- Dec 25, 2016
- 13
- 31
- Funster No
- 46,583
- MH
- A Class
- Exp
- Relative Newbie, although tugged for 20 years
From, Debs, Will and Barney DoodleA bit of background.....
We have been tuggers for the past 20 years, but finally had enough of it, there had to be an easier way.
Looks like we found it, went to the Motorhome and Caravanning Show at Birmingham in October last year, with a good idea of what we were looking for.
A big lounge, fixed bed, separate shower and toilet, not too much to ask . But came away from there even more confused
So went for another look around our local dealership Becks of Martha's and made a decision Now the waiting game until our Autograph 765 to arrive from the Bailey Factory. "Bailey" I hear you say yes, I know they jumped on the bandwagon and stuck a caravan on the chassis of a van, but having had Bailey caravans before, we thought it would be fine.
Well it arrived in March, initially very pleased with it, 6 Berth, large lounge electric drop down bed, side dinette, everything on our wish list.
Some teething issues, non of the cupboards aligned, gas cupboard would not open, habitation door kept jamming, latches fell off, fridge door was lose, electric bed binded on headrests when lowering, the awning light did not work were just a few of the things. But to be fair they sorted them, but by now we realised it was not easy with arthritis getting up and down the ladder to get into bed, apart from fallling off into the sink when trying to get down it was a nightmare.
So by this time we started sleeping on the main lounge sofas with Duvalays, but still not as comfortable as we had imagined, so then we started pulling out the middle to make up the big bed . Now we were defeating the object of buying one with a fixed bed....
By July when we attended our first Motorhome Show at The Showground, in Norfolk, i knew I was not happy with it, but had yet to get hubby to agree. I think by now the seed had been sown, but we went ahead and had a solar panel fitted, because you never know what lies ahead.
Next show we went to was in July at Malvern, getting a tad fed up now with making up the bed, so it was now or never.
Looked around a few motor homes but nothing really took our fancy until we spotted an Autotrail Delaware,
perfect all my Christmas's had come at once. This was the one for us 
negotiated a bike rack and gaslow bottles to clinch the sale and Goodbye Bailey 
A bit nerve wracking carrying on using the van for a trip to Wales on leaving Malvern, but very excited about the new Moho.
Best decision we ever made, a small compromise on the lounge, but still large enough to lay out on, but the island bed is to die for.
Hubby is especially pleased as he now gets his garage, as storage space on the Bailey was virtually non existent.
So in September we got our new addition and have already clocked up a couple of 'K' and are looking forward to spending a few months in Europe over the coming months.
Hence the reason for joining your lovely group, so we can meet up with fellow travellers in Spain and Portugal
I had not intended to give you my life history, just a short introduction
but I do tend to get carried away 
