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[peterc10]

Have a look at a map of France and you will see.....

"Paris Brothel" is, I am told, a style not a geographical location. I am told that there is one in every port.

 

[buttons]

Is anyone else going to the NEC?

We are booked into the temporary site for Wednesday/Thursday/Friday nights so will be in the show for much of those three days.

Sorry we will miss you GJH we are going on Saturday...enjoy

 

[DuxDeluxe]

"Paris Brothel" is, I am told, a style not a geographical location. I am told that there is one in every port.

You see, I was right - you DO know all about them.

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[peterc10]

You see, I was right - you DO know all about them.

Only from I have heard from sailors

 

[busby]

Is anyone else going to the NEC?

We are booked into the temporary site for Wednesday/Thursday/Friday nights so will be in the show for much of those three days.

3 days,,3 hours did us on tues,,nothing very exciting,,,,BUSBY.

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Only from I have heard from sailors

Then you have either:
A) been to Danny's Bar in Antwerp or...
B) been speaking with @rangitira or....
C) more likely both!

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[peterc10]

Then you have either:
A) been to Danny's Bar in Antwerp or...
B) been speaking with @rangitira or....
C) more likely both!

I have never heard of the establishment your honour .........

 

[GJH]

3 days,,3 hours did us on tues,,nothing very exciting,,,,BUSBY.

We were in the halls for 4 hours or so this afternoon and only touched the surface

 

[DuxDeluxe]

I have never heard of the establishment your honour .........

Rangi's second home in the dim distant days of square riggers, rum, baccy and the lash

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[DuxDeluxe]

We were in the halls for 4 hours or so this afternoon and only touched the surface

Very nice le voyageur A class with rear lounge

 

[GJH]

Very nice le voyageur A class with rear lounge

We'll have a look today.

 

[Chocy boy]

25 minutes away by train, will be there at 10. Will have Funster badge on, sod say hello.

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[mike mcglynn]

Which sod will be saying hello to you we are having our badges on, we will say hello

 

[GJH]

This sod (and Jill) will be somewhere in the atrium in the run up to the opening at 10am - and we'll have our badges

 

[DuxDeluxe]

We'll have a look today.

It ticked a lot of boxes for us. And had a nice chat with Bill Hayes of Hayes leisure as well.

Had Funster badge on but didn't see anyone. The guy at life's a breeze offered to replace a broken pole section FOC if I tell him which one it is, just have to pay the postage. Good outfit. I like them

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[GJH]

It ticked a lot of boxes for us. And had a nice chat with Bill Hayes of Hayes leisure as well.

Had Funster badge on but didn't see anyone. The guy at life's a breeze offered to replace a broken pole section FOC if I tell him which one it is, just have to pay the postage. Good outfit. I like them

Never got to look at it after all David. Far too big for us By the way, sorry to have missed you yesterday - I had to enjoy a Laphroaig on my own

 

[GJH]

We kept looking but only met one Funster, @John745, who spotted our badges whilst we were having lunch. Nice to meet you John.
Most of the motorhomes were wrong for us. Too big or wrong types of bed (we don't want transverse, drop down or island).
There was a nice Fleurette 6.5 metre van with a french bed on Webbs' stand though. We'll have a look tomorrow.

 

[Steve and Kat]

We were looking out for fellow Funsters too today. We even put our big Funster Window Sticker in the middle of the van's windscreen hoping to attract our fellow friends But to no avail !! So just in case any of you missed us today, it will be there tomorrow right in the middle so look out for us

Now, we went to the Motorhome show to look at Motorhome stuff, and guess what ?? We saw about 4 today.. We ended up looking at a number of gadget retailers, stayed at the French Campsite section and got talking to a number of people there about aires and good campsites, and after that got talking to and testing the Duvalay stuff. Then had lunch and both decided it's a good idea to go and have a look at some van's.. After all, it's what we came to do !!

2 min's in we noticed the Swift Lodges and OMAR Palatial Static Caravan section with static's costing from £28k to £275K.... Kat thought this looked interesting, and boy Static Caravan's have come a long way since I was a wee lad They even had their own built in BBQ Section... so, 3 hrs later........

Kat decides we need some new pillow's.. 30 mins later after thorough testing we buy some... I have to say look very nice and the special "show" price we paid for them, they better last 10 years...

So back to the Motorhome side. Today we saw the new big arsed 2.489 metre wide Bailey, a lovely quaint old fashioned caravan (Pic to follow) and a great Built in BBQ from Chausson that extends from the side of the van.. Brilliant !! And of course we went to see the new updated 2017 version of our Comanche...

Tomorrow, hoping to spend some time looking at vans, and hoping to spot the Funster....

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[Anthea M]

@Steve and Kat ,Glad you got your big nay huge smiley badge in the van!! We only went for the day and hardly scratched the surface! I saw some crocs I liked and a Mr Ds smaller cooking thingy which I thought looked great. But bought nothing!!! Didn't see one funster with a badge on perhaps they were avoiding me! Enjoy!

 

[Steve and Kat]

 

[lorger]

People think wearing a Funster badge will attract others, I think it's more of a warning sign especially in @GJH case

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[Anthea M]

People think wearing a Funster badge will attract others, I think it's more of a warning sign especially in @GJH case

Well it must be as no one said hello or had a badge that I saw on Tuesday!! The dealer lady on the Hymer stand said she liked my smiley badge!! Being nice to me so I'd by a van! Which I didn't !!

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Well it must be as no one said hello or had a badge that I saw on Tuesday!! The dealer lady on the Hymer stand said she liked my smiley badge!! Being nice to me so I'd by a van! Which I didn't !!

My biggest disappointment was not seeing @GJH as I really wanted to buy him and Jill lunch (honest) - February I stood Les and Debs lunch. Just a nice thing to do.......

 

[GJH]

People think wearing a Funster badge will attract others, I think it's more of a warning sign especially in @GJH case

Perhaps they think it is the initials (first & last anyway) of a Funster from Dumfries

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[Steve and Kat]

Without a shadow of doubt both Kat and I love the new Dethleffs Grand Alpha 7820 A..

For 2 people it was our star of the show..

...that said we loved the tiny Hymer van 314.

 

[Anthea M]

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Without a shadow of doubt both Kat and I love the new Dethleffs Grand Alpha 7820 A..

For 2 people it was our star of the show..

...that said we loved the tiny Hymer van 314.

We liked the Hymer van it's very like our Hobby but the fridge was minute!!!

 

[Stewen]

We were there yesterday, boiling down our shortlist for our first MH./ PVC. Met 2 funsters, (wearing badges) Eddie at Vanbitz, told me all about lithium ion batteries and the strikeback alarm system.
Also the chap selling window anti- pry devices - sorry, didnt write your name down. Both really helpful guys.

Our choices are likely to be from 3 front lounge layouts & 1 rear lounge:
Shire phoenix FL Twin
Autotrail V 600 sport
Wildax Constellation 3
Autosleeper Warwick Duo

Was a good, informative but tiring day as there at 10:15 till gone 5pm. loads to see / digest and only scratched the surface re all the accessories and add on stands.

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[GWAYGWAY]

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STILL Overweight!

 

[Neilfg]

We had quick visit yesterday, wanted to check the hydraulic levelling options, useful to see the 3 options all at the same time makes comparisons so much easier.

Once that was done we checked out the new vans we thought might suit us. But the highlight was that there was nothing new that is better than we have

 

[BillandHelen]

Neil, what were your thoughts on the three systems, we are looking to put the E&P levellers on our new van, so would be interested in your views.
Bill

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