IanC
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We had not done camping for about 10 years. Our son bought us a dolphin whale watch for one christmas & my wife chose Scotland -(only other options were Wales & Cornwall which had been to several times). We decided on camping to avoid taking the in-laws (wifes idea !!!). Tried a couple of week ends in Swanage & enjoyed it. only problem was that our tent was a low tunnel tent & we realised that the additional ten years made a big difference trying to get in & out.
We set off mid August last year. The weather could not have been windier or wetter but we perservered. We moved on every couple of days staring near Inverness & travelled up around the coast down to Glen Coe. The CCC site in Inverewe was 3 inches under water but we found another site further down. After one night at Glen Coe with similar weather we gave up & decided to come home (1 day short of a fortnight) The rain had stopped temporarily & I raised the sides of the tent to dry off. I popped over to the shower block/toilets & there was a couple there with an Autosleeper Symbol with an awning out. He was packed & ready to go within about 15min. We got chatting & the seed was sewn. After a very wet & very windy camping holiday we got home & actually looked at a few taller tents but also looked at a few motorhomes. It was either a choice of £200 for a tent or several 000's for a motorhome. We decided that if we paid that sort of money then we would have to use it as often as possible. The motorhome won & took delivery of a new 'Autosleeper Dorset ES' at the beginning of Feb. It was not without issues (39 in total - another long story !!!) but these are now sorted out thankfully. Unfortunately in the first week we needed a new windscreen due to a stone hitting it. Also a new waste pipe as I had not clipped it back in correctly (Started to wonder if we made the right choice) Anyway we perservered but we are still learning & have a lot to learn & now Loving every minute of it though :thumb: & look forward to the kind guidance from experienced motorhomers.
Ian & Lyn
We had not done camping for about 10 years. Our son bought us a dolphin whale watch for one christmas & my wife chose Scotland -(only other options were Wales & Cornwall which had been to several times). We decided on camping to avoid taking the in-laws (wifes idea !!!). Tried a couple of week ends in Swanage & enjoyed it. only problem was that our tent was a low tunnel tent & we realised that the additional ten years made a big difference trying to get in & out.
We set off mid August last year. The weather could not have been windier or wetter but we perservered. We moved on every couple of days staring near Inverness & travelled up around the coast down to Glen Coe. The CCC site in Inverewe was 3 inches under water but we found another site further down. After one night at Glen Coe with similar weather we gave up & decided to come home (1 day short of a fortnight) The rain had stopped temporarily & I raised the sides of the tent to dry off. I popped over to the shower block/toilets & there was a couple there with an Autosleeper Symbol with an awning out. He was packed & ready to go within about 15min. We got chatting & the seed was sewn. After a very wet & very windy camping holiday we got home & actually looked at a few taller tents but also looked at a few motorhomes. It was either a choice of £200 for a tent or several 000's for a motorhome. We decided that if we paid that sort of money then we would have to use it as often as possible. The motorhome won & took delivery of a new 'Autosleeper Dorset ES' at the beginning of Feb. It was not without issues (39 in total - another long story !!!) but these are now sorted out thankfully. Unfortunately in the first week we needed a new windscreen due to a stone hitting it. Also a new waste pipe as I had not clipped it back in correctly (Started to wonder if we made the right choice) Anyway we perservered but we are still learning & have a lot to learn & now Loving every minute of it though :thumb: & look forward to the kind guidance from experienced motorhomers.
Ian & Lyn