- Sep 3, 2013
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- 1992 RMB Silver Star 670
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- One year. A whole one!
Having bought Udo from somewhere near Berlin last weekend and driven him back, we thought a shakedown weekend to see what's what was in order.
The rule was somewhere reasonably near our home, 'Autoglym Towers' in Berkshire.
A place called Twilight Leisure Park appeared near Banbury. It's a small place situated next to a canal and within easy reach of the M40. So we thought it worth a shot as it's just over an hour's drive away.
Due to the cold weather and general laziness, we decided to take advantage of a visiting fish and chip van to the site shortly after we arrived. Naturally, this meal needed a few drops of an alcoholic beverage to wash it down, so we brought with us a bottle of Bolly. As one does.
So our first meal in Udo, thus...
The Webasto did its thing rather well and kept the cold out. In fact, we had to turn it down to minimum as it provided so much heat and Udo is pretty thoroughly insulated.
One of the nicest features of RMB's are their windscreen blind. As the side windows are double glazed, the blind seals things off and, typically, is built like the proverbial.
So, what to do on a lazy Saturday with the family? Well, in my case another bottle was opened. Of Autoglym this time. The job I did wasn't anything special by my own standards, but it made a decent enough visual improvement.
Oh yeah, notice the glass of red.... Mid-afternoon refreshment post-polish. I thought I'd earnt it.
The Isabella chairs were SO comfortable, too. Can't recommend those highly enough.
The polishing showed Udo to be in very good shape cosmetically, so time very well spent.
After that, we decided a walk along the canal was in order. It's right next to the site and well worthwhile. We've always wanted to buy a canal boat and love their relaxed demeanour. Sound familiar?
Water boiler issues aside, Udo really justified all the effort I spent to buy an RMB and indeed an older motorhome. The layout simply 'worked' and, apart from a slight lack of kitchen worktop space, we feel we did OK.
Next trip early next year is to get the boiler fixed and the refillable gas sorted and working.
The rule was somewhere reasonably near our home, 'Autoglym Towers' in Berkshire.
A place called Twilight Leisure Park appeared near Banbury. It's a small place situated next to a canal and within easy reach of the M40. So we thought it worth a shot as it's just over an hour's drive away.
Due to the cold weather and general laziness, we decided to take advantage of a visiting fish and chip van to the site shortly after we arrived. Naturally, this meal needed a few drops of an alcoholic beverage to wash it down, so we brought with us a bottle of Bolly. As one does.
So our first meal in Udo, thus...
The Webasto did its thing rather well and kept the cold out. In fact, we had to turn it down to minimum as it provided so much heat and Udo is pretty thoroughly insulated.
One of the nicest features of RMB's are their windscreen blind. As the side windows are double glazed, the blind seals things off and, typically, is built like the proverbial.
So, what to do on a lazy Saturday with the family? Well, in my case another bottle was opened. Of Autoglym this time. The job I did wasn't anything special by my own standards, but it made a decent enough visual improvement.
Oh yeah, notice the glass of red.... Mid-afternoon refreshment post-polish. I thought I'd earnt it.
The Isabella chairs were SO comfortable, too. Can't recommend those highly enough.
The polishing showed Udo to be in very good shape cosmetically, so time very well spent.
After that, we decided a walk along the canal was in order. It's right next to the site and well worthwhile. We've always wanted to buy a canal boat and love their relaxed demeanour. Sound familiar?
Water boiler issues aside, Udo really justified all the effort I spent to buy an RMB and indeed an older motorhome. The layout simply 'worked' and, apart from a slight lack of kitchen worktop space, we feel we did OK.
Next trip early next year is to get the boiler fixed and the refillable gas sorted and working.
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