Vagabond
Free Member
Greetings
I’m John and I’ve been motorhoming and campervanning for more than 40 years.
I’ve had shiny new coachbuilts and rusty old self-build vans.
I’ve just collected my ninth (and absolutely my last) van – a 2003 Toyota Hi Ace Devon Sunrise – in fact a later version of my first, 1985 Sunrise.
Although married, most of my campervanning trips are now solo, invariably in France and at the end of each I meet up with my wife and we then spend some weeks together in a gite somewhere.
I use mostly aires with the occasional Municipal to replenish battery and laundry.
I use a combination of paper map planning, my trusty Garmin 1490 and my tried and tested spreadsheet of co-ordinates.
I don’t do rallies but like to chat to fellow vagabonds when parked up on aires.
Although I have little to contribute in the way of technical advice, I hope to be able to offer some words of experience to those venturing across the Channel for the first time.
I’m John and I’ve been motorhoming and campervanning for more than 40 years.
I’ve had shiny new coachbuilts and rusty old self-build vans.
I’ve just collected my ninth (and absolutely my last) van – a 2003 Toyota Hi Ace Devon Sunrise – in fact a later version of my first, 1985 Sunrise.
Although married, most of my campervanning trips are now solo, invariably in France and at the end of each I meet up with my wife and we then spend some weeks together in a gite somewhere.
I use mostly aires with the occasional Municipal to replenish battery and laundry.
I use a combination of paper map planning, my trusty Garmin 1490 and my tried and tested spreadsheet of co-ordinates.
I don’t do rallies but like to chat to fellow vagabonds when parked up on aires.
Although I have little to contribute in the way of technical advice, I hope to be able to offer some words of experience to those venturing across the Channel for the first time.