Twogirls
Free Member
Well, quite a lot actually! We're relative newbies having bought our first MH in March this year (I came onto the forum to say hi back in March and now we're fully paid up members). Since then I've been reading the Forum pretty much every day, and thanks to your advice and recommendations have learnt so much useful stuff ready for our big adventure this winter, eg, had a Gaslow twin system fitted with adaptors for use in Europe (thanks Kendal Camping), hab check done (nil damp, phew) been to a weighbridge fully loaded (even though we were going by the V5 stated gross weight as we can't find the plate lol), downloaded the campercontact app, got rid of the "loo blue" and now use washing liquid instead (couldn't abide the smell of the blue stuff), used cheap cola to freshen up the waste tank.....and loads of other very very useful info. Thank you.
So, the plan is we both finish up with our jobs in a couple of weeks time, then we fly off to Goa for 3 weeks to chill out and recover from the stress of moving out of our house etc, come back early December, collect MH (its in storage) and dog and off we go. Chunnel booked using Tesco vouchers (again, thanks to your tip), we're planning to use the MMH route as an outline plan for travel down to South of Spain, returning end Feb. Haven't booked any sites except one for Xmas and New Year - Deb was worried about there not being room at the inn on Xmas Eve so I gave in and agreed to book one site.
Our house is going to be looked after by family who are "between homes" at the moment, they're moving in as we leave, so we still have our UK address.
We want and need to find work next year as site wardens or assistant wardens...i'm told it's a difficult area to break into without previous experience (although we've both worked for many years in public/customer service roles). We just need to be given that first opportunity so keep your fingers crossed for us.
We are more than a little apprehensive, this is a big lifestyle change for us and we've never not used campsites (if that makes sense), never driven in Spain, never been on a trip for longer than 2 weeks, to say nothing of no longer having salaries to rely on.....eeeek!!! We would prefer to travel and see lots of places, don't want to stay on campsites for weeks at a time over the winter, but will we be able to find places to stay in Spain/Portugal without using campsites all the time? Reading some of the threads saying how busy it is now in the winter I have visions of huge convoys of MHs all trying to squeeze into parking spaces as night draws on, people getting out and having arguments and worse.....please please tell me it wont be like that!! I'm probably thinking of a busy Aldi car park on a Saturday afternoon here where car park altercations are fairly commonplace unfortunately!
Finally, please can we have a Fun sticker? It would be wonderful to see other Funsters on our travels and we would love to have the chance to meet some of you over the winter. If you see me approaching with a clipboard, don't run off, I'm not doing a survey, I've got a list of (MH related) questions that you might be able to help with!!
We're so excited to start our adventure and now, posting this, it really feels like the adventure has actually started. Have a good day all !!
So, the plan is we both finish up with our jobs in a couple of weeks time, then we fly off to Goa for 3 weeks to chill out and recover from the stress of moving out of our house etc, come back early December, collect MH (its in storage) and dog and off we go. Chunnel booked using Tesco vouchers (again, thanks to your tip), we're planning to use the MMH route as an outline plan for travel down to South of Spain, returning end Feb. Haven't booked any sites except one for Xmas and New Year - Deb was worried about there not being room at the inn on Xmas Eve so I gave in and agreed to book one site.
Our house is going to be looked after by family who are "between homes" at the moment, they're moving in as we leave, so we still have our UK address.
We want and need to find work next year as site wardens or assistant wardens...i'm told it's a difficult area to break into without previous experience (although we've both worked for many years in public/customer service roles). We just need to be given that first opportunity so keep your fingers crossed for us.
We are more than a little apprehensive, this is a big lifestyle change for us and we've never not used campsites (if that makes sense), never driven in Spain, never been on a trip for longer than 2 weeks, to say nothing of no longer having salaries to rely on.....eeeek!!! We would prefer to travel and see lots of places, don't want to stay on campsites for weeks at a time over the winter, but will we be able to find places to stay in Spain/Portugal without using campsites all the time? Reading some of the threads saying how busy it is now in the winter I have visions of huge convoys of MHs all trying to squeeze into parking spaces as night draws on, people getting out and having arguments and worse.....please please tell me it wont be like that!! I'm probably thinking of a busy Aldi car park on a Saturday afternoon here where car park altercations are fairly commonplace unfortunately!
Finally, please can we have a Fun sticker? It would be wonderful to see other Funsters on our travels and we would love to have the chance to meet some of you over the winter. If you see me approaching with a clipboard, don't run off, I'm not doing a survey, I've got a list of (MH related) questions that you might be able to help with!!
We're so excited to start our adventure and now, posting this, it really feels like the adventure has actually started. Have a good day all !!
