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Up to now, I was thinking that having a van of my own was really stupid and an evident waste of money.
I have 25 days off a year to be taken on working days so not including Saturdays and Sundays. I have 4 different employers (3 pairs of mums and dads as a childminder , and Latécoère boss as the warden of the stadium).
To make them agree on the days off I choose is just hell!
As a warden I work every day very early in the morning (checking the buildings , lockers, lights etc...)and in the evening up to 10pm, in case people need me for any kind of emergency; and fulltime on week ends!
So I always thought: buy a van ? what for? I have no way to escape! No week ends, holidays are with JJ in hymer...So what? insurance all year? what for ? looking at the van getting all rusty? Nah!!! I'm fine with my car + tent!
I still think it's going to be a waste of money on the principle , but I intend to ask my boss to give me one week end off a month as he is not allowed to refuse it since I work 7/7 which is against the law and I'll try to make this new option well worth every free second I can find.
The more it goes the worst it is. Even when I have days off it seems that the only words I can manage to say are 'I'm tired'! It's about time I do something to have some good time at least once a month!
Having had recently bad news about my best friend Lyli's health (which led me to take her to Scotland with me) , I thought that it would give me as well the opportunity to take her away from problems and let her enjoy the fun of motorhoming!
So there... I'm ready to buy a van. I will start looking for one with JJ here in Toulouse when he comes in July to have an idea of what they look like here . But I must say that I am fond of German and English ones. I love the autosleepers (Harmony Symphony types).
So if you hear about one little one LHD with a drop bed on a max budget of 5000 pounds (I've got to keep my money for the bigger motorhome I'll buy when retired) or less if it has things to do on it, then please let me know. I can't manage to do this in a hurry for the same reason I've started this post with... no hols! So can't go and have a look every single week . I rely on you assuming I'll be in the UK in Malvern area in August.
If you want a good idea of what I'm really looking for , here the one I fell in love with, that Dave (Snowbird) found ... how he knew this one was the one ... I haven't got the clue but this is what he said “I think this one could have your name on it” and I felt exactly the same: Bright, clean, good layout for me, a bathroom, drop bed, and the possibility to have another big bed!
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As I was about to loose a contract with a baby I didn't want to take the plunge...but it really is the one ...pity!
I hope I'll find mine before the end of the year ... may be as a Christmas present!
Thank you all if you can help, don't forget I can't manage any buying before end of July/beginning of August so no rush!
Amicalement
Frankie
PS: I don't have my little devil Owen today ... and gosh how peaceful it is here today... I don't believe I could type all this without hearing a yell!!
I have 25 days off a year to be taken on working days so not including Saturdays and Sundays. I have 4 different employers (3 pairs of mums and dads as a childminder , and Latécoère boss as the warden of the stadium).
To make them agree on the days off I choose is just hell!
As a warden I work every day very early in the morning (checking the buildings , lockers, lights etc...)and in the evening up to 10pm, in case people need me for any kind of emergency; and fulltime on week ends!
So I always thought: buy a van ? what for? I have no way to escape! No week ends, holidays are with JJ in hymer...So what? insurance all year? what for ? looking at the van getting all rusty? Nah!!! I'm fine with my car + tent!
I still think it's going to be a waste of money on the principle , but I intend to ask my boss to give me one week end off a month as he is not allowed to refuse it since I work 7/7 which is against the law and I'll try to make this new option well worth every free second I can find.
The more it goes the worst it is. Even when I have days off it seems that the only words I can manage to say are 'I'm tired'! It's about time I do something to have some good time at least once a month!
Having had recently bad news about my best friend Lyli's health (which led me to take her to Scotland with me) , I thought that it would give me as well the opportunity to take her away from problems and let her enjoy the fun of motorhoming!
So there... I'm ready to buy a van. I will start looking for one with JJ here in Toulouse when he comes in July to have an idea of what they look like here . But I must say that I am fond of German and English ones. I love the autosleepers (Harmony Symphony types).
So if you hear about one little one LHD with a drop bed on a max budget of 5000 pounds (I've got to keep my money for the bigger motorhome I'll buy when retired) or less if it has things to do on it, then please let me know. I can't manage to do this in a hurry for the same reason I've started this post with... no hols! So can't go and have a look every single week . I rely on you assuming I'll be in the UK in Malvern area in August.
If you want a good idea of what I'm really looking for , here the one I fell in love with, that Dave (Snowbird) found ... how he knew this one was the one ... I haven't got the clue but this is what he said “I think this one could have your name on it” and I felt exactly the same: Bright, clean, good layout for me, a bathroom, drop bed, and the possibility to have another big bed!
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As I was about to loose a contract with a baby I didn't want to take the plunge...but it really is the one ...pity!
I hope I'll find mine before the end of the year ... may be as a Christmas present!
Thank you all if you can help, don't forget I can't manage any buying before end of July/beginning of August so no rush!
Amicalement
Frankie
PS: I don't have my little devil Owen today ... and gosh how peaceful it is here today... I don't believe I could type all this without hearing a yell!!
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