eddie
LIFE MEMBER
Well Lyn and I jumped into the Van Bitz exhibition unit on Thursday in the wee small hours and drove to Peterborough. With us were two overnight bags and we left our Terios packed full of stuff for our staff to tow up later in the day?
Why? Because my wonderful wife thought that as shows are not difficult enough to organise, set up, and run, that we could further complicate things by arranging with the staff at Oakwell Motorhomes to arrange to take delivery of our new motorhome at the Peterborough show!
Oakwell Motorhomes were great and their staff pulled out all of the stops to get the van finished in time for the new delivery date! We even got the van registered.
So Thursday night once the Terios support unit had arrived we gratefully unloaded everything that we had carefully considered and planned to ensure we had what we needed.
Loads of booze and steak (I did that bit) no wine glasses or as we found out the next morning no coffee mugs or washing up liquid.
Luckily we were parked in the traders area (the good bit with electric hook up, water and concrete (well hook up was the genny) and were surrounded by friends, most of whom seemed to be sat in the van eating the steak and drinking the booze, so what we didn't have we borrowed.
So thanks to Oakwell Motorhomes and to everyone that lent us stuff at the show.
If anyone is interested, I was thinking about posting regular updates about the toys we intend to install on the new van. I thought that I would explain the reasons behind the items that I choose as I am a lucky boy and have the ability to walk around our stock room and point at stuff that I want installing. So my choices will, in the main be about product quality, performance and back up rather than price.
What do you think? Immediate projects are security as a priority, so a Growler security system. The new Dometic pure sine wave inverter/ 100 amp charger, 2 130 watt Alden solar panels with a new advance regulator I want to try, a Victron Battery Management system and a Twin LNB dome or dish (jury is out on that one due to the changes regarding Astra1N)
Lyn will be adding cushions, runners and more bloody cushions as usual
Eddie
Why? Because my wonderful wife thought that as shows are not difficult enough to organise, set up, and run, that we could further complicate things by arranging with the staff at Oakwell Motorhomes to arrange to take delivery of our new motorhome at the Peterborough show!
Oakwell Motorhomes were great and their staff pulled out all of the stops to get the van finished in time for the new delivery date! We even got the van registered.
So Thursday night once the Terios support unit had arrived we gratefully unloaded everything that we had carefully considered and planned to ensure we had what we needed.
Loads of booze and steak (I did that bit) no wine glasses or as we found out the next morning no coffee mugs or washing up liquid.
Luckily we were parked in the traders area (the good bit with electric hook up, water and concrete (well hook up was the genny) and were surrounded by friends, most of whom seemed to be sat in the van eating the steak and drinking the booze, so what we didn't have we borrowed.
So thanks to Oakwell Motorhomes and to everyone that lent us stuff at the show.
If anyone is interested, I was thinking about posting regular updates about the toys we intend to install on the new van. I thought that I would explain the reasons behind the items that I choose as I am a lucky boy and have the ability to walk around our stock room and point at stuff that I want installing. So my choices will, in the main be about product quality, performance and back up rather than price.
What do you think? Immediate projects are security as a priority, so a Growler security system. The new Dometic pure sine wave inverter/ 100 amp charger, 2 130 watt Alden solar panels with a new advance regulator I want to try, a Victron Battery Management system and a Twin LNB dome or dish (jury is out on that one due to the changes regarding Astra1N)
Lyn will be adding cushions, runners and more bloody cushions as usual
Eddie