enthusiastic about and have dropped in conversation that for "only" an extra £15k we can get the perfect van. Except I wouldn't be able to defrost it, she's that cold to the idea, Says Swifty is perfect and we don't NEED a new one. Telling her she doesn't NEED thirty pairs of shoes was the wrong thing to say too. You'd have thought after 42 years I'd know to stfu
Hmm, we'll see.
So over to you chaps, any big spenders out there? Or little one, that's interesting too, gadgets are good.
Fixed beds are great if they're big enough. In our last caravan and Ace Viscount, we had a fixed bed I think they call it a French bed it's got a corner cut off. It was OK for me sleeping on the outside but SWMBO found it a pain having to climb over me to go to the loo in the night and the bed was quite narrow but worst was she hated being hemmed in against the wall.
The bed's one of the things I'd change with Swifty but it'd have to be an island bed and not sure if they're big enough. At the moment I sleep at the back in the made up lounge bed (grrr I hate making up the bed) and SWMBO sleeps upstairs
The bed's one of the things I'd change with Swifty but it'd have to be an island bed and not sure if they're big enough. At the moment I sleep at the back in the made up lounge bed (grrr I hate making up the bed) and SWMBO sleeps upstairs
We went Friday evening and stayed at Drayton Manor as chasingracecars recommended. Thanks. Strange though, when I phoned them on Wednesday they said two nights minimum for an electric pitch which gets a bit pricey, then on Friday I phoned and they said non electric only so agreed we'd stay there and pay on arrival. When we got to the site they offered us hook up for one night. Anyway it's a nice site with a smashing restaurant 5 mins walk away within the theme park complex. So instead of £28 only cost £14 so that was good
Got to the show and realised I'd left the printed off tickets that I booked online on my computer, so instead of having already paid £7.00 each I'd have to pay another £11 each on the door. Jokingly told the chappie on the ticket booth what I'd done and he said, "Oh you don't need to pay again, go to booth in Hall 19 and they'll track your tickets and reissue them". Which they did. So saved £22. That was second good
Looked at most of the m/h's and there was only one that we thought would work for us, a Benimar with two electric beds coming down from the ceiling, but the headroom's marginal. And for an extra £15k over what we'd get for our Swift, find it hard to justify. So that was the third good.
Overall had a good weekend and saved £15,036.
Got to the show and realised I'd left the printed off tickets that I booked online on my computer, so instead of having already paid £7.00 each I'd have to pay another £11 each on the door. Jokingly told the chappie on the ticket booth what I'd done and he said, "Oh you don't need to pay again, go to booth in Hall 19 and they'll track your tickets and reissue them". Which they did. So saved £22. That was second good
Looked at most of the m/h's and there was only one that we thought would work for us, a Benimar with two electric beds coming down from the ceiling, but the headroom's marginal. And for an extra £15k over what we'd get for our Swift, find it hard to justify. So that was the third good.
Overall had a good weekend and saved £15,036.
Edited by ColinM50 on Monday 17th October 12:08
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