Dave and Ginny
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- Jan 31, 2013
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- Hymer Starline 680
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- Since 2011, previously a tugger
We love our old Hymer to bits...but as we get older the question of how to be mobile once at your destination would seem to be resolved by towing!
Ginny can no longer use her bike safely due to a medical condition that sadly now makes it just plain dangerous for her to risk using it. Having Wintered in Spain for the first time 2015/16 we know that we want to be heading for the sun again later this year. I've considered a smart car, but the issues of towing in Spain with car and trailer which you then have to find space on a pitch for seem less than ideal. We also end up leaving a car sat on the drive at home costing us money and rapidly depreciating.
We had a quick look at around a local Caravan dealer yesterday and were quite pleasantly surprised by what is available at reasonable prices. A couple of Sterlings were particularly nice with fixed beds and what seemed like huge bathrooms. It seems you could pick something quite reasonable up for about 12k and just a few years old.
I'm less convinced about this than Ginny; but I cannot deny that logic would seem to suggest it would be better for us. I reckon I could pick up a decent van and choose a suitable tow car for something under 30k without too much difficulty.
Am I going mad or what?
Ginny can no longer use her bike safely due to a medical condition that sadly now makes it just plain dangerous for her to risk using it. Having Wintered in Spain for the first time 2015/16 we know that we want to be heading for the sun again later this year. I've considered a smart car, but the issues of towing in Spain with car and trailer which you then have to find space on a pitch for seem less than ideal. We also end up leaving a car sat on the drive at home costing us money and rapidly depreciating.
We had a quick look at around a local Caravan dealer yesterday and were quite pleasantly surprised by what is available at reasonable prices. A couple of Sterlings were particularly nice with fixed beds and what seemed like huge bathrooms. It seems you could pick something quite reasonable up for about 12k and just a few years old.
I'm less convinced about this than Ginny; but I cannot deny that logic would seem to suggest it would be better for us. I reckon I could pick up a decent van and choose a suitable tow car for something under 30k without too much difficulty.
Am I going mad or what?